MProf Human Resource Practice

Overview & facilities

The MProf has been designed to enhance your capabilities as a Human Resource Manager within your organisation. It does this by developing your skills of reflective practice and culminates in a major work-based research project.

It has been designed specifically for practitioners wishing to develop themselves through a critical exploration of their role and evolving managerial responsibilities.  One of the benefits of the MProf is that it provides the opportunity to make a claim for academic recognition against your existing relevant formal and informal learning.

We know that Human Resource practitioners work across a broad range of sectors. One of the benefits of the MProf at Middlesex is that we can support them by drawing on the expertise of the Business School in a range of relevant areas. These include; Accounting and Finance, Economics and Taxation, Business Law, Financial Reporting, Business Information Systems, Statistics, Management and Enterprise.

What is distinctive about the MProf?

• It focuses on developing participants' individual capabilities as reflective practitioners, and through this enhancing their capability for undertaking practice-based research within their own workplace.
• Because professionals have achieved a significant amount of both formal and informal learning, the MProf provides an opportunity to make a claim for academic credits against relevant prior learning.
• It is designed specifically to support participants in undertaking practice-based research into their workplace activities.
• While the knowledge gained from this research is equally rigorous to a research Masters, it is distinctive in that the participant is placed at the centre of their research investigation, and their findings tend to be applicable within their organisation.
• Participants' study paths and projects are tailored to meet their individual needs and interests, and those of their organisations

Content & modules

The course is divided into three main phases: the first and second last for a minimum of one semester (6 months) each, and the third continues for a minimum of one further year.

Throughout the course your focus is on your professional activity in an organisational context. The MProf provides a structured framework for critically understanding your work-based activity, and equips you to operate as a reflective professional practitioner. The research project provides an opportunity for you to interrogate the learning you are achieving in the workplace, and to express this in writing in a systematic way that is both informed by and informs relevant theory.

Entry & applying

Normally a bachelors degree or professional qualification is required, or an overseas equivalent qualification. You should also have a minimum of three years managerial or professional experience in a full-time senior position. Managerial experience means managerial responsibility for people, and/or functions, and/or technical expertise, and would typically involve experience of change leadership.

Prospective students should contact the Business School directly to arrange a discussion with the course leader.

Email: Professionals@mdx.ac.uk

If you would like to apply for MProf please download an application form.

General enquiries telephone: +44 (0) 20 8411 5555

Address:
The School Office
Middlesex University Business School
The Burroughs
London   NW4 4BT
United Kingdom

Fees & funding

UK/EU
£6,000 per year

Find out about our flexible payment plans for UK/EU students, and how they can help you spread the cost of your course.

International
£6,400 per year

Fees include:

• all tuition and supervisory support
• all study materials
• full access to our virtual learning environment (VLE)
• full access to library and electronic databases

Fees include:

• all tuition and supervisory support
• all study materials
• full access to our virtual learning environment (VLE)
• full access to library and electronic databases

When are fees due?
Fees are payable for each academic year, and may be made either in one or two instalments.

How do I pay?
Online payment by credit or debit card is preferable. You may also send a cheque, or pay in cash at the Campus Finance Office. Further information about payment of fees will be included in your induction materials.

To apply for the MProf please download an application form, application guide and information for referees guide.

For more information, please contact: Professionals@mdx.ac.uk

Careers & placements

The MProf provides an excellent opportunity for managers to use their existing expertise, professional qualifications or work experience, to gain a masters qualification.  It is particularly suitable for managers who want to develop their leadership potential whilst continuing to develop their professional practice.