English and Human Resource Management

English and human resource management is a combination that pairs one of the most analytically rigorous and communicatively demanding arts subjects with a discipline centrally concerned with the management of people in organisations. English develops your written and verbal communication, your ability to analyse and discuss ideas, your capacity for broad and creative thinking, and your sensitivity to language, all of which are precisely the skills that employers most value in managers and HR professionals. Human resource management addresses recruitment, training, performance management, employment law, organisational behaviour, and the strategic role of people management in organisational success.

At the University of Strathclyde, this four-year full-time programme includes a year abroad, giving you the opportunity to study in a different academic and cultural context, which is enriching both for the literary and linguistic scope of the English component and for the cross-cultural dimensions of HR practice. You will read widely across English literature, developing the close reading and critical interpretation skills that the discipline demands, and you will study the major topics in HRM, from recruitment and selection through learning and development to employment relations and strategic HR. Strathclyde's emphasis on the practical applicability of its degrees means the HR component is grounded in real organisational contexts and in the skills that professional practice requires.

Graduates are well-placed for careers in human resources, learning and development, recruitment, employment relations, organisational development, and management consultancy. The communication and analytical skills the English component develops are particularly valued in HR roles that require writing, presentation, and the ability to engage constructively with complex interpersonal and organisational situations. Many graduates pursue professional CIPD qualifications alongside or after their degree, and postgraduate study in HRM, business administration, or management is another route.