How long is the MSc in Employee Relations Management?

One year full-time, two years part-time online. The MSc in Employee Relations Management schedules cohort calls across UK and APAC time zones.

Can the MSc in Employee Relations Management be studied online?

Yes. The MSc in Employee Relations Management runs fully online, on-campus in London and by distance learning, all assessed against the same senior capstone.

Is the MSc in Employee Relations Management recognised by UK employers?

Yes. The MSc in Employee Relations Management is designed around CIPD Chartered Fellow, Acas senior and CIArb competencies used across UK PLC and public-sector employers.

What are the entry requirements for the MSc in Employee Relations Management?

A UK 2:2 honours degree or three years of HR or ER experience, plus IELTS 6.5 for international applicants.

What does the MSc in Employee Relations Management cost?

Tuition varies by route and domicile. Contact LSIBM admissions for the current fee schedule and scholarship eligibility for the MSc in Employee Relations Management.

MSc in Employee Relations Management | LSIBM London | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The MSc in Employee Relations Management at the London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) prepares senior HR and employee relations leaders to run complex UK ER casework, trade-union engagement and workforce transformation programmes. Sitting in the Human Resources & Leadership faculty at master's level, the programme runs one year full-time on-campus in central London, two years part-time online, or by distance learning, closing with a dissertation or sponsor consulting project.

The programme is designed around CIPD Chartered Fellow, Acas senior-adviser and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators competencies. You will graduate ready to chair an ER committee, defend a collective-consultation strategy to a board, and hold a working conversation with a Trades Union Congress official. The sections below detail modules, audience and progression.

Key Features

Curriculum designed around CIPD Chartered Fellow, Acas senior and CIArb competencies.
Three study modes — central London campus, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or by distance learning.
Fortnightly senior clinic with UK ER directors, Acas conciliators and employment barristers.
Substantial dissertation, sponsor consulting project or applied capstone defended in front of a working panel.
Structured executive-application coaching in the final term.
Assessment blend of exams, a case portfolio and a defended capstone.

What You Will Learn

Employee relations at master's level are taught as senior craft — casework, collective bargaining, transformation, dispute resolution — under UK employment law.

UK employment law at senior level — Employment Rights Act 1996 and TUPE.
Collective consultation, TUPE transfers and redundancy programmes.
Trade-union recognition, bargaining and industrial-action law.
Complex disciplinary, capability and grievance casework.
Mediation, arbitration and Acas conciliation processes.
Whistleblowing under the Public Interest Disclosure Act.
Employment tribunal preparation and witness handling.
Workforce transformation and change programmes.
Wellbeing, mental health at work and reasonable adjustments.

Who This Course Is For

Senior HR business partners moving into head-of-ER roles.
ER case managers moving into strategic ER leadership.
OD leads adding ER responsibility.
Consultants specialising in workforce transformation.
International HR leaders planning a UK-based career pivot.

Career Pathways

Graduates typically move into head of employee relations, senior ER manager and workforce transformation director roles across UK PLC, mid-market and public-sector employers. Typical destinations include:

Head of Employee Relations
ER Case Manager (senior)
Workforce Transformation Director
HR Business Partner (senior)
Trade Union Liaison Lead
Employment Relations Consultant

The MSc in Employee Relations Management supports CIPD Chartered Fellow and CIArb membership progression.

Entry Requirements

A UK 2:2 honours degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent international qualification. Applicants with three years of substantive professional experience in HR or employee relations may apply on a portfolio route.
GCSE English Language at grade 5/C (or equivalent) is required for domestic applicants; international applicants meet the language rule below.
IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
A short statement of intent (600 words) explaining research or applied interests, plus two references (one academic, one workplace or professional-body).

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. Postgraduate cohorts run in small tutor-visible groups, are shaped by working senior practitioners (partner-level at a Big Four firm, Fellow-level at CIM or CIPD, CFA charter-holders in investment routes) and close with a substantial dissertation, sponsor consulting project or applied capstone defended in front of a working panel.

London puts the City, Canary Wharf, Whitehall, Companies House, the FCA, the Bank of England, the West End and the major consulting, banking and multinational headquarters within a short tube ride of every classroom. LSIBM postgraduates attend a fortnightly senior-practitioner clinic and a structured executive-application coaching programme in the final term.

Apply for the MSc in Employee Relations Management

Step into the senior track with the MSc in Employee Relations Management. Click Enrol Now and admissions will reply within one working day with intake dates, dissertation supervisor allocation guidance and the current fee schedule. LSIBM postgraduates are supported by dedicated executive-application coaching in the final term.