This module equips you with the skills to demonstrate informed decision-making and professional judgment in an organisational context. You will be introduced to the foundational principles of agency law, contract law, and company law, discovering how these key legal concepts actively shape daily business practices.

Alongside legal frameworks, you will master essential accounting techniques such as double-entry bookkeeping to prepare and interpret core financial information. You will explore professional ethics and the vital responsibilities of accountants in the corporate world. By integrating your legal knowledge, accounting skills, and ethical reasoning, you will learn how to evaluate complex ethical dilemmas and formulate justifiable, real-world solutions using recognised ethical frameworks.

Discover how financial data drives global change. This technically oriented module equips you with high-level skills in essential financial accounting procedures. You will master the core principles of double-entry bookkeeping, tackle year-end adjustments, and learn how to construct final accounts for sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies. Beyond the numbers, you will develop the critical skills needed to analyse and interpret financial statements.

This module connects financial practices to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, empowering students to see how modern financial expertise can help solve pressing global sustainability challenges.

Step into the future of business decision-making. This module introduces you to the essential principles of statistics, financial mathematics, and AI-driven data analytics within a modern organisational context. You will master techniques needed to summarise and present financial data while exploring how Augmented Intelligence can enhance your strategic choices. Using industry standard software alongside Generative AI tools, you will learn to explore, visualise, and interpret complex data. You will apply financial mathematical techniques to real-life scenarios and develop your business communication skills through professional report writing and presentations.  

This highly technically oriented module is designed to develop your skills in the essential management accounting procedures used daily by business leaders. You will dive into core fundamentals like cost behaviour and cost classification, while building an understanding of how to account for materials, labour, and overheads within modern organisations.

As you progress, you will engage with a variety of costing methods including process and job costing and apply these techniques to practical, real-life scenarios. You will master the theories and applications of budgeting and forecasting, discovering how management accounting supports corporate planning and control. Finally, you will explore variance analysis and introductory level performance measurement, learning not just how to perform the calculations, but how to interpret financial data that inform managerial decisions.

This technically oriented module focuses on the sophisticated accounting techniques, procedures, and principles required to prepare financial reports for external stakeholders. You will critically evaluate the profound impact of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on global financial reporting, while developing your ability to accurately assess diverse accounting needs.

Throughout the module, you will deepen your understanding of how complex financial data is recorded, presented, and interpreted within formal financial statements. By the conclusion of your studies, you will appreciate how IFRS guides financial reporting to ensure transparency and comparability that global investors and stakeholders rely on.

Navigate the complexities of the UK tax system with confidence. This technically oriented module dives into the UK taxation legislation relevant to both employees and unincorporated businesses. By the end of your studies, you will fully understand the tax consequences of entering the workforce as an employee or launching your own venture as a sole trader or partner.

You will explore a dynamic mixture of policy and practice rooted in the latest Finance Act legislation. This module will develop your ability to analyse complex tax scenarios, allowing you to provide strategic and practical advice for clients and business situations.

This is a pre-requisite for the Advanced Tax module that will be expanded upon in the final year module. On completion of this module together with the final year Advanced Taxation module, it leads towards the professional exemption for the ACCA paper in Taxation.  

This technically oriented module examines how to apply advanced management accounting techniques, driving smarter decision-making, planning, and control in today’s modern business environment.

You will develop the ability to interpret complex financial and non-financial data, evaluate alternative courses of action, and confidently apply management accounting tools across a diverse range of business contexts. Through case studies, you will use your analytical thinking, problem-solving, and professional judgment to communicate strategic recommendations effectively.

This module introduces you to the core principles of corporate financial decision making and the transformative role of digital technologies in modern accounting and finance environments.

You will explore how leading organisations acquire, allocate, and manage resources to maximise value and drive long-term business sustainability. You will develop knowledge around digital transformation reshaping the finance function and explore how emerging technologies and digital accounting ecosystems influence modern business models.

This advanced module elevates your corporate finance expertise as well as your analytical and strategic decision-making capabilities expected in financial environments.

Through hands on application, you will master capital structure, advanced valuation, risk management, and working capital optimisation. You will actively build and interrogate live financial models using advanced data and technology skills while evaluating the critical impacts of sustainability and AI on the evolving market.

This advanced module focuses on the technical mechanics of accounting for groups, the consolidation of subsidiaries and associates while mastering non-controlling interests, and fair value adjustments.

You will critically apply complex accounting standards to leases, government grants, and financial instruments, translating sophisticated data into clear, professional insights.

In the third block of your final year, you will choose a specialist module from one of the below.

Audit and Assurance

This module bridges two pillars of financial oversight: audit and forensic accounting.

In the auditing phase, you will learn technical core practices, real-world processes, and the global impact of Supreme Audit Institutions. You will then pivot to forensic accounting that leans into financial fraud, cybercrime, and legal valuations. By exploring corporate litigation, you will discover what it takes to act as a primary investigator or expert witness, collaborating directly with legal teams to solve complex financial crimes.

Contemporary Issues in Accounting

This module critically examines the contemporary issues reshaping today’s global business environment. You will explore how regulatory frameworks and auditing practices adapt to digital transformation, discovering how to utilise cloud-based systems, AI, data, and advanced analytics to drive strategic decisions. Moving beyond traditional profit-only models, the curriculum dives into purpose-driven business by evaluating ESG metrics and sustainability reporting aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. By tackling real-world ethical dilemmas and financial quality controls, you will develop the professional integrity needed to operate in the corporate world.

Strategic Decision Making

In this advanced module you will master advanced costing, corporate budgeting, and strategic performance management across both the public and private sectors. Framed by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), you will learn to evaluate corporate performance through a lens of global responsibility with the right analytical reasoning and executive communication skills needed to influence stakeholders and drive sustainable organisational success.

Advanced Taxation

This technically oriented module will give you the knowledge to navigate and critically analyse the complex UK tax environment. Building on your foundational knowledge, you will master the practical mechanics and underlying theories of taxation for individuals, incorporated businesses, and public sector organisations.

You will explore how tax legislation is drafted, evaluated, and applied in the real world. This module aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), challenging you to analyse how tax policies directly impact global issues like poverty.