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One-year full-time or two-year part-time vocational-based route into construction management.
Fully accredited by the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE).
Gain experience of real building projects on site visits that have recently included individual projects worth up to £1bn.
About the course
Your next step after completing a Foundation degree in Construction Management or BTEC Higher National Diploma, this industry-focused top-up course prepares you for a thriving career in the global construction sector. Through our combination of real-life work placements, an independent project, and expert teaching in areas such as construction economics, project management and emerging technologies, you gain the skills and knowledge needed to make your mark in this rewarding field.
Course accreditation
Our Construction Management courses are fully accredited by the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE), an internationally recognised and respected professional body. Once you have graduated, you have the opportunity to work through the CABE membership grades and ultimately progress to chartered status, signifying you are a competent professional who strives for the highest possible standards.
Facilities and specialist equipment
- Dedicated STEM building with specialist labs, group study hubs and bespoke teaching spaces
- High-tech facilities with cutting-edge technology and state-of-the-art equipment
- Advanced machine workshop and product design lab with laser cutting and 3D printing for model-making
- Industry-standard software such as AutoCAD, Revit and MATLAB
Industry links
Improve your skills through collaboration with our expert industry partners, including NG Construction and Kier.
Your student experience
Learn from our highly qualified and industry-experienced teaching team.
Our academic staff’s close relationships with leading employers and active involvement in industry feed directly back into their teaching so you stay up to date with the latest developments in the field.
Work on real-life scenarios and case studies with our hands-on approach, which gives you the practical skills and technical knowledge needed to tackle a range community, business and customer needs.
Thrive with the support of our dedicated academic success tutors and close contact with your project supervisor.
Learn from industry experts in our regular interactive demonstrations and seminars, from local authority planners and construction professionals to project managers and government agency representatives.
Take part in field trips to ground-breaking new developments. Past projects include LSE’s £145m Marshall Building; Thames Tunnel (Silvertown Tunnel) project; Old War Office; and Luton and Dunstable project.
with Professional Practice Year
This course has the option to be taken over four years which includes a year placement in industry. Undertaking a year in industry has many benefits. You gain practical experience and build your CV, as well as being a great opportunity to sample a profession and network with potential future employers.
There is no tuition fee for the placement year enabling you to gain an extra year of experience for free.
*Only available to UK/EU students.
with Foundation Year
A Degree with a Foundation Year gives you guaranteed entry to an Undergraduate course.
Whether you’re returning to learning and require additional help and support to up-skill, or if you didn’t quite meet the grades to pursue an Undergraduate course, our Degrees with Foundation Year provide a fantastic entry route for you to work towards a degree level qualification.
With our guidance and support you’ll get up to speed within one year, and will be ready to seamlessly progress on to undergraduate study at Bedfordshire.
The Foundation Year provides an opportunity to build up your academic writing skills and numeracy, and will also cover a range of subject specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an Undergraduate degree.
This is an integrated four-year degree, with the foundation year as a key part of the course. You will need to successfully complete the Foundation Year to progress on to the first year of your bachelor’s degree.
Why study a degree with a Foundation Year?
- Broad-based yet enough depth to give you credible vocational skills
- Coverage of a variety of areas typically delivered by an expert in this area
- Gain an understanding of a subject before choosing which route you wish to specialise in
- Great introduction to further study, and guaranteed progression on to one of our Undergraduate degrees
The degrees offering a Foundation Year provide excellent preparation for your future studies.
During your Foundation Year you will get the opportunity to talk to tutors about your degree study and future career aspirations, and receive guidance on the most appropriate Undergraduate course to help you achieve this; providing you meet the entry requirements and pass the Foundation Year.
What will you study?
Studying our Construction Management (Top-up) BSc (Hons) course will allow you to build on your knowledge and skills in design and construction. In core areas of study, our Construction Project Management unit will equip you with the knowledge, understanding and experience in effective project management in construction to meet time and budget constraints. Furthermore, when working in construction, it is also important to ensure construction projects deliver a profit. This is where our Construction Economics unit will expose you to principles and technologies within the field such as budgeting or cost and value management that you can use to achieve commercial and contractual outcomes.
In other areas of study, sustainability has now become a major influence on construction projects, and you will explore this in our Emerging Technologies and Sustainability unit. You will investigate emerging technologies used in current construction methods while critically analysing its importance within sustainability and financial implications. Additionally, you will advance your knowledge and practical skills around procurement law and risk management techniques for construction in our Contract Procurement and Risk Management unit.
Finally, you will complete an Honours Project where you will be able to apply your skills, knowledge and creativity to a project of interest to you that is relevant to your field of study. Through evaluating research and literature, you will demonstrate in-depth knowledge in your chosen topic related to the construction industry while also presenting conclusions and recommendations for complex problems in the field.
How will you be assessed?
A range of assessment methods are used throughout the course. The types of assessment used range from practical work which assesses the practical application of knowledge and concepts gained in lectures seminars and also from learning acquired during self-study through to presentation and report based assessments. Time controlled in-class tests are also utilised to allow the students to experience and adjust to industry requirements.
Careers
Key industry bodies have indicated a huge projected demand for and shortages of construction professionals and technical staff.
This will offer a range of opportunities to our construction management graduates across different sectors disciplines and projects to fill that skills gap and to provide high-quality input where it’s most needed in the industry.
The course has been designed to deliver ‘industry-ready’ graduates who have the skills and knowledge to work at a professional standard and have a high-level of understanding of industry demands.
The course has also been developed to provide graduates with different career options and to follow various career paths depending on their particular fields of interest. In the past our graduates have gone on to work for local authorities housing associations large medium and small building contractors as well as specialist consultancies and agencies.
Job roles that graduates have taken have included site managers project planners project managers surveyors and estimators.
On successful completion of this degree past students have also gone on to continue with their academic qualifications by enrolling on Masters degree-level courses.
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