Course Overview

This up-to-the-minute course – which has been designed with guidance from industry leaders, trainers and recruiters – gives you the knowledge, experience and essential business skills you need to manage a spa or start your own business.

The course develops your management skills, teaching you how to apply financial, marketing and human resource management theory to the spa environment. It also gives you a broad view of the international spa industry, examining the strategic issues affecting development of the spa concept in the UK and around the world.

Alongside attending college regularly, you work closely with a number of spa companies and major UK spa employers. You also complete a formal work placement, allowing you to practise your business skills, gain hands-on experience and develop a deep understanding of the business.

General Eligibility

A Foundation Degree will be of particular interest if you have completed a Modern Apprenticeship, vocational A levels, BTEC National or equivalent.

Foundation Degrees are also particularly suitable if you want to qualify while working.

As a guideline, a typical offer would require you to obtain a UCAS tariff score of between 32-48 points, based on your level 3 studies.

You can work out how many UCAS points your qualifications are worth with the UCAS tariff calculator

Many students studying for foundation degrees come to us through work-based routes so you can apply for a foundation degree even if you don't have traditional academic qualifications.

We welcome applicants with relevant work experience.

Check Your Country page to confirm that your local qualifications are suitable or contact your International Admissions Team

Part Time Work Details

The 20 hours is total hours. It is not per job. If you hold multiple part-time jobs then the total hours of all the work you are doing added together.

Language Requirement

• English language requirements

  The University accepts the following qualification as satisfying the English Language requirements for entry to a Bachelor or Master's degree.

  UKVI Academic IELTS overall score of 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each element

  Please note: some courses may require higher levels of English – the exact criteria will be specified in the course descriptions