Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Accounting and Finance and Politics (NL24)

In the rapidly changing business world, the demand for finance professionals has never been greater. This challenging and stimulating Accounting and Finance degree will equip students with a strong strategic outlook, ensuring that, once they graduate, they will be ready to inform and advise management decision-making at the highest level. The variety of topics studied on this degree will give them a sound grounding in theoretical and practical areas of Accounting and Finance.

Senior Professional Tutors, with practical experience in the professional services sector and who are experts in their field, work alongside well respected academic staff to ensure that, when students graduate, they will have the skills and knowledge needed for a successful career in a number of competitive areas, including accountancy, general management, banking, and finance.

Liverpool Hope University believes students' ability to gain meaningful employment after they graduate is really important, so there is a strong focus on helping them to develop their employability skills.

Throughout the degree, there will be a number of opportunities and initiatives to engage and network with local, national and international businesses, giving students the chance to raise their profile and make connections in the business before they have even graduated.

In this rapidly changing world, new challenges are constantly arising – from climate change to new technologies, from identity politics to Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic – and the study of politics needs to respond. Liverpool Hope University seeks to engage with politics and political issues in the real world as they evolve and change over time. In doing so, the university actively encourages debate and discussion amongst students, encouraging a stronger awareness and appreciation of different points of view.

The Politics program will allow students to explore key ideas, institutions and politics in an international, national and local context. They will be taught by staff who are experts in their fields, who will teach them to engage with political research and develop the capacity to be an independent, critically-minded scholar. The course also aims to equip students with transferable skills to take into the world of work.