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    Newcastle College Business HE 6

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    Business

    Our Business degrees will give you the ability and expertise to accelerate your career and gain a solid foundation in how to run a successful and sustainable business. Whether you want to set up your own business or work with national and international companies, start-ups or not-for-profit organisations, our Business degrees are the perfect way to start your career in this rewarding industry.

    Studying Business at Newcastle College University Centre will enable you to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to be a great business all-rounder. You will study a wide range of local and global business topics, developing key transferable skills such as strategic thinking, commercial problem solving and leadership. Each unit focuses on the theoretical knowledge, professional expertise and work-based learning relevant to a variety of areas including management, human resources, marketing, accounting, business strategy and business law.

    Our tutors are industry-experienced and know how businesses work in practice, sharing their real-world experiences to enhance your learning.

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    FdA Business Management

    Develop your individual management and business acumen, and get ready for life in industry. 

    Length: 2 years
    Study: Full-Time
    Start date: 7th September 2026
    Location: Rye Hill Campus

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    BA (Hons) Business Management (Top Up)

    Top up your foundation degree and gain a strategic view of management with this Business Management (Top-Up).

    Length: 1 year
    Study: Full-Time
    Start date: 7th September 2026
    Location: Rye Hill Campus

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    MA Business Management

    The MA Business Management provides an exciting opportunity to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the field of Business Management.

    Length: 1 year
    Study: Full-Time
    Start Date: Various
    Location: Rye Hill Campus

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    Master of Business Administration (MBA)

    Our MBA is a stimulating and challenging programme which will make you question and re-evaluate how you do business.

    Length: 1 year
    Study: Full-Time
    Start Date: Various
    Location: Rye Hill Campus

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    Georgia O'Neill

    FdA Business Management

    "The range of content, experiences and contacts is something I think is unique to my course. I've been able to meet industry experts with impressive careers, and the insights I've gained from their career paths have helped me to develop my own small business. Studying here wasn't just helpful but also inspiring in its own right!"
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    Chidinma Helena Maduemezie

    MA Business Management

    "I wanted to have more knowledge to have a stronger understanding of business, which I have gained through studying this course. I've been able to build more knowledge and insight into how a business should grow through my studies."
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    Hanieh Taghadosi

    Master of Business Administration (MBA)

    "New horizons have been opened to me because I have now found a deep passion in business, especially business administration."
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    What can I do with a qualification in Business?

    Financial managers and directors Marketing and sales directors Advertising and public relations directors Human resource managers and directors Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c. Local Government Administrative Occupations Records Clerks and Assistants Human Resources Administrative Occupations Sales Administrators Other Administrative Occupations n.e.c.

    Daily tasks:

    • Assesses and advises on factors affecting business performance.
    • Determines staffing levels appropriate for accounting activities.
    • Plans external and internal audit programmes, arranges for the collection and analysis of accounting, budgetary and related information, and manages the company.
    • Participates in the formulation of strategic and long-term business plans, assesses the implications for the organisation financial mechanisms and oversees their implementation.

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    Newcastle College Business 2

    Median Salary

    £63,487 View more

    Daily tasks:

    • Produces and/or assesses reports and recommendations concerning marketing and sales strategies.
    • Controls the recruitment and training of staff.
    • Examines and analyses sales figures, advises on and monitors marketing campaigns and promotional activities.
    • Discusses employer.
    • Liaises with other senior staff to determine the range of goods or services to be sold.

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    Newcastle College Business 1

    Median Salary

    £78,034 View more

    Daily tasks:

    • Directs the arranging of conferences, exhibitions, seminars, etc. to promote the image of a product, service or organisation.
    • Stays abreast of changes in media, readership or viewing figures and advertising rates.
    • Reviews and revises campaign strategy in light of sales figures, surveys, etc. and takes appropriate corrective measures if necessary.
    • Conceives advertising campaign to impart the desired product image in an effective and economical way.
    • Defines target group and implements strategy through appropriate media planning work.
    • Liaises with client to discuss product/service to be marketed and develops the most appropriate strategy to deliver the objectives.

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    Newcastle College Business HE 8

    Median Salary

    £59,250 View more

    Daily tasks:

    • Stays abreast of relevant legislation, considers its impact on the organisation.
    • Considers alternative work procedures to improve productivity.
    • Examines and reports on company and departmental structures, chains of command, information flows, etc. and evaluates efficiency of existing operations.
    • Develops and administers salary, health and safety and promotion policies.
    • Undertakes industrial relations negotiations with employees.
    • Provides or arranges for provision of training courses.
    • Oversees the monitoring of employee performance and career development needs.
    • Oversees the preparation of job descriptions, drafts advertisements and interviews candidates.
    • Determines staffing needs.

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    Newcastle College Business HE 4

    Median Salary

    £50,210 View more

    Daily tasks:

    • Negotiates and monitors contracted out services provided by the private sector to local government studies and acts upon any legislation that may affect the local authority.
    • Registers and maintains records of all births, deaths and marriages in local authority area, issues appropriate certificates and reports any suspicious causes of death to the coroner.
    • Co-ordinates and directs the activities of Revenue and Customs offices, Job Centres, Benefits Agency offices and other local offices of national government.
    • Advises national and local government on the interpretation and implementation of policy decisions, acts and regulations, and provides technical assistance in the formulation of policy.
    • Controls and administers budgets.
    • Prepares and reviews operational and financial reports.
    • Develops plans, sets objectives and monitors and evaluates performance.
    • Recruits and manages staff, assigns and delegates tasks and duties, makes changes in procedures to deal with variations in workload.
    • Analyses internal processes and systems, recommends and implements procedural and policy changes.
    • Coordinates the organisation.

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    £45,285 View more

    Daily tasks:

    • Performs other clerical duties not elsewhere classified including preparing financial information for management, proof reading printed material and drafting letters in reply to correspondence or telephone enquiries.
    • Arranges, classifies and indexes publications, correspondence and other material in libraries and offices.
    • Updates and maintains data, correspondence and other records for storage or despatch.
    • Receives and pays out cash and cheques and performs closely related clerical duties.
    • Prepares and checks invoices and verifies accuracy of records.
    • Computes cost of product/services and maintains and balances records of financial transactions.

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    Median Salary

    £27,103 View more

    Daily tasks:

    • Performs specialised clerical tasks in connection with conveyancing, litigation and the maintenance of medical records.
    • Copies or duplicates documents or other records.
    • Classifies, files, archives and locates documents and other records.
    • Examines and sorts incoming material.

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    Median Salary

    £23,638 View more

    Daily tasks:

    • Implements and maintains HR records systems.
    • Provides administrative support for training courses, work placements etc..
    • Provides practical support for recruitment and selection procedures such as checking application forms, arranging interviews of candidates and ensuring the interview panel receive all relevant documentation.
    • Arranges advertisements for jobs in the relevant media.
    • Supports senior HR staff in the development and implementation of HR and industrial relations policies.

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    Median Salary

    £22,909 View more

    Daily tasks:

    • Carries out general clerical duties.
    • Handles customer complaints or forwards them to relevant member of sales team.
    • Prepares sales invoices and maintains records and accounts of sales activity.
    • Fields telephone enquiries from prospective customers on behalf of the sales team.
    • Provides information to customers on products and prices.

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    Median Salary

    £22,873 View more

    Daily tasks:

    • Checks figures, prepares invoices and records details of financial transactions made.
    • Receives and distributes incoming and outgoing correspondence.
    • Types reports, memos, notes, minutes and other documents.
    • Stores information by filling in forms, writing notes and filing records.

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    Median Salary

    £23,550 View more

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