• Learn in small and engaging teaching environments using up-to-the-minute interactive technologies
• Study a stimulating range of global airline and airport industry related organisational contexts
• Develop the knowledge and intellectual expertise you will need to work to the very highest standards of professionalism
• Gain the essential people and process expertise international companies expect from their leaders
• Explore the latest hard and soft aviation management skills with a highly committed and motivating team of teaching experts                                                       
• Challenge yourself as you develop your theoretical and pragmatic skills and knowledge
• Benefit from a course that uses a hands-on, practical approach, including the use of a Strategic Airline simulation, as it focuses on your ambitions and future career.

Units

• Business Practice Explored (BSS005-1) Compulsory
• Introduction To The Airline Industry (TAL033-1) Compulsory
• Managing People In Aviation (TAL034-1) Compulsory
• Using Data To Build Business Practice (BSS004-1) Compulsory
• Airport Management (TAL041-2) Compulsory
• Aviation Operations Management (TAL042-2) Compulsory
• Crisis Management And Communication (MAR019-2) Compulsory
• Management Accounting For Business (AAF002-2) Compulsory
• Marketing (MAR008-2) Compulsory
• Research Skills For Aviation And Airport Management (TAL043-2) Compulsory
• Aviation Law (LAW006-3) Compulsory
• Dissertation For Aviation And Airport Management (MAR025-3) Compulsory
• Managing Health, Safety And Security For Aviation (MAR024-3) Compulsory
• Pr Ethics And Csr (MAR015-3) Compulsory
• Strategic Management (SHR004-3) Compulsory

To assess the range of integration of theory and skills into sound practice, we use a variety of methods including these listed below:

• Reports: you analyse Aviation and Airport problems and propose solutions.


• Presentations: present proposals as if to your line manager, a board of directors, or a client.


• Academic writing: used to demonstrate clear, critical thinking, you might be asked to write an essay or a short summary of a theoretical debate.


• Appraisals: just as in business, you use appraisals to assess your own learning and to set your personal and academic development objectives.


• Projects: these are assessed in a number of ways depending on the task defined by our external industry contacts or otherwise stated (where included).


• Portfolios: these will required where there is a a piece of work that required.


• Exams: as well as conventional exams using set questions and case studies, exams can be the outcome of a group task. You might work on a large task together and then sit an exam to show your individual learning from the task.

For all assignments you will have an assignment brief which clearly sets out what is required and you will be given the criteria which your tutors or agency will use to mark your work.

Employability is developed throughout the course. In the first year, you will enhance your suitability for a management and leadership career in the aviation industry through a systematic understanding of management theories and their nuanced application in an aviation context through engagement with the content of Introduction to the Airline Industry which is embedded in a L4 unit.

The proximity of London Luton Airport means that you will be able to experience and reflect on operations and how theory is applied in practice, through visits, field-trips and by liaison with industry experts.

Personal and professional development is introduced at level 4 and is anchored in the concept of professional appraisal and human resource management which are offered in Using Data to Build Business Practice and Business Practice Explored. As you progress through the levels of study, this is further developed through an active exploration of advanced subject specific content current that underpins employment requirements in the industry and employer expectations of its employees. You will also acquire an ability to articulate how you meet those requirements and expectations.

At level 6, you will tangibly demonstrate your ability to creatively and effectively respond to topical sector challenges through the final dissertation project.

Students studying the BSc Aviation and Airport Management (with Professional Practice year) have the opportunity to further increase their employability and gain essential work experience and commercial awareness. The placement is also a great way to build up a network of contacts within a chosen industry.

Students who register for the degree with professional practice year will additionally attend a series of workshops and activities related to securing a suitable placement and compulsory briefings at the end of year 2 to ensure that all legal requirements for health and safety, safeguarding etc. training have been met,. This will be explained more fully in your professional practice handbook once you have registered with the Careers and Employability Services Student Development and Awards Team in your first year. If you will be working with children and/or vulnerable people you will be required to have a DBS check and undertake Safeguarding and Prevent training.

We offer a forward thinking, practice and applied approach to learning which provides an excellent student experience. As a student you will find the course vibrant and interactive. Our friendly department will welcome you and put you at the centre of what we do, ensuring that you are able to apply the skills and the knowledge needed to be successful in your future career in this important and growing industry.

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