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MBA - Finance and Sustainability (Robert Kennedy College)

While the MBA is generally seen as the critical qualification for general management, this programme recognises the increasing importance to organisations of sustainability, and the specific challenges that can lead to with respect to raising money and related decisions. After many years of “cheap money”, increases in the cost of capital have progressively focused attention on corporate treasury, exacerbated by pressure on companies to be seen to be conscientious custodians through a responsible approach to sustainability, as demonstrated by their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards.

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Course Overview

The overall aims of the programme are to:

On this course you will...

Further develop relevant management and organisation knowledge, both academic and professional, in line with postgraduate standards/benchmarks and in the context of finance and sustainability;
Develop critical reflection skills and engagement with organisational and professional theory to understand, and where appropriate, challenge existing individual and organisational perspectives and practices within context of sustainable finance;
Develop, and where appropriate apply, new knowledge to add value by enhancing organisational capability, including technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, with a particular focus on finance and sustainability;
Develop an understanding of the organisation’s strategic focus and environment, and the impact of the inter-relationship between the organisation’s resources and clients in an international changing environment, particularly focusing on the environmental, social, ethical and governance dimensions of different financial service sectors, and evaluating related initiatives from both private and public-benefit perspectives;
Develop commitment to continuous personal and professional development, independence and reflective learning, in the context of finance and sustainability;
Develop particular expertise and understanding in the fields of business and management, finance and sustainability, enabling a critical engagement with contemporary discourses in sustainability and the social responsibility of organisations, that will promote a personal and professional reflection on leading change in the finance sector.

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Key Details

Recruiting toUK / RoI / Settled in UK
Course LocationOnline
Mode of DeliveryDistance Learning with optional residency (blended)
Course DurationFull-time: 1 Year
Part-time: 2 Years
Course Start PointSeptember
AwardMBA
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Minimum entry requirements

2:2

Honours degree

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Course Structure

What you will learn

The programme is delivered 100% online, and includes relevant input from the University directly in the module " Enterprise Ethics and Sustainability". Additionally, the new programme combines recorded lectures with live tutorials, hence benefits from the current state of the art technologies that replicate as close as possible the real classroom experience. While the programme can be taken entirely on-line, Robert Kennedy College also offers a residency, Corporate Strategy and Competitiveness, which can be taken as an alternative to three other modules.

Compulsory modules

Modules

Organisational Behaviour
Marketing Management
Sustainable Finance
Strategic Management
Enterprise Ethics and Sustainability
Dissertation

Compulsory modules, Optional modules

Modules

Financial Management
Information Management
Corporate Strategy and Competitiveness
Money Management

Teaching & Assessment

How you will learn

As a student at the University of Cumbria and Robert Kennedy College, you are part of an inclusive learning community that recognises diversity. You will have opportunities to learn by interacting with others in a collegiate, facilitative and dynamic learning environment. Teaching, assessment and student support will allow equal and equitable opportunities for you to optimise your potential and develop autonomy.

We seek to create a stimulating and innovative community of learning, even at a distance. Facilitated by our expert practitioner staff, you will experience a learning environment that is well equipped, flexible, and stimulating.

The teaching and learning methodologies applied will embed the principles of the aims of the programme, in terms of international development, global awareness and individual development for the workplace.

The promotion of inclusive practice across a range of learner types, utilising the appropriate learning technologies and the provision of active learning and social learning underlie the teaching principles applied.

How you will be assessed

Intellectual and cognitive skills are assessed by means of written assignments, including extended essays, reports and presentations, while quantitative skills, including the use of ICT, are assessed via worked exercises.

Assessment is focused on providing opportunities for both formative and summative assessment. For all modules, formative assessment is in an interim assignment, as well as on a continuous and on-going basis via the medium of the online forums, whereby tutors comment on ideas expressed, give feedback on the direction of the discussion, and recommend courses of action/lines of thought that might be taken.

Summative assessment is based on analysis and critical evaluation of case-study material to facilitate the real-world application of knowledge and integration of the often considerable expected experience of the students, as well as theoretical material.

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Online Learning
Online learning at the University of Cumbria is an interactive experience that makes use of a range of technologies and media types to provide a rich learning environment.
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MBA - Finance and Sustainability (Robert Kennedy College)