Logistics and Supply Chain Management (with 12-month placement opportunity)

Entry requirements

Months of entry

January, September

Course content

This degree has been specifically designed to provide you with a range of skills that will give you a competitive advantage in the global marketplace. You will be taught by senior academics who have wealth of professional experience and excellent links with industry.

In studying a variety of subjects in the course modules, you will gain the knowledge and experience needed for a successful career in the area of Logistics, Supply Chain and Operations Management.

The course will assist you in expanding your expertise in areas such as entrepreneurship, project management and human resource management. You will also have the opportunity to work as an operation's management consultant working for a real client. This will include the analysis of ongoing business issues and assisting the client in developing solutions. Consequently, you will enhance your critical thinking skills and your ability to devise solutions that are economically feasible and operationally effective.

The course content is both practical and relevant to real business life and this includes the option of an internship to provide you with a flavour of the actual world of business.

A diploma in Strategic Management (a Chartered Management Institute qualification) optionally awarded upon successful completion of the programme, which will greatly impact your long term career aspirations. You will also have access to Associate Membership of the CMI.

Key features

• Scholarships and Discounts for international students, based on their grades
• Work-related curriculum that enhances your ability to adapt to complex situations
• Modules based on contemporary research, scholarship and cutting-edge thinking
• The course is taught by senior academics who have excellent links with industry and a wealth of professional experience
• Opportunities to gain access to local and national employers through the internship
• Cross-learning opportunities amongst students of diverse backgrounds and business practices from around the world
• A flexible course design to allow two entry points in both September and January

The placement

You will have the opportunity to go on a work placement for 6 or 12 months. You are supported in finding placements and can apply for a vacancy as you would a job. There are dedicated sessions to support you in CV writing, interview skills and job applications as well as access to 1:1 tutorials. Most placements start on completion of the taught modules.

The placement will allow you to gain first-hand experience within a real business environment to enhance your future employability and are usually paid. Some students choose to base their research project on a business-related issue arising during the placement. This would give you access to research participants and primary data, and allow you to apply the theories and principles discussed on the programme to a real organisation.

While on placement, you will be supported by a dedicated placements team able to respond to any problems you may be having, an individual tutor who visits you twice while you are on placement and you will retain access to all the University facilities including e-resources. At the end of the placement, you are required to submit a placement portfolio containing your learning contract, a satisfactory employer appraisal, a case study and an end of placement presentation.

You can get in touch with the Placements Office on placements@worc.ac.uk.

Careers

This course is designed in a way that allows you to develop the high-level knowledge and skills to pursue a career in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. This is a growing area of interest and many people are becoming specialists in this field due to its importance in today’s globalised world and business landscape. This course introduces you to various sources of information and methods of analysis for the purpose of business decision making in operations and managing projects.

You will develop the skills of integrating and evaluating relevant information to aid informed and creative problem solving. Furthermore, the course develops the critical thinking skills which are essential for boosting your employability prospects. In addition, the international nature of the candidates, the diversity of expertise and backgrounds together with the University's commitment to the sustainability agenda will all have a profound impact on your employability.

Links with employers

The Business School works closely with a number of professional organisations including the Chartered Institute of Management, Institute of Commercial Management, Chartered Institute of Marketing, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Chartered Institute of Public Relations, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Institute of Financial Accountants, Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals, and British Computer Society.