BSc in Human Resource Management
Course Overview
The BSc in Human Resource Management at the London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a three-year UK honours degree for undergraduates targeting HR-adviser, HR-business-partner and people-operations graduate roles across UK employers of all sizes. Sitting inside the Business & Management faculty and drawing on the Human Resources & Leadership content set, the degree combines the CIPD Profession Map at Associate and Chartered Member levels with senior ACAS good practice, UK employment-law jurisprudence and academic HR theory, and closes with a dissertation and applied capstone.
You will undertake a live people-strategy brief in year two (a UK mid-market employer or a fast-scaling brand), take an optional analytics or reward strand, and defend your final-year dissertation and applied capstone in front of a working CIPD-chartered practitioner. The BSc in Human Resource Management is available on-campus in central London, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, and by distance learning from 2026.
Key Features
- Curriculum reviewed against the CIPD Profession Map at Associate and Chartered Member levels, so degree progression aligns with CIPD membership.
- Three study modes — central London campus, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or distance learning.
- Year-two people-strategy brief with a UK mid-market employer.
- Optional analytics or reward strand — HR analytics, or exec pay and gender pay gap.
- Structured placement route — a UK mid-market HR team, a Big Four people advisory, or a CIPD-chartered consultancy.
- Dissertation and applied capstone reviewed by a working CIPD-chartered practitioner in the final year.
What You Will Learn
The degree organises HR around the working questions a UK HR adviser faces — how do we hire well, keep the good people, part with the ones we must, and stay the right side of employment law. You will graduate operating as a credible entry-level UK HR graduate.
- Employee lifecycle from attraction to exit at practitioner level.
- UK employment law — Employment Rights Act, Equality Act, Working Time Regulations.
- ACAS Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures.
- Reward strategy at practitioner level — pay bands, benefits, LTIPs.
- Talent acquisition — structured interviewing and hiring at scale.
- Learning & development at practitioner level.
- Change and restructuring — TUPE, collective consultation.
- HR analytics and people-data governance under UK GDPR.
- Research skills, dissertation method and applied capstone.
Who This Course Is For
- A-level leavers targeting UK graduate schemes in HR and people advisory.
- International students seeking a UK honours degree with CIPD alignment.
- Career switchers using the mature-applicant portfolio route.
- Working HR staff studying alongside CIPD progression.
- Small-business owners professionalising their people practice.
Career Pathways
Graduates typically progress into HR-adviser, HR-business-partner and people-operations graduate roles across UK employers. The degree supports applications but does not by itself guarantee job offers or visa outcomes. Typical destinations include:
- HR Adviser
- HR Business Partner (junior)
- People Operations Lead
- Talent Acquisition Partner
- Learning & Development Adviser
- Employee Relations Case Manager
The BSc in Human Resource Management is the natural step onto LSIBM's MSc in Strategic Human Capital Management and supports CIPD Associate-to-Chartered progression.
Entry Requirements
- Three A-levels at BBC or above, or equivalent UK / international qualification (IB 28+, BTEC DMM, Access to HE, Foundation Year pass, or a relevant Higher Diploma with confirmed credit transfer).
- GCSE English Language at grade 5/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
- A personal statement showing genuine curiosity about the discipline (relevant work, extended reading, professional-body engagement) — mature applicants (21+) may enter with a portfolio and a short interview.
Why Study at LSIBM
The London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a specialist business-education provider based in central London and part of Harold International College. Undergraduate cohorts sit in small groups so every student is visible to their tutor, run a single intake schedule students can rely on, and every degree route is reviewed against UK professional-body competencies — ACCA, CIMA, CIM, CIPD, CMI, CIPS, CFA UK and IOE&IT — so graduates carry a credential that City recruiters engage with.
London puts the City, Canary Wharf, Whitehall, Companies House, the FCA, the Bank of England and the West End within a short tube ride of every classroom. Undergraduate students access a fortnightly practitioner clinic, at least one industry-careers day per academic year, a structured placement route and one-to-one application coaching in the final year.
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