Accounting, BSc (Hons), with industry placement

Accounting is an excellent choice for those with analytical skills and a problem-solving mindset, as it emphasizes communication alongside numerical analysis. This single honours degree immerses students in accounting and business from the outset, offering substantial professional accreditations from ICAEW, ACCA, and CIMA. Upon completion, graduates emerge as partially qualified accountants, requiring only work experience and a few exams for full qualification, based on module choices and grades. The program features six core pillars—financial accounting, management accounting, technology, audit and assurance, taxation, and research—plus an employability theme that integrates real-world skills throughout.The curriculum includes core modules in the first two years, such as financial accounting techniques, quantitative methods, management accounting fundamentals, ethics, sustainability, financial economics, finance principles, and taxation basics. Employability is embedded through employer consultations, optional placements, and a final-year independent research project. Assessments combine exams, assignments, reports, projects, presentations, and a 10,000-word dissertation, evaluating knowledge, problem-solving, communication, and practical application to prepare graduates as innovative business professionals.

Year 1 Core modules: Financial Accounting teaches the techniques of double entry accounting and its application in recording transactions, adjusting financial records and preparing non-complex financial statements. Quantitative Methods 1 provides the fundamental quantitative techniques needed for your degree. Additionally, it provide a rigorous introduction to the foundation mathematical techniques needed for various modules throughout the degree program. Fundamentals of Management Accounting teaches you to understand, apply and critically appraise the fundamental knowledge and techniques that underpin the area of management accounting, from planning and control to costing and decision making. Ethics and Sustainability will introduce you to the social and ethical contexts in which business operate, using real-world examples. You will learn about the professional codes of ethics, learn to identify when an issue arises and develop the skills to propose alternative solutions. Additionally, you will gain understanding of the UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) and their implication in the wider business societies. Introduction to Financial Economics introduces the basic principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics. Microeconomics explores areas including the role of consumers and businesses in the marketplace, markets in action, market structure, strategic rivalry and growth strategies. Macroeconomics includes exchange rates and the balance of payments, globalisation, fiscal policy, inflation, unemployment and economic growth. Foundations of Finance introduces the key principles of corporate finance and their importance to firms. It also provides students with a solid grounding in issues of finance as they relate to business and financial markets. Principles of Taxation enables you to understand the general objectives of tax and to complete basic calculations in relation to income tax, national insurance contributions, capital gains tax, corporation tax, and VAT. You will also be able to prepare basic tax computations and provide tax advice to individuals and companies.