Business and Law

About this programme

Legal expertise empowers businesses to succeed. It protects intellectual property, mitigates risk, clarifies contracts, and more. Together, business and law form a dynamic duo that drives economic growth and change. Making connections between these two subjects is key to the course. In your foundation year, you’ll study a foundation in business, developing essential skills for degree-level study. You’ll then explore the links between business and law, taking modules taught jointly by academics from the Business School and the Law School. Throughout the course, you’ll refine key skills like problem-solving, effective decision-making, and persuasive argumentation. Your understanding of business-law relationships in a commercial context will open a variety of career paths. The legal knowledge you gain will also support preparation for the SQE. Even if law isn’t your ambition, this course provides valuable expertise for a range of careers. Build essential study skills with an integrated foundation year. Gain academic confidence, improve critical thinking, and strengthen subject knowledge for your degree journey. Academics from the Business School and the Law School join forces to teach modules to help you create connections. We signed up to the UN’s Principles for Responsible Management Education so you can be confident you will learn business the right way. Completing this degree will help you prepare for the solicitor’s qualifying examination. Each year of this course is designed to build on your knowledge. In your Foundation Year, you will study a foundation in busin