Journalism, Media and Communication and Human Resource Management

Journalism, media, and communication combined with human resource management is a combination that equips you to work at the intersection of how organisations communicate with the world and how they manage the people within them. Journalism and media develops the skills of researching, storytelling, digital production, and critical analysis of how media industries operate. Human resource management is concerned with how organisations attract, develop, and retain their people, covering employment law, recruitment, performance management, and organisational behaviour.

Together, the two disciplines prepare you for careers that require both strong communication skills and an understanding of organisational life.

At the University of Strathclyde, this four-year full-time BA allows you to develop the professional skills of journalism, communication, and information design alongside a grounding in the principles and practices of human resource management. The journalism and media element gives you a critical understanding of the media industry while equipping you with technical and professional skills you can use in Glasgow's dynamic media market and beyond. The HRM component develops your knowledge of the employment relationship, HR strategy, and the organisational contexts in which communication and people management intersect.

With a typical entry tariff of 200 UCAS points, this is a competitive programme at a leading Scottish university.

Graduates from this combination are well placed for careers in internal communications, HR communications, organisational development, journalism, corporate communications, public relations, and management roles in media organisations. The combination is particularly valuable in larger organisations where effective communication is itself a people management challenge, and in HR functions that need to communicate change, values, and leadership narratives to diverse workforces. Postgraduate study in journalism, HRM, or organisational communications provides a natural continuation.