
Business, Finance & Management Foundation Course
The Bellerbys Business Foundation course is ideal for students wishing to study Business-related degrees at university, including Economics, Business Studies, Accounting, Marketing, Management Studies, Finance and Hotel & Tourism Management. The course is carefully designed to focus on the academic areas most useful to your future study intentions.
Academic Structure
You will study core subjects, along with all other Foundation students, plus Business, Finance and Management modules.
Business Studies 1
Students are introduced to aspects of both marketing, for example, mass and niche marketing, product orientation and pricing and market research, and human resource management, including training, motivation and leadership styles.
Business Studies 2
Students are taught how to set up and operate a business and close attention is paid to legal and other external influences, quality management and business ethics. Students will also have the opportunity to undertake relevant case studies.
Introduction to Financial Accounting
Students are taught double entry book-keeping, preparation of trial balances, profit & loss statements, depreciation, limited companies, manufacturing accounts and interpreatation of accounts.
Principles of Economics 1
Students are taught to understand economic systems, types of goods, allocation of resources, elasticity, price controls, types of markets, cost and revenue, economies of scale and market failure.
Principles of Economics 2
Students are taught to understand aggregate demand and aggregate supply, economic policies, inflation, unemployment, international trade and development economics.
Core Mathematics for Business
Students are taught to understand and interpret straight lines and linear equations, set theory and probability, statistics, linear programming, indices and logarithms and experimental laws.
"I want to go to university in England, and in the future I want to be a businesswoman, in management. I’ve been here almost a year. My cousin said, “In England you will have a good chance to go to university, and more choice.”
Yan Ming Fang from China, studying Business Foundation
Where Next?
Students who successfully complete the Business Foundation course can join the following Bachelor Degree programmes with our university partners.
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| Cardiff University | ![]() |
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| De Montfort University Leicester | ![]() |
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| University of Exeter | ![]() |
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| Lancaster University | ![]() |
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| University of Leeds | ![]() |
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| Liverpool John Moores University | ![]() |
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| Loughborough University | ![]() |
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| Brunel University* | ![]() |
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| City University* | ![]() |
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| University of East London* | ![]() |
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| University of Greenwich* | ![]() |
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| Goldsmiths, University of London* | ![]() |
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| University of Kingston, London* | ![]() |
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| London Metropolitan University* | ![]() |
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| Middlesex University, London* | ![]() |
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| Queen Mary College, University of London* | ![]() |
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| London South Bank University* | ![]() |
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| University of Manchester*** | ![]() |
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| University of Nottingham | ![]() |
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| Oxford Brookes University | ![]() |
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| University of Reading | ![]() |
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| University of Sheffield | ![]() |
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| University of Sunderland | ![]() |
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| University of York | ![]() |
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* Universities in the London area
** Durham University welcomes applications from students on the Bellerbys Foundation course with each application being considered on an individual basis by experienced admissions officers.
*** The University of Manchester, also one of the UK's top universities, welcomes applications from Bellerbys students to a wide range of management courses.
Class of 2007
Our Business Foundation route is always popular and, as ever, students this year went on to a wide variety of degree courses in 2007 including Banking, Management, Business Administration, Economics, Finance and Accounting. Here are just a few:
| Student Name | Home Country | Final Grade | Degree Course | University |
| DEMIDOVA Ekaterina | Russia | 90% | Business Administration | University of Bath |
| CHAN Sheung Wing | Hong Kong China | 88% | Accounting & Finance | University of Bath |
| LEI Wailam | Macau China | 88% | Accounting & Finance | Lancaster University |
| HUNG On Ki | Hong Kong China | 88% | Business Management | University of Manchester |
| ERMOLENKO Elizaveta | Russia | 88% | Economics & Politics | University of Bath |
Many more students also received Distinctions.











