Human Resource Management and Employment Relations MSc

This new and improved HR course will shape the next generation of HR professionals, practitioners and line managers.

• Become a highly skilled and knowledgeable specialist who can strategically and practically contribute to people management leadership, organisational decision-making and performance within the UK and internationally.
• Graduates will be prepared to influence how employees are valued and treated within organisations, upholding the principles of fairness, dignity at work and social responsibility; core values championed by the University of Manchester.
• Students can take the international pathway to deepen their insights into how different economic, institutional and production systems can shape Employment Relations and HRM practices across the globe.
• This Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) accredited course, at a triple-accredited and top UK business school, will provide you with the essential knowledge, skills and expertise for your future career journey

CIPD Course recognition

The course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) offering the ability to fast track your career through professional membership. All students attend a series of compulsory workshops which focus on your personal skills capacity building as a future HR specialist.

The workshops are non-credit bearing. When you graduate, you can become CIPD Associate Member and use the designation Assoc CIPD. You may also be eligible to become a CIPD Chartered Member or CIPD Charted Fellow, depending on your experience. You join CIPD as a student member and once you have passed all course units (including the HR skills development workshops and the dissertation), you can update your CIPD membership to Associate Member. Please note to obtain Associate Member status you will need to have joined the CIPD as a student member and remain in membership throughout your programme. These costs are an individual responsibility.