Business Enterprise

Description

This programme will interest you if you want to:

• Start and develop your own new business at the same time as studying for an honours degree.
• Establish a Social Enterprise during your studies or on graduation.
• Make a positive contribution to the strategic development of a family business or other small or medium enterprise.
• Develop an entrepreneurial or can do approach to business to enhance your future career in any size of company.

The course is unique as we provide the opportunity to pitch for seed-corn capital for you to start and run your own business as an integral part of your honours degree. We offer a range of business subjects that will help you to establish your business and develop your qualities of entrepreneurship, management and innovation. Our interdisciplinary programme offers you a combination of current theory and a practical approach to help you succeed in business, constantly linking the classroom to the marketplace.

Detailed Course Facts

• EUR 14015 Year (EEA)
• EUR 19930 Year (Non-EEA)

Home/EU £11,250; International £16,000

• English

Course Content

Teaching is carried out through a combination of lectures supported by tutorials, workshops and seminars. A key feature of the Buckingham teaching method is the use of small tutorial groups which provide the most effective means of ensuring that the students benefit from the academic expertise at their disposal. It is also the philosophy of the Business School to be available to students outside the scheduled tutorial times and to encourage good working relationships between staff and students.

Business Enterprise is unique in offering practical workshops, as well as an open-door policy with the course tutors, whom students can always approach to ask for help or advice. In addition, external entrepreneurs are invited to make presentations to BSc Business Enterprise students in the Winter and Summer Terms to help inspire as well as inform the students on the programme.

At the beginning of each term, we provide our students with module outlines and reading lists for each module. We also provide a tutorial question pack, which the students work through week by week. Each week corresponds with the subject given in the lectures and at each tutorial the students have the opportunity to discuss their answers to the tutorial questions. Solutions to the numerical tutorial questions are handed out each week so, by the end of the term, the students have a very useful pack of material to help with their revision. Lecturers are available throughout the term to help students with their revision for the examinations. An increasing proportion of course material is available on the Universitys own Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).

Running a business

This element of the course is conducted in four stages:

Starting a Business

• Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• Business Planning
• Marketing
• Operations Management 1
• Service Management 1
• Computer Systems

Business Launch

• Innovation & Entrepreneurship 2
• Operations Management 2
• Financial Control
• E-Business
• Marketing Communications

Business Operation

• Marketing: Implementation & Growth
• Business Records 1
• Service Management 2
• Operations Management 3

Business Transition

• Selling Yourself and Your Products
• Business Records 2
• Transition Strategy

Students must also submit Quarterly Business Review Reports and a Final Business Review Report, which are assessed as part of their honours degree.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6 CAE score : 60(Grade C) TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test : 79

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Requirements

All applicants must meet the following entry requirements:

• 300 UCAS Points or Equivalent, and
• Level of English required

English language requirements

• IELTS: Average of 6.0 (with 5.5 or above in each component)
• TOEFL: (Internet-based) 79-80
• TOEFL: (Paper-based) 550
• Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): C or higher
• International GCSE English as a Second Language: C or higher on extended curriculum
• London University GCE O level Syllabus B in English Language: C or higher
• Oxford-ARELS Examination Higher Level: Credit or Distinction
• Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic): 50-57

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

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• ✔️ Flexible study schedule
• ✔️ Experienced teachers
• ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Buckingham.

Funding

Bursaries and scholarships can be a great way of financing your studies, and enabling you to achieve your potential. If you win a scholarship, you receive a discount on your fees and, most important, a scholarship on your CV will make you stand out to future employers.

It is the Universitys policy to ensure that bursaries and scholarships are awarded to those who might not otherwise have the opportunity to benefit from a University education. In the case of some scholarships, at the request of the donor, academic merit will also be taken into consideration.

All awards are subject to your meeting the Universitys entry requirements and abiding by the rules and regulations. To be eligible to apply for a scholarship you will need to accept any offer of a place at Buckingham and in the case of UCAS applications, select Buckingham as your firm acceptance choice.

Please note: the awarding of scholarships and bursaries is part of the application process, and must be completed prior to commencing your studies with us (or prior to registering on a postgraduate course if you are applying for a postgraduate bursary or scholarship as a Buckingham alumnus). If you are already registered as a current student and are seeking financial assistance with your studies, you should contact your Department or personal tutor for further advice.

Bursaries and Scholarships Available

University Bursaries

For those who enter Buckingham to start their course in September 2012, two undergraduate students per year who are eligible for the full Maintenance Grant may apply for a bursary of £6,750* a year throughout their studies. For more information, please contact the Development Office or go to the DirectGov website for details about eligibility. A further two bursary awards of up to £3,375* a year are available for those who might not for financial reasons be able to benefit from the opportunity to study at Buckingham. These awards are for new students starting at Buckingham in September 2012 or later, not for existing students.

UK/EU students registering between September 2012 and July 2013 who can demonstrate that they are in receipt of any Government maintenance grant (available to families with incomes of below £42,600 p.a.) will receive an automatic bursary of £1,000* a year.

* University Bursaries cannot be combined. Only one bursary may be awarded per student.

Coase Scholarships

Two full fee scholarships awarded annually to undergraduate UK students commencing one of the following degree programmes: Economics; Economics with Law; Business Economics; Economics, Business and Law; Politics, Economics and Law; Law with Economics.

Applications for the Coase Scholarships must be received by 1 May 2012.

The Desborough Bursary

One £5,000 bursary awarded annually to a UK Business Studies student.

The Weston Bursaries/Scholarships

One £3,600 bursary or scholarship awarded annually to an undergraduate UK student. In the absence of one exceptional candidate, a number of smaller awards may be made.

The Gregory Scholarships

Three scholarships of £2,500 each awarded annually to UK students, one in Business, one in Humanities and one in Sciences.

The Audrey Osborn Fund

One bursary or scholarship of £1,000 per annum, awarded annually to a student of the University in memory of the late Mrs Audrey Beatrice Mai Osborn.

The Brunner Scholarship

One scholarship of £1,700 per annum awarded annually to a student of the University, with preference given to those who might otherwise be unable to benefit from higher education.

Ondaatje Scholarships

Two annual postgraduate scholarships covering 50 per cent of fees and accommodation awarded to Buckingham graduates or overseas graduates undertaking postgraduate studies at Buckingham.

Sir Ray Tindle Scholarships

Six partial fee scholarships awarded annually to students of journalism in the School of Humanities.

The Anthony de Rothschild Bursary

One bursary of £1,000 per annum awarded annually to a student in the Business School.

The Headley Scholarship

One scholarship of £750 per annum awarded annually to a student of Politics, Economics and Law, with preference given to those who might otherwise be unable to benefit from a University education.

University Scholarships

Four scholarships of £1,000 per annum awarded annually to international students, one in each School of Study.

The University also offers a number of exhibitions of £500 per annum to students who have not been awarded a scholarship but are thought to show particular academic promise.

The Paul E H Davis Awards

The Paul E H Davis Awards are in support of postgraduate studies and scholarship in English Literature by Research and in research in History or Biography; there are four awards available.