MSc Project Management

You will explore the variety of organisational, social, and environmental contexts in which projects operate. You will examine sustainable project management from the perspectives of contemporary organisational practice, stakeholder engagement, and ESG (economic, social, environmental, and governance) considerations.

You will then critically evaluate principles, frameworks, and standards for sustainable project management, and assess how sustainability factors are embedded throughout project lifecycles. As projects drive change, you will learn the strategies to secure stakeholder support and manage change effectively. You will also develop the ability to apply

• sustainability performance metrics
• standards
• and best practices,

helping prepare you to lead responsible and sustainable change in diverse sectors.

Building on your prior knowledge of sustainable project management, this module will advance your skills in planning, scheduling, monitoring, and controlling projects across their full lifecycle. Using professional software tools, you'll apply techniques such as critical path analysis, earned value management, and cash flow forecasting to model and optimise outcomes to professional standards. The module also deepens your understanding of how project decisions impact stakeholders, resources, and the wider environment, integrating responsible management and sustainability to support ethical practice, create long-term value, and ensure successful project delivery.

In this module, you'll apply advanced project management methodologies using the latest technologies. You'll focus on leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) for smarter planning, scheduling, and financial forecasting to optimise project outcomes and make data-driven decisions. You will use industry-standard tools, including AI platforms and autonomous project management systems, to plan, model, and optimise projects to professional standards. The module also emphasises Ethical AI and responsible innovation, challenging you to connect these new technologies to the wider business ecosystem and broader issues like sustainability.

Management is the activity of getting things done with the aid of people and other resources. Working with human resources is a key element of this. And on this module, you'll develop a deep understanding of the practical art of managing change based on a theoretical understanding of organisational behaviour and leadership. Using theoretical concepts, this module enables you to build a comprehensive understanding of the emergent properties of organisations such as culture, politics and leadership. You'll also build practical skills to address the issues facing leaders and managers in contemporary, typically international, organisations.

Business Intelligence (BI) refers to technologies, applications, and practices for the collection, integration, analysis, and presentation of business information. The purpose of business intelligence is to support better business decision making. In this module, you’ll gain an understanding of the technology of BI and its application to an organisation’s strategies and goals. By using theory and knowledge, you’ll be equipped to extensively apply data and perform statistical and qualitative analyses that help drive business decisions and actions. You’ll also learn the business intelligence techniques and skills to understand, evaluate, and interpret business and performance metrics and tools. All of this will enable you to improve individual and organisational performance, which can be used to update organisational policies and procedures.

In an increasingly globalised business environment, the ability of organisations to identify, and then to manage, supply networks and individual chains of supply have grown in its significance.

In this module you will learn about the key elements and activities within Procurement and Supply Chain management, how this function supports the wider organisation and its objectives, and how these activities can be managed to ensure the optimal outcome.

You will build your knowledge of upstream and downstream relationships with suppliers and customers are managed effectively to ensure value is added whilst controlling costs and ultimately satisfying the customer.

This module is designed to develop your self-awareness as a leader and team player, helping you understand your strengths and weaknesses. You'll gain and improve essential management and leadership skills, while also cultivating reflexivity and an enterprising mindset to better handle uncertainty. The module aims to boost your confidence and ability to effectively articulate your skills for career development and employment, and to enhance your interpersonal communication. We'll explore diverse leadership perspectives on key topics like ethics, EDI, sustainability, technology, and change, equipping you to manage issues of corporate social responsibility and societal wellbeing. Finally, you'll learn to analyse and respond to the impact of environmental forces and social issues on organisations.

Your learning is supported through a structured programme of face-to-face workshops and/or support sessions, which may include one-to-one consultations, group discussions, and other interactive learning activities.

These workshops and support sessions provide structured guidance on the planning, design, and execution of an independent applied research project that seeks to address real-world organisational challenges. The guidance focuses on core research processes, methodological decision-making, ethical considerations, and effective communication of findings, and is designed to be applicable to you all on the module. Project ideas are informed by real-world organisations, and you're given the opportunity to explore a topic that reflects your individual interests, professional experience, and/or career aspirations.

If you decide to take the sandwich mode your year of full-time taught study will be followed by one year of full-time, supervised work experience. The time on supervised work experience is paid and spent with a suitable international hospitality and tourism employer. You carry out an assessed project for the company as part of your academic studies on the placement. You'll expand your enterprise skills in the context of the workplace. The focus will be on building your intrapreneurial mindsets during your placement, helping you to develop the curiosity, creativity, vision and resilience to be successful in a variety of organisations. The placement will enable you to drive innovation in one or more of the following areas: ethical business behaviour, inclusivity, responsible management, sustainability, digitalisation and internationalisation. Drawing on your research skills you'll propose evidence based innovative solutions to your placement organisations’ challenges.