Diploma in Business and Management
Direct entry to the second year of an undergraduate degree
This course is ideal if you:
- are aged 17.5 or over
- would like to progress to the second year of a Business-related degree at top UK university
- are willing to study hard on an intensive course in order to save time
- enjoy working in small groups with plenty of teaching support and attention
An intensive one-year Business programme leading to direct entry to the second year of an undergraduate degree
The Bellerbys Diploma in Business and Management is designed for academically-qualified students who are seeking to maximise their potential to enter a top UK university. This programme is an advanced one-year course of study equivalent to the first year of an undergraduate degree.
Successful completion ensures progression into the second year of an undergraduate degree at one of the following UK universities:
Anglia Ruskin University, Bangor University, University of Brighton, Bournemouth University, University of Essex, Henley Business School (University of Reading)*, Kingston University, Lancaster University, Leeds University*, Oxford Brookes University and University of Sussex*.
* Agreement reached in principle but undergoing final approval.
Excellent guidance and support for students heading to a British university life
The Diploma provides you with the relevant academic knowledge, study skills and English language proficiency to succeed as a second-year degree student. You'll study in small groups ensuring lots of personal attention from your tutors. You'll also get taster of what life is like in England and inside British classrooms before starting university.
The course consists of eleven modules, nine of which cover academic content and are credit bearing. The two English study skill modules are non-credit bearing (marked with *):
Business Environment, Business Decision Making, Management Professional Development, Managing Communications, Knowledge & Information, Managing Financial Resources & Decisions*, Managing Activities to Achieve Results*, Marketing, Organisations & Behaviour, Research Project, Working with and Leading People, plus two further subjects from Academic English, Economics and Law.
Each term you'll study three - four subjects, with 17-21 hours of lecture time each week. In addition, a minimum of 20 hours of self study per week is expected. Extra IT and English support is provided if needed.
This programme is validated by the University of Sussex (tbc).
Download the Bellerbys Diploma in Business & Management 2010 Flyer (PDF, 739Kb)
"Bellerbys teaching staff are highly-qualified specialists, who are always helpful and use a personal approach to every student responding to questions attentively and fully. The learning environment favours skills development and the enrichment of knowledge. The tutors are also very helpful and provide information when choosing a university to apply to and assist in completing UCAS application forms."
Oksana Khizhnyak from Russia, studying Diploma in Business & Management
Supervision Plus – optional support for Bellerbys students at university
We understand that settling into a new life at university after graduating from Bellerbys can be difficult for some students. For this reason, we are now offering a new, optional academic counselling service called Supervision Plus to help those students adjust in their first terms at university.
Students graduating from our Foundation courses to a British university can sign up for this optional service at the beginning, during or at the end of their studies at Bellerbys.