Accounting and Business Management (Level 6)

This fast-track degree helps you achieve a full honours qualification in just one year, with the option to gain professional exemptions.

You’ll develop a deep understanding of business operations and the financial aspects behind them, gaining solid accounting skills alongside business acumen.

You’ll explore key areas such as data analytics, forensic accounting, marketing, taxation, and sustainability in business, with the flexibility to specialise in either accounting or business management.

Simulations with companies and access to our state-of-the-art Trading Room and LSEG Data & Analytics Workspace will ensure real-world application of your learning.

Our strong professional accreditations offer substantial exemptions from essential exams with several accounting bodies, speeding up your route to professional qualifications.

This top-up degree is perfect for enhancing your career, gaining professional exemptions, or preparing for postgraduate study.

Teaching is delivered face-to-face through a combination of lectures and student-centred seminars and workshops.

You’ll learn through group work, reflective practice, computing workshops, problem-solving challenges, real world case-studies, virtual experiential learning activities and presentations.

The use of IT is also embedded in your modules. The course has been designed to enable you to gain the skills required and prepare you for your future in business.

Your personal tutor will provide you with academic support and help you to develop your career based on your interests.

This course is designed to offer a number of optional modules which allow you to specialise in accounting or business management. If you’re unsure about your future career choice, this course provides a robust foundation for a successful career in business, opening up a whole range of employment opportunities to you.  

You may wish to become a chartered accountant, and our accountancy accreditations will help you on that journey. The course is accredited by Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales (ICAEW), and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). These accreditations are reviewed annually.  

Graduates are also well-prepared to pursue careers as Business Managers, CEOs, Corporate Business Analysts, Strategic Management Accountants, Tax Advisors, Internal Auditors, Management Consultants, Business Planners, and Strategists.  

You’ll benefit from great business links with local, national, and international organisations, including our strategic partner Griffiths Marshall (GM), a local accounting and wealth management firm. Each year we hold an event which allows you to connect with top employers and explore exciting career pathways.