Getting a good business degree is just the start of what we offer at Birmingham City Business School. We are committed to helping you to develop your commercial awareness, your industry experience and your confidence to ensure you stand out in the competitive job market and give you the best possible start for your future success. Find out more at:
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Many of the courses offered at Birmingham City Business School are accredited by professional bodies. This means that as well as a degree you will gain exemptions from nationally recognised professional qualifications, helping you to stand out against other graduates in the job market. Find out more at:
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BA (Hons) Business and Management student Kieran O’Shea completed his placement year with Decathlon UK. Here are his employer’s views on the value of placements: “You are exposed to as many parts of the company as possible in the year, as well as having real responsibility along the way.” Hear more about Kieran’s placement experience at:
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“Creative hotspots are beginning to emerge in the urban sprawl, like the old industrial district of Digbeth, where vintage shops and street food stalls have begun to appear in and around the old Victorian buildings.� The Rough Guides Top 10 Cities to Visit 2015. Discover Birmingham
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Employability Challenge Week has been designed to boost your key workplaces skills helping you to stand out when you begin applying for graduate jobs. Activities during ECW include: Mock assessment centres, CV guidance and networking sessions. “The support I received during Employability Challenge Week gave me the skills necessary to get accepted onto a graduate programme.� Lewis Barnes. Learn more
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One of the ways you can make the most of your time as a student is by spending one semester studying your subject abroad in one of 33 countries signed up to the Erasmus scheme. “I never figured I would love it so much. I think the Erasmus exchange is one of the things every student who wants to make the most of their time at university should do. I met a lot of interesting people and had a lot of fun.� Andrei Tui Learn more
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You can earn while you learn with a part time job on campus with the OpportUNIties scheme. Whether it’s being a Student Mentor, Library Porter, Student Researcher, Administration Assistant, Student Ambassador or something else entirely, by working through OpportUNIty you will get to earn a generous wage in a role that is flexible around the demands of your course. Learn more
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Our vocational degrees, unique learning facilities and USA internship programme aim to give you a real-world experience and maximise your employability skills. Learn more
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We work closely with the Birmingham Law Society, which is the largest Law Society in the UK outside London; the four Inns of Court, especially Lincoln’s Inn; and we have strategic partnerships with Squire Sanders, Wragge and Co. and No. 5 Chambers. In addition, we have a close association with local Citizens Advice Bureau and not-for-profit centres. Learn more
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Read about our law students’ trip to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London for a Model United Nations Security Council Session, the only UK University to offer this opportunity. “I gained invaluable legal and international relations experience.” (Lamiegha Brinemugha, Law student) Model United Nations is an activity in which students typically roleplay delegates to the United Nations and simulate UN committees.
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Gain an insight into the criminal justice system through visits to prisons, courts and police establishments. We are the only university in the country to offer our Criminology students the chance to take part in an annual debate with the prisoners at HMP Grendon. Find out how you can boost your employability
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Imran Awan is one of our Senior Lecturers in the School of Social Sciences. His areas of expertise are based around the impact of Islamophobia and the effects of counter-terrorism. As well as being a regular face in the media, Imran is a government advisor for the Cross-Government Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred. He could be teaching you. Meet your new lecturer online
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A Day in the Life of a Criminology Student Zoe’s story From loving horses and wanting to join the police force, to being one of six in a house, Zoe tells us what it’s like to be a student in our School of Social Sciences. Watch Zoe’s vlog here
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