Students must have a good knowledge of the English Language and 4 GCS's or their equivalent. No other formal qualifications are required.

International Trade & Maritime Management - combination programme.

The Maritime course is an integral part of international trade since 90% of the worlds trade is moved by ship. So it can be considered as part of a unique programme of international trade and maritime management. There are some parts of the international trade course which are more business focused than commerce based so we have dropped these subjects and replaced them with some general shipping subjects. There are also some shipping/maritime units which are too specialist and may not appeal to the general international trade student.

With a small cohort of student numbers we have learnt to be creative and a combination of parts of each of the two courses will make for a truly unique international trade/shipping programme.

To summarise this planning please see below:

September 2011 - December 2011 Maritime Management (4 sessions per week)

(Subjects - International Shipping Law, Marine Insurance, Maritime Management, Shipping Business)

January 2012 - March 2012 International Trade – 3 subjects + 1 shipping subject (4 sessions per week)

(Subjects - International Physical Distribution and Logistics, Trading Environment, International Marketing, Shipping Operations,).

The aim is not to disappoint students when the cohort is small and to offer a programme which is not affected by student’s numbers. In the past the scheduled course would normally have 15 -19 students and we would employ 5 teaching staff to teach in their respective disciplines. The bulk of the students would come from overseas. Now that the international student market has been affected by UKBA policy guidlines, the number of students coming to UK has been severely reduced. There are two main reasons for this - firstly the level of English required for a course at level 4 or 5 has to be proven to be at B1, and secondly there is no longer a right to work part time. These two factors have had a dramatic affect one the international student market. As a private college, we can assure students they will get value for money and focused student centred learning.