Our aim at Oxford Media & Business School is to ensure our students experience a supportive learning environment whilst studying intensively for a Professional Business Diploma, designed to fast-track them into the business career they want.
Unlike a university, our students are in a tutored classroom environment for up to 20 hours a week. This enables them to focus on learning the practical skills we know employers want in entry-level business roles.
Our core values are based upon providing the best higher education learning experience we can offer, with students given individual attention and support in a small business school learning environment.
A Higher Education Course That Is Inspiring & Exciting
One of our key aims is to inspire and excite young people about the future careers they have ahead of them. We do this in several ways throughout the academic year, with a particular focus on it in the final term.
Our careers focus and industry connections bring a wide range of speakers to the business school every term to inspire students about employment and roles in various sectors and industries.
This can range from introductions to our boutique London recruitment agencies, who share information about the roles they specialise in recruiting for, to past students and experts working in sectors such as finance, interior design, PR, startup businesses, and media organisations.
Students hear real career insights from our speakers, and can ask questions if they want to know more about the business or sector they work in. Often, our speakers remain in contact with students if there is a specific area of interest.
In the final term, our students head out on a work experience placement for a week, which is always an exciting moment of the year.
Students are placed across a variety of business sectors according to what interests them, providing a valuable insight into the world of employment. They can also add this to their CV, along with an employer recommendation.
As the diploma is studied intensively, the terms are packed with learning, assignments, and extracurricular activities, allowing them to experience an exciting learning journey and enjoy living in the student city of Oxford.
We Provide A Caring & Supportive Learning Environment
Studying for the Professional Business Diploma is very different from attending university. Our students have nominated tutors for 1-1 support, and group tutor time is scheduled into the timetable every week.
We get to know each of our students individually, and our tutoring staff operate an open-door policy to support them with both their academic and personal journeys whilst with us.
The broad range of skills our students learn and practise, from formally presenting to a room to verbal and written business communications, means they graduate feeling confident and able for their entry into the workplace.
Our Students Graduate Feeling Capable & Confident
Studying for the Professional Business Diploma means our students are equipped with a fantastic set of skills for business employment.
They graduate with Advanced IT & Digital Literacy Skills in the Microsoft 365 and Google suite, learning over 80 Excel functions (logical, statistical, and data validation). They are taught PowerPoint skills to an advanced professional level, mail merge skills in Word, and file management skills (SharePoint) with a focus on understanding how to work collaboratively.
In Business, the learning curriculum includes both communication skills development and practical learning investigations into stock markets and the wider business environment, with students being challenged to write a report on a FTSE100 company.
Our Personal Development Planning module often holds lightbulb moments for our students. They gain a real insight into their own personalities to help guide them to the right career. Students go through the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment, learn about Belbin team roles, and experience mock interviews to build their confidence for the real world of job searching.
The Professional Business Diploma Is a Higher Education Option That Is Innovative And Evolving
Our close relations with various recruitment specialists meansbwe have a constant communication flow of what skills employers are looking for in young professional candidates.
Tutors adapt and update the diploma curriculum yearly in line with industry and employer preferences. For example, our Digital Marketing module is constantly evolving in line with the fast-moving pace of social networks, AI, and other digital tools. The ethical use of AI has also been introduced where appropriate across the full curriculum.
In Business, the curriculum focuses on what is happening in the moment of current affairs. Students follow topical news stories and understand how press stories about a business can impact stock market performance.
We strive to deliver the most supportive and engaging learning experience for all our students. Further information about the Professional Business Diploma curriculum can be found here. If you would like to contact us to book a visit, please contact us here.