Pre-Masters in Business and Management - Continue to Master of Science - Global Supply Chain Management

At the postgraduate level, Brunel University London Pathway College provides the highly acclaimed Pre-Master's programme leading to an excellent range of Brunel University London Master programmes in business and management, computing, engineering & design and arts. After successfully completing the programme students will advance to their chosen progression degree. A postgraduate pathway will give students valuable insight into postgraduate-level studies in the UK. Most importantly, It will equip students with the appropriate knowledge and skills they need to excel in their chosen taught master's degree.

The educational aims of the programme element are to:

• Develop in students fundamental knowledge and understanding of business and its internal and external operating processes, inclusive of planning and strategy, growth, marketing, products/services, finance and accounting systems, information systems, and the management and development of human resource within organisations. • Develop in students an appreciation and desire to learn based on competent intellectual and practical skills that build to a set of transferable skills that will support them in all aspects of their onward academic studies/careers and support their decision making in an informed manner. • Ensure that students have attained the prescribed level of inter-disciplinary language competence. • Prepare students for postgraduate study to meet the required academic standards.

Global Supply Chain Management MSc

Globalisation requires an international approach to business, and with suppliers increasingly scattered across the globe, particularly to supply chain management. Brunel’s Global Supply Chain Management MSc is a course that attracts business men and women from all over the world who want to focus specifically on a career in supply chain management or logistics, so they can be sure to find themselves in good company. A wide range of topics is studied including development of supplier relationships, operations improvement, procurement strategies, outsourcing, inventory control, and logistics operations, as well as addressing the issues that affect these areas. The breadth of study forms a solid foundation of understanding allowing students to explain and apply theories on logistics, operations and project management, and business modelling and simulation to their practice. The relationship between logistics and supply chain management will also be approached through the lens of contemporary social issues such as the state of geopolitics, advances in technology, and the increasing importance of transparency and sustainability. The course includes a series of guest lectures, supply chain and procurement conferences, company visits and employability workshops. Past company visits have included site tours of Mini and Jaguar car plants. Brunel has also welcomed LEAN specialists to Brunel Business School from Rolls Royce and Wiles Greenworld.