MSc International Human Resource Management and Comparative Industrial Relations / Course details

People are at the heart of workplaces. Managing and developing them is essential to help organisations achieve their goals, and support employees to thrive and lead meaningful working lives.

• Learn about the differences between the employment practices and industrial relations systems in diverse countries and multinationals
• Understand how social and economic factors influence variations in practice and systems
• Study the influence of economic integration on changing systems of employment and industrial relations
• Gain a competitive edge in the job market studying a course accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

CIPD Course recognition

The course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) offering the ability to fast track your career through membership.

As part of our accreditation, all students attend a series of compulsory HR skills development workshops. These workshops focus on your personal skills capacity building as a future HR specialist. The workshops are non-credit bearing in order to maximise their developmental nature. You can join CIPD as a student member and once you have passed all course units (including the HR skills development workshops and the dissertation), you can update your CIPD membership to Associate Member. After you have applied your knowledge in a workplace setting, you can then apply for Chartered Membership.

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If you are interested in domestic human resource management you might like to consider our MSc Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations .

Assessment across the course units varies on the modules chose. It includes a combination of examinations, individual essay, course work, assignment and group project and presentation assessment. A dissertation is undertaken during the final semester over the summer.