This flagship Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) accredited programme meets the needs of those wanting a career in HR, as well as those already working in the field.

Middlesex University have been teaching human resource management for more than 40 years, pioneering curriculum and teaching methods.  It is one of the UK’s largest and most respected HRM departments.

Graduates of this programme are eligible for graduate membership of the CIPD.

• The Middlesex PGDip/MA HRM is the basis of the NHS graduate HR management training scheme - voted the UK’s best HR graduate programme in The Times top 100 Graduate Employers awards

• One of the UK’s largest and best respected HRM departments

• An outstanding 97% employment rate in the latest national destinations of leavers in higher education survey

• In addition to academic classes we run a series of practitioner-based workshops where you can directly apply techniques to workplace experiences

• Lecturers based at our London campuses fly out to Hong Kong for teaching.

• Access to the University’s online learning environment to stay in touch with lecturers and fellow students.

CIPD status

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is the UK’s major professional body within the human resources, industrial relations and organisational development fields. You will be able to join the CIPD as a student member (subject to joining fees) and you will be eligible for graduate membership upon completion. You will also be eligible for associate membership of the Chartered Management Institute.

Record of learning and development

Throughout the course you will keep a unique record of learning and development which ensures our graduates are exceptional reflective practitioners.

Normally a second class honours degree or above in any discipline, or an acceptable equivalent consistent with the University’s admissions criteria. Exceptionally, students without a first degree might be considered on the basis of professional experience or other qualifications. If English is not your first language you will need an IELTS score of 6.5 or TOEFL 575 (paper based) 233 (computer based).

According to the most recent Destination of Leavers in Higher Education national survey, 97% of MA HRM Middlesex graduates are in employment or related activity. Roles include HR manager, employee relations manager, HR business partner and development consultant.

The course is taught by lecturers from our London campus. For each module you will have two weeks of ‘block’ teaching. Each block consists of the Saturday, Sunday and three evenings within a single week.

Each taught module is studied separately - you will start and finish each one over approximately three to four months before starting the next. After completion of the taught modules you will undertake the Dissertation, submitting this by December 2012.

You will study Strategic People Management and Development and Effective Leadership and Management concurrently then study Managing the Employment Relationship and Managing Employee Development concurrently. You then complete your dissertation.

This module provides grounding in the strategic management and development of people as well as an understanding of business strategy so you can formulate appropriate human resource strategies.

You develop appropriate professional skills needed to operate effectively as a human resource partner to line management.

This module provides you with the core skills related to management and leadership in the organisation so you can apply theory to practice in management. It also provides opportunities to develop personal skills through workshops in leadership and team-building.

This module provides a specialist overview of the employment relationship in the modern workplace. It examines the individual aspects associated with employee resourcing and the collective aspects associated with employee relations - and the legal and regulatory aspects common to them both.

Explore the strategies, policies, structures and processes required to develop and manage effective employee reward. You will take a strategic integrated view of the role of the learning and development process in organisations. It also provides you with an opportunity to acquire the key skills of a deliverer of learning.

• Dissertation

The dissertation is the culmination of the learning process at Masters level. It is the mechanism through which students add to organisational knowledge in order to enhance performance and at the same time contribute to broader theoretical debates. The module aims to provide students with the opportunity to consolidate and synthesise their learning in human resource management through a predominantly self-managed in-depth study leading to an in-company dissertation. Research methods sessions provide students with the knowledge framework and the skills necessary for undertaking a dissertation.

We have one of the strongest teaching staff profiles in the UK. More than 80% of our teaching staff are either members or fellows of the CIPD. 75% of our teaching staff are engaged in research working in relevant and developing areas of HR policy and delivery.

Our large body of professors are actively involved in teaching and curriculum development. Andrew Mayo, one of our professors was rated one of the most influential UK HR academics in a peer survey in HR magazine. Our head of department is Mary Hartog, a National Teaching Fellow.

London teaching staff will fly to Hong Kong for course delivery.

24 months part time

 8th October 2010