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Why choose the Graduate School of Business
The course is approved by the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, providing you with professionally recognised accreditation upon graduation.
Our business and management courses rank 3rd overall in their subject field in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey 2024, with top 3 rankings for teaching, student engagement, sense of community and organisation.
Flexible courses designed to accommodate your work and life commitments with block delivery, different entry points through the year and 24/7 access to learning resources.
About the course
Sustainability plays a pivotal role in modern corporate policy and strategy. In recognition of this our contemporary Sustainable Management course equips its graduates with an advanced understanding of the complex interplay between sustainability, management, regulation and economic ambition. Thanks to our practice-led approach, industry involvement and employability-based skills development, graduates apply their learning to real-world challenges through immersive projects.
For further course information, contact Dr Andrew Grantham at andrew.grantham@beds.ac.uk
Course accreditation
Our course is approved by the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), which entitles you to free IEMA student membership throughout your studies, with access to toolkits, webinars and international events. IEMA membership also enables you to network internationally in building a career and achieving further qualifications.
Facilities and specialist equipment
- State-of-the-art business suite complete with £500K of industry-standard hardware and software
- Access to immersive simulations from Harvard Business Publishing
- Reuters trading room offering live ‘stock-market’ data for a realistic investment experience
- Business pods, boardroom areas and IT suites designed to simulate a professional office environment
Industry links
There are opportunities for regional and cross-cultural industry collaboration through networks such as regional Green Business Networks (GBNs) and their wider partners; Luton 2040; Principles for Responsible Management (PRME); and Chambers of Commerce. These collaborations provide access to networking, knowledge-transfer partnerships, and other specialist skills acquisition and development.
Your student experience
- Peer-informed academic learning model with an emphasis on active collaboration and employability tailored for the modern workplace: develop critical thinking, analytical research, leadership, and self-management skills through structured peer discourse and academic guidance, all while gaining specialised knowledge.
- Delivered in six-week Blocks with 24/7 access to learning resources and opportunities.
- Live projects are integrated into the curriculum. Our strong industry links and collaborations offer students real-world experience. Engage with real firms in your classroom, solve real issues, build your competencies, confidence and networks.
- Ranked 3rd overall in the HEA Postgraduate Student Experience Survey (PTES 2024), the University of Bedfordshire ensures an exceptional experience for postgraduate students. Ranked 1st in Engagement, 1st place in Community, 2nd in Teaching and Learning, 2nd in Organisation and Management, and 3rd in Assessment and Feedback from 107 UK Universities.
- Over 95% of our full-time UK business and management graduates are in employment or further study, 15 months after graduating (source: HESA Graduate Outcomes for 2020/21, pub 2023).
- Take advantage of industry speakers, industry events and career-development opportunities studying close to London.
- Choose to specialise further by undertaking your dissertation in an area that sparks your interest, applying your learning to solve complex problems.
- Learn from academic experts with strong industry experience and links. Benefit from high-levels of study support from careers, study skills and student support experts.
- Aligned with the Principles of Responsible Management Education’s (PRME) sustainable development goals (SDG).
Course Leader - Dr Andrew Grantham
I am senior lecturer in strategy and sustainability at the Graduate School of Business (University of Bedfordshire Business School). I am the author of a book entitled Sustainable Business Strategy: Analysis, Choice and Implementation (De Gruyter, 2022).
My expertise is in adapting business and corporate strategy to enable firms to meet internal and external sustainability objectives. The United Nations 17 Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) are the template for businesses pursuing a sustainability policies. My focus is particularly on climate change and strategies for firms to mitigate (become net zero carbon emitters) and adapt (the climate is changing, what do firms need to do to thrive in a warmer and more unpredictable world?).
Course Leader - Dr Andrew Grantham
I am senior lecturer in strategy and sustainability at the Graduate School of Business (University of Bedfordshire Business School). I am the author of a book entitled Sustainable Business Strategy: Analysis, Choice and Implementation (De Gruyter, 2022).
My expertise is in adapting business and corporate strategy to enable firms to meet internal and external sustainability objectives. The United Nations 17 Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) are the template for businesses pursuing a sustainability policies. My focus is particularly on climate change and strategies for firms to mitigate (become net zero carbon emitters) and adapt (the climate is changing, what do firms need to do to thrive in a warmer and more unpredictable world?).
Course Leader - Dr Andrew Grantham
I am senior lecturer in strategy and sustainability at the Graduate School of Business (University of Bedfordshire Business School). I am the author of a book entitled Sustainable Business Strategy: Analysis, Choice and Implementation (De Gruyter, 2022).
My expertise is in adapting business and corporate strategy to enable firms to meet internal and external sustainability objectives. The United Nations 17 Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) are the template for businesses pursuing a sustainability policies. My focus is particularly on climate change and strategies for firms to mitigate (become net zero carbon emitters) and adapt (the climate is changing, what do firms need to do to thrive in a warmer and more unpredictable world?).
Course Leader - Dr Andrew Grantham
I am senior lecturer in strategy and sustainability at the Graduate School of Business (University of Bedfordshire Business School). I am the author of a book entitled Sustainable Business Strategy: Analysis, Choice and Implementation (De Gruyter, 2022).
My expertise is in adapting business and corporate strategy to enable firms to meet internal and external sustainability objectives. The United Nations 17 Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) are the template for businesses pursuing a sustainability policies. My focus is particularly on climate change and strategies for firms to mitigate (become net zero carbon emitters) and adapt (the climate is changing, what do firms need to do to thrive in a warmer and more unpredictable world?).
Course Leader - Dr Andrew Grantham
I am senior lecturer in strategy and sustainability at the Graduate School of Business (University of Bedfordshire Business School). I am the author of a book entitled Sustainable Business Strategy: Analysis, Choice and Implementation (De Gruyter, 2022).
My expertise is in adapting business and corporate strategy to enable firms to meet internal and external sustainability objectives. The United Nations 17 Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) are the template for businesses pursuing a sustainability policies. My focus is particularly on climate change and strategies for firms to mitigate (become net zero carbon emitters) and adapt (the climate is changing, what do firms need to do to thrive in a warmer and more unpredictable world?).
Course Leader - Dr Andrew Grantham
I am senior lecturer in strategy and sustainability at the Graduate School of Business (University of Bedfordshire Business School). I am the author of a book entitled Sustainable Business Strategy: Analysis, Choice and Implementation (De Gruyter, 2022).
My expertise is in adapting business and corporate strategy to enable firms to meet internal and external sustainability objectives. The United Nations 17 Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) are the template for businesses pursuing a sustainability policies. My focus is particularly on climate change and strategies for firms to mitigate (become net zero carbon emitters) and adapt (the climate is changing, what do firms need to do to thrive in a warmer and more unpredictable world?).
What will you study?
Studying our Sustainable Management MSc course will equip you with the knowledge and skills in the combined areas of business and sustainability. Our unit in Corporate Governance and Sustainability will allow you to gain a comprehensive understanding of global modern and progressive corporate governance in relation to company law. Here, you will critically evaluate governance structures by reviewing case studies, news and events that feature the failure of governance. You will evaluate this against good practice and UK/International company law to achieve corporate sustainability for global stakeholders.
Business Sustainability in Practice will then expose you to business impacts on the natural environment while allowing you to consider how these impacts can be managed to improve the environmental sustainability of large and small businesses to meet its obligations – such as transition to net or zero greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. You will also be introduced to the concept of environmental management systems and the UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) that will allow you to enhance your management skills and assess business and management practices to develop strategic and operational opportunities to embed sustainability more deeply throughout an organisation.
Aside from this, you will develop a good understanding of supply chain and logistics concepts as you examine key issues in the design and management of contemporary supply chains in our Integrated Supply Chain and Logistics Management unit. With this knowledge, you will learn to implement solutions for the design, control, operation and management of supply chains.
Furthermore, you will develop a critical and informed understanding of business environments and the business opportunities within them in our Strategy unit. Here, you will be introduced to a range of tools and concepts for strategic analysis and business modelling that will allow you to assess the strategic position of business organisations, formulate strategies, evaluate options and implement strategic decisions. Finally, you will complete our Capstone unit that will allow you to bring theory and practice together and research a topic of your interest that is relevant to your field of study. To help you with this, you will be introduced to the processes and techniques of research methods while working with a research supervisor to develop your ideas.
How will you be assessed?
Your assessments prepare you for career tasks and activities, developing your employability skills and industry-specific knowledge. Your assessments build your competencies and confidence with a strong emphasis on authentic assessment, including a mix-of:
- Live projects, working on real-world industry projects
- Group and individual assessments
- Presentations • Industry reports
- Reflexive work
There are no exams in this course. The capstone of your course is a dissertation, developing an individual independent piece of work under supervision. This challenging, enjoyable and rewarding experience enhance your conceptual and analytical skills, as well as research and data management expertise.
Careers
Sustainability has a wide employment reach encompassing as it does environmental social educational and economic fields as well as business. On successful completion of this course graduates will have skills sufficient to pursue a career in sustainability management across the private, public and charity sectors.
Graduates are also well prepared for further academic study at PhD level.
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Fees for this course
UK
The full-time standard fee for a taught Master's degree for the Academic Year 2025/26 is £10,000 per year. You can apply for a loan from the Government to help pay for your tuition fees and living costs. Visit www.gov.uk/postgraduate-loan
Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk
International 2024/25
The full-time standard fee for a taught Master's degree for the Academic Year 2025/26 is £16,900
If you have any questions around fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk
Fees for this course
UK
The full-time standard fee for a taught Master's degree for the Academic Year 2025/26 is £10,000 per year. You can apply for a loan from the Government to help pay for your tuition fees and living costs. Visit www.gov.uk/postgraduate-loan
Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk
International 2024/25
The full-time standard fee for a taught Master's degree for the Academic Year 2025/26 is £16,900
If you have any questions around fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk
Fees for this course
UK
The full-time standard fee for a taught Master's degree for the Academic Year 2025/26 is £10,000 per year. You can apply for a loan from the Government to help pay for your tuition fees and living costs. Visit www.gov.uk/postgraduate-loan
Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk
International 2024/25
The full-time standard fee for a taught Master's degree for the Academic Year 2025/26 is £16,900
If you have any questions around fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk
Fees for this course
UK
The full-time standard fee for a taught Master's degree for the Academic Year 2025/26 is £10,000 per year. You can apply for a loan from the Government to help pay for your tuition fees and living costs. Visit www.gov.uk/postgraduate-loan
Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk
International 2024/25
The full-time standard fee for a taught Master's degree for the Academic Year 2025/26 is £16,900
If you have any questions around fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk
Fees for this course
UK
The full-time standard fee for a taught Master's degree for the Academic Year 2025/26 is £10,000 per year. You can apply for a loan from the Government to help pay for your tuition fees and living costs. Visit www.gov.uk/postgraduate-loan
Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk
International 2024/25
The full-time standard fee for a taught Master's degree for the Academic Year 2025/26 is £16,900
If you have any questions around fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk
Fees for this course
UK
The full-time standard fee for a taught Master's degree for the Academic Year 2025/26 is £10,000 per year. You can apply for a loan from the Government to help pay for your tuition fees and living costs. Visit www.gov.uk/postgraduate-loan
Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding, please email admission@beds.ac.uk
International 2024/25
The full-time standard fee for a taught Master's degree for the Academic Year 2025/26 is £16,900
If you have any questions around fees and funding, please email international@beds.ac.uk
