Master of Science in Sport and Exercise Medicine

at Leeds Beckett University - City Campus United Kingdom

Create exciting, innovative and cutting-edge theatre and performance.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Learn from a team of experienced and professional theatre and performance makers to produce exciting work for stage, galleries and festivals
• Gain real-world professional experience through public showings and work-based learning placements
• Explore theories of theatre and performance from researchers at the top of their field
• Become confident with the processes of making, performing and analysing theatre and performance, which will help you find employment within the creative industries

You’ll be engaged in practical events in the city in theatres, galleries and more unusual sites. Our performing arts students and staff have also performed their work together at Latitude, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Light Night here in Leeds.

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Learn from a team of experienced and professional theatre and performance makers to produce exciting work for stage, galleries and festivals.

Develop a dynamic combination of practical business knowledge and legal expertise and open doors to a range of career opportunities.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Examine core business principles including finance, communications, entrepreneurship and human resource management
• Cover legal aspects such as copyright, commercial law, company law, intellectual property rights and media and entertainment law
• Learn from a teaching team made up of experienced business and legal professionals who have professional relationships with key employers in Leeds such as Eversheds, DAC Beachcroft and Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC

Our guest lecture programme will give you the chance to enhance your knowledge and inspire your learning. High-profile speakers have included ministers, judges and the CEO of the London Stock Exchange.

You’ll be encouraged to undertake a work placement, and with our strong links to industry you'll be able to gain access to a number of major employers within Leeds, the region's centre for legal and financial services.

Leeds Law School has a dedicated building at the heart of our City Campus, with its own bespoke courtroom, giving you the opportunity to witness mock trials and mooting competitions.

Build on your existing knowledge of finance and economics with a thorough examination of international banking and investment. You will learn about banking regulations across the globe and how economic factors can affect investment growth and financial stability. You will explore theories relevant to understanding current industry practices in the UK and further afield.

You will be taught by a team of supportive tutors, and you will be able to draw on their considerable industry experience in economics and finance, which includes consultancy work with the International Monetary Fund.

Complementing the strong international dimension of this course, you could find yourself working alongside students from around the world, sharing experiences, new ideas and different ways of working.

Your course is international in every sense - from the mix of students, to the backgrounds of our teaching staff to the course content itself - producing a multi-cultural learning environment to prepare you for the international employment market. Our highly-qualified and experienced teaching team also bring valuable industry backgrounds and contacts so you will benefit from an ideal blend of theory and practice.

Designed for those already experienced in managing projects, as well as strategy implementers and makers, and those who wish to enhance the success of their projects, this accredited course will equip you with skills in decision making, motivation and the development and delivery of successful business strategies.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Focus on the latest issues in strategic project management, discovering better ways to manage projects
• Critically analyse and prepare effective strategies that will benefit organisations and their stakeholders
• Evaluate approaches to strategic implementation through programme and portfolio management technique

The successful achievement of an organisation’s strategy is now increasingly dependent on the effective delivery of projects and programmes that have recognisable benefits to a wide range of stakeholders. Project managers with strategic thinking and planning skills are therefore becoming key in a range of organisations and sectors.

This course will equip you with the skills to critically analyse and prepare effective strategies that have the potential to add significant value to an organisation and its stakeholders.

This professionally accredited course will develop the skills you’ll need for a rewarding career in this dynamic, growing sector.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Gain newsgathering skills and experience in modern journalism
• Understand the practice and principles of contemporary journalism including fairness and accuracy
• Create multimedia news content for print, digital and broadcast platforms
• Have access to purpose-built facilities including computer suites, TV and radio studios, and a dedicated newsroom

You'll have the opportunity to use our facilities to create multimedia news content for print, digital and broadcast platforms by combining the best of the past with an eye on the future.

Add managerial knowledge and capabilities to your skillset to equip you for leadership roles in whatever career you decide to forge.

You will learn the broad principles of business management that will make you employable in the public, private and charitable sectors. With a particular focus on international business, you will develop a global outlook and gain an understanding of how larger organisations with an international presence compete successfully across a range of cultures and economic environments.

Modules have been carefully designed in partnership with industry experts to ensure the content and philosophy behind each subject blends contemporary theory and practice and will provide you with the knowledge and skills required to work for organisations who operate in a multinational context.

This course is ideal for ambitious graduates of any subject who want to develop their managerial prospects, and, in particular, want to work for international organisations.

Your tutors' expertise spans theory and practice, with academic staff who are Fellows of the Higher Education Academy and industry professionals qualified to chartered status in their respective fields.

Accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), this course focuses on the study of psychology within a range of sport and exercise settings, providing an essential stepping-stone to becoming a Chartered Sport & Exercise Psychologist.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Learn how to conduct initial assessments of clients
• Look at how to maintain professional boundaries
• Analyse data sets
• Develop a systematic, evidence-informed and ethical approach to your work

To support your career goals, you’ll have the opportunity to gain practical experience working with a range of clients, from recreational to elite performers, across a variety of sporting pursuits. This hands-on approach will aid your professional development, enhancing your understanding of ethical and evidence-informed practice.

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.

Flexible and varied, this course will thoroughly prepare you to meet the challenges of working in today's financial and business sectors.

As part of your course you’ll:

• Study a variety of topics in your modules to develop your employability prospects alongside your technical expertise
• Learn from staff with substantial professional experience through tutorials, seminars, lectures and group project work
• Benefit from a mix of approaches to teaching and assessment, including the use of industry-standard technology to make sure you become a work-ready graduate

We will encourage you to enhance your entrepreneurial skills through active participation in a range of national student competitions such as the IBM University Business Challenge.

Our guest lecture series will help support your development. Past speakers have included Will Holman, Deputy Agent for the Bank of England in Yorkshire and the Humber and Angela Knight, chair of the Office of Tax Simplification.

Study an accredited and comprehensive business degree with the added advantage of gaining specialist knowledge of human resource management (HRM).

As part of your course you’ll:

• Build a skillset that will stand out from the crowd through practising an innovative, academically rigorous and vocationally relevant approach to business
• Benefit from our links with employers which will enrich your experience through guest lectures and placement opportunities
• Gain valuable industry experience and demonstrate to employers that you are a work-ready graduate through networking and extracurricular opportunities

If you take a paid work placement in your third year, you’ll develop and enhance your employability skills. Previous students have completed placements with companies including BP, Panasonic, GE Capital and Bentley Motors.