Human Resource Management with Foundation Year

Our BSc (Hons) Human Resource Management Course is designed to develop your people management and leadership skills, as well as launch your HR career.

With a focus on shaping your professional problem-solving skills, our enquiry-based learning approach will help you build a skill set to respond to contemporary people management issues.

You will learn how businesses can get the most out of their employees and develop the knowledge and competence for successful people management practices.

Through a combination of theory and practice, the course will enable you to perform effectively and efficiently as a Human Resource Practitioner.
The BSc (Hons) HRM course is accredited by The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

What you'll study

Businesses around the world are finding that their future success depends on having a workforce that possesses social, cognitive, and emotional skills.

This course will develop the following employability skills and appropriate attitudes to enable you to excel and be successful throughout your career:

• Business Awareness
• Collaboration and Teamwork
• Communication
• Innovation and Problem Solving
• Critical Thinking and Decision Making
• Leadership and Global Citizenship
• Personal Development and Management
• Emotional Intelligence
• Digital Literacy

Developing these skills means you’ll be in high demand for roles in the public, private and third sectors with competitive salaries and excellent prospects for career progression.

Foundation year

The foundation year course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to continue onto your Honours degree. You will study a range of subjects that will underpin your future study and also gain valuable experience of university life, with full access to campus facilities. Successful completion of the year allows you to progress straight onto Level 4 of this course.

It's not too late to study at London’s 2nd highest-rated university for student satisfaction (National Student Survey 2026).

UWL's world-class facilities and outstanding teaching will give you all the tools you need to succeed. Musicians can rehearse in performance rooms, audio recording spaces and a 200 seat black box studio. Pilots can brave the storm in the Boeing 737 flight simulator. Lawyers can perfect their argument in the mock courtrooms, and chefs can whip up delicious creations in industry-standard kitchens and serve real customers at Pillars, the student-run fine-dining restaurant located on campus.

You'll also be learning in one of the world's best student cities (2026 QS Best Student Cities) - think Saturday afternoons in Covent Garden, study sessions in the British Library and live concerts in the O2 arena. With scholarships and bursaries reserved for Clearing applicants, no ambition is out of reach!