**This exciting new Level 4 Higher National Certificate course has been designed to equip students with the skills, experience, knowledge and understanding required to achieve high performance in the global business sector.**
**For the course scheduled to begin in January 2022, course delivery is planned to run through continuously until the end of August 2022.**
**About the course**
There is a strong emphasis on employability; equipping you with a relevant portfolio of skills and experiences to enter a currently challenging job market. These skillsets and knowledge are essential for students with entrepreneurial, employment or academic aspirations.
Content is designed to be appropriate for entry to or within the business sector and to enable students to progress onto higher-level study on our Level 5 Higher National Diploma and Level 6 BA (Hons) Business Studies top-up degree courses.
HNC modules include:
- Business and the Business Environment
- Marketing Essentials
- Human Resource Management
- Management and Operations
- Management Accounting
- Managing a Successful Business Project
- Business Law
- Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
**Assessments**
Assessment is continuous, providing a range of evidence of your learning. This may include: essays and reports, individual and group presentations, research and analytical projects, oral and practical assessments.
**Qualification awarded:**
Level 4 Higher National Certificate in Business - awarded by Pearson.
**Bursaries**
We want our courses to be accessible to students from any background, so we’ve put together a cash support package in the form of non-repayable bursaries to provide financial help where it’s really needed. Details for 2022-23 will be advertised once approved by the university regulator – the Office for Students (OfS). Please check our website - www.nottinghamcollege.ac.uk - for more information.
**Your career and progression**
From the Level 4 HNC course, students can progress to the Level 5 Higher National Diploma and Level 6 BA (Hons) Business Studies courses (or similar).
The skills and knowledge gained through studying this course can provide graduates with the opportunity to work in many diverse areas of business including: banking and finance, retail, sales and marketing, hospitality, customer service, public administration and the voluntary sector. Many of our previous business graduates have gone on to postgraduate study or teacher training.
Course Details - Modules
Modules are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment is continuous, providing a range of evidence of your learning. This may include: essays and reports, individual and group presentations, research and analytical projects, oral and practical assessments.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
BUS1
Institution code:
N30
Campus Name:
City (Adams)
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Typical Offer: Applicants should normally possess (or expect to achieve) a minimum of 48 UCAS tariff points.
All applicants will receive due consideration and a wide variety of educational and other lifetime experiences can be taken into account.
For entry to our university-level courses, we expect applicants to be working (or to demonstrate competency) at Level 2 or above in English Language/Literacy and Mathematics/Numeracy.
Generally, we accept GCSE passes in English Language and Mathematics at Grades 9 – 4 (formerly Grades A* - C).
Experienced mature applicants (those aged 21 or above at the start of the course) with relevant professional or industrial experience and/or qualifications are very welcome to apply.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Students are advised to contact their own national student finance service for up-to-date information concerning potential financial support.
Applicants who are permanently resident outside the United Kingdom, Channel Islands or Republic of Ireland are advised to contact the College's International Office before submitting an application at:
international@nottinghamcollege.ac.uk
Any additional costs or fees are shown on the UCAS page for each individual course.
Provider information
City Campus, The Adams Building
Stoney Street
The Lace Market
Nottingham
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