Bachelor of Law with Placement Year

at Leeds Beckett University - City Campus United Kingdom

Whether you’re a recent graduate in a related subject, or a professional working in the field, this innovative, accredited course will allow you to investigate the latest issues and developments in housing, regeneration and urban management and join the path to becoming a Chartered Town Planner.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Develop expertise in leadership and management, community engagement and spatial planning
• Learn to appraise and implement policy while keeping a critical eye on the contemporary housing and regeneration field
• Be entitled to free student membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Chartered Institute of Housing

Combine business knowledge and your managerial skill set with financial expertise to help give you an advantage when you enter the competitive financial services industry.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Complete finance modules that count towards accreditation with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• Put what you've learned into practice by taking part in a live business consultancy project where you can work with established businesses, charities and third sector organisations
• Develop skills and experience that will make you more attractive to future employers

If you take a paid work placement in your third year, you’ll develop and enhance your employability skills.

As well as having the option to gain experience on a placement, you’ll take part in workshops and work on a consultancy project within a start-up business.

Our guest lecture series will help give you access to the enterprise expertise present in Leeds, the northern powerhouse of the region's businesses and economy. Past speakers include the CEO of the London Stock Exchange, the Chief Executive of the British Bankers Association and the Chief Economist of Yorkshire Bank.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Develop expertise in managing all aspects of marketing activity
• Study topics such as research, branding, communications and optimising the use of digital content
• Learn how to plan and implement innovative strategies and campaigns to satisfy audiences in a variety of contemporary markets
• Have the opportunity to be mentored by marketing practitioners with a wealth of professional experience

The CIM is the leading professional body for marketers worldwide and exists to develop the marketing profession, maintain professional standards and improve the skills of marketing practitioners. Leeds Beckett University has joined forces with CIM to give you the opportunity to gain professional qualifications through the CIM Graduate Gateway. CIM qualifications are highly sought after by employers, and their content is reflected in our own degrees which ensures we are equipping you with the best opportunities for a successful marketing career.

Develop key marketing skills and learn to generate innovative solutions to complex challenges within an international setting.

As part of this course, you’ll:

• Gain a detailed insight of marketing in an international context and understand how to use your knowledge to help steer business success in a global economy
• Explore risk, nuances and complexities of operating in a global environment
• Examine the role that culture plays in decision making across a range of international settings
• Learn how to manage international brands and how to plan and implement effective PR campaigns in a global context
• Develop the tools and knowledge to make a valuable contribution to any organisation that operates in, or plans to develop, non-domestic markets
• Choose a topic with an international or global emphasis for your Postgraduate Marketing Research Project

Learn to produce content for all platforms including TV, radio and the web.

As part of this course you’ll:

• Develop your understanding of new technological developments and approaches in the creation of broadcast video and audio content
• Become an expert producer with the confidence to work across all platforms
• Develop TV and radio ideas and formats
• Take on production roles and work in teams on live broadcasts
• Produce podcasts, and shoot and edit video
• Create and work with motion graphics materials
• Exhibit your final projects to the general public and industry professionals at our Creative Technology Showcase 

You’ll learn to anticipate and respond to current local and global changes in broadcasting needs. As you develop production content in a broadcasting and radio studio, you’ll also have access to facilities for live edits of your material. We’ll give you the skills to use graphics and visual construction to communicate material for branding and audiences.

Opportunities will arise to work in our in-house media training facility on collaborative projects.

Quantity surveyors are the cost managers of the construction industry. While studying for a recognised degree, you’ll learn how quantity surveyors organise, control and manage the costing of projects, including building economics, contracts and construction law, construction technology and project management.

As part of your course, you’ll:

• Undertake individual and group assessments and develop core skills
• Build analytical, arithmetic and IT abilities
• Develop as an innovative team player with the problem solving and transferable skills needed to succeed
• Gain the confidence and skills to tackle difficult contractual situations and negotiations
• Develop an industry perspective on contemporary issues in the field

Sandwich year
Our sandwich route includes a one year industry placement, enabling you to take advantage of the strong links we have with local authorities, commercial organisations and private quantity surveying practices - all of whom provide placement opportunities for our students.

As part of this course, you’ll:

• Complete your dissertation, an in-depth project focused on enhancing corporate governance practice, supported by an expert tutor
• Define your own area of investigation, be that corporate governance, compliance or social responsibility and performance
• Aim to support your professional development and improve the corporate governance of your organisation so it becomes a beacon for good practice
• Study part-time with the support of an applied business school, so you’re able to fit your studies into your professional schedule

Develop key skills in economics, accounting and management with a strong vocational focus.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Explore the principles of economics and how they apply to business
• Gain both a theoretical and practical understanding of the economic decisions faced by business managers
• Develop the ability to analyse the economic and social environments in which those decisions are taken

If you take a paid work placement in your third year you’ll develop and enhance your employability skills. Past students have completed placements with companies including Mercedes Benz, Price Waterhouse Cooper and high street retail banks.

Discover how marketing can have a major impact on the popularity and reputation of fashion brands the world over, from high-street labels to those dominating the catwalks of London, Paris and New York.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Learn to predict and identify trends, and understand why these trends are important to the industry
• Discover the techniques behind ensuring your brand gets the attention of influential bloggers and how to get your clothing into the headlines
• Study fashion history and the effect of political changes and social movements on fashion
• Have the opportunity to impress the public and industry by exhibiting your work at the end of your final year.

Your studies will be informed and delivered by people from all areas of the fashion industry, and you’ll work on live briefs set by real clients. You could also choose a placement year and experience a range of careers first-hand. Our placements will allow you build your experience and contacts, as well as helping you decide what you want to achieve when you graduate.

Whether you want to focus on the theory of marketing, learn more about fashion writing or discover graphic design and branding, you will be able to tailor your course to suit your career ambitions.

Cultivate your managerial skills in a hands-on marketing context. Your course modules will provide vital insights into the function of management, strategic and international marketing - particularly the role of social media - and the benefits of understanding consumer behaviour in small and medium-sized enterprises and blue-chip organisations. You could work on a live consultancy project, which will expose you to potential employers and industry contacts, or you could choose to specialise in a particular area of management or marketing when researching and writing your dissertation.

You will be guided and supported throughout your course by our expert academics, who will give you the knowledge, skills and confidence to make an immediate impact on your chosen career. You will have access to our bespoke Professional Suite, which replicates a realistic working environment, and you will nurture your analytical and communication skills working on live briefs so you can excel in your degree and realise your potential.

You will build your experience and meet potential employers while working on live projects in our purpose-built Professional Suite. You could also expand your networks and refine your expertise working on a major consultancy project for an international organisation.