MSc Human Resource Management

Module 1: HR Strategy and Practice (30 credits)

• Strategic people management aligned with organisational purpose
• Labour market analysis and workforce planning
• Talent, reward, and performance management frameworks
• Performance metrics and high-performance reward design
• Foundations for HR business partnering and strategic workforce planning

Module 2: Employment Relations and Law (30 credits)

• Legal dimensions of employment in UK and global contexts
• Employment status, discrimination law, and contracts
• Trade unions and collective bargaining
• Workplace dispute resolution and grievance handling
• Stakeholder relations and legally sound HR advice

Module 3: HR Leadership for Organisational Development (30 credits)

• Strategic OD using systems thinking and behavioural science
• Diagnosing cultural dynamics and structural redesign
• Leadership interventions for organisational transformation
• Personal leadership preferences and inclusive HR leadership
• Change methodologies and organisational growth levers

Module 4: EDI for HR Practitioners (30 credits) — CIPD-aligned

• Designing EDI strategies grounded in legal, social, and HRM theory
• Intersecting inequalities and data-driven inclusion approaches
• The business case for diversity in recruitment, reward, and development
• Strategic diversity initiatives aligned with business goals
• EDI policy design and inclusion-focused HR practice

Module 5: International Dissertation (60 credits)

• Independent, business-focused research or consultancy project
• Application of HR theory to a contemporary people-management challenge
• Synthesis of strategic, legal, developmental, and EDI knowledge
• Research methods, critical thinking, and evidence-based decision-making
• Final dissertation demonstrating academic rigour and practical relevance