MSc Business and Payroll Management

Course code: MN6AN

Start date: September

Course length: part time: three years

Campus: Distance learning and occasional weekend workshops.

Faculty: Business, Computing and Law

School: Derby Business School

Achievement of the MSc Business and Payroll Management signifies a deep, strategic understanding and application of payroll business management practice.

The programme is designed for graduates of the Foundation Degree in Payroll Management (formerly the IPP Diploma in Payroll Management), or for anyone with relevant payroll experience.

By attaining this qualification you can enhance your career, and will increase your general business acumen and strategic thinking ability, whilst at the same time achieving a significant personal goal.

Tutorials supplement the distance-learning study packs and encourage you to meet with your fellow students to exchange ideas and experiences. They also enable you to apply the understanding learnt through the study packs to practical payroll management problems. The workshops play a vital role in feedback and guidance, as well as providing an opportunity to have questions answered and areas of uncertainty clarified.

The Residential Schools take place early in each study year and will help you to settle in to the course material. They begin on Friday mornings and finish on Saturday evening.

• Foundation Degree in Payroll Management (or the former IPP Diploma in Payroll Management).
• Other equivalent level five or six qualification or management experience.
• If your first language is not English you will need an IELTS score of 6.

Apply directly to IPP at www.payrollprofession.org, or email msc@payrollprofession.org.

This is a classroom based course.

UK/EU students

• £695 per module (you usually take 9 of these modules in total)

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2013 and August 2014. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.

How you'll learn

The MSc programme is delivered through distance learning and each module has a tutorial day at the University. All study material is accessed online.

The three-year course is structured to facilitate continual assessment and the qualification is gained by passing Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs) and a final thesis.

Blended learning - combining workshops and self study - enables you to remain in employment whilst enhancing your career prospects through qualifications. It also allows you to learn at your own pace from the comfort of your own home, while still feeling confident of adequate support.

How you're assessed

You will be assessed through coursework, which focuses on how you apply your knowledge to your place of work.

There is a demand for payroll management postgraduates at masters level and you will have gained the relevant quantitative and qualitative skills on completion of the MSc Business and Payroll Management to pursue such positions.

The course has been designed to open up even greater opportunities if you have already successfully completed the Foundation Degree in Payroll Management (formerly the CIPP Diploma in Payroll Management).

You will develop a broader and more strategic understanding of business concepts that can be applied within your job function, and will be recognised as a pioneer in payroll management study.

"The course has been very demanding, but also highly enlightening. The mixture of business and payroll subjects was challenging but definitely worthwhile. The MSc Business and Payroll Management is definitely the next logical step after the Diploma."

Glenn G Jones