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Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Undergraduate BA (Hons)
Business Management with Sustainable Development
Become a transformational, purposeful leader. Develop skills to manage organisations responsibly, drive positive change, and shape more sustainable businesses.
Course overview
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N1N7 -
L27 -
City Campus -
Full-Time -
3 Years -
21 Sep 2026
Do you want a business degree that goes beyond profit? One that prepares you to tackle global challenges?And lead with integrity in a rapidly changing world?
This Business Management with Sustainable Development degree combines the essentials of modern business and management with a powerful focus on sustainability, innovation, and long-term impact. You’ll explore how organisations operate locally and globally, and how today’s leaders balance commercial success with ethical, social, and environmental responsibility.
From climate change and inequality to digital disruption and the circular economy, this course equips you to tacklecomplex challenges, make impactful decisions, and become the leader the world needs.
As part of this business management with sustainable development course, you'll:
- Understand how management theory and practice influence business behaviour, performance, and decision-making
- Use digital tools and technologies to gather, analyse, and communicate business information professionally
- Apply sustainability management principles using the 3Ps: people, planet, and profit
- Explore how businesses reduce waste, maximise resources, and create long-term value
- Apply management frameworks across local, national, and global business contexts and evaluate the role of leaders in driving sustainable development, inclusivity, corporate social responsibility, and stakeholder engagement
You’ll graduate with sharp commercial insight, a sustainability mindset, and the confidence to make a meaningful difference wherever your career takes you.
Try before you apply
Leeds Beckett University has partnered with Springpod to bring you immersive subject spotlight videos, giving you a taste of university study before you apply.
In this video, you'llexplore how smart technologies are transforming business and everyday life with insights from Leeds Business School experts. You’ll examine how digital innovation is reshaping industries such as food anddrink, and fashion, and what this means for consumers, sustainability, and the future of business.
Learn with industry. Build your network
Leeds Business School has strong links with businesses across Leeds and the wider region, opening up opportunities across a wide range of sectors and building your professional networks.
- You'll gain hands-on experience through:
- An optional paid placement year in industry
- Volunteering opportunities that support communities and organisations
- A live consultancy project
- Interactive workshops, simulations, and business competitions
- Industry guest lectures
These experiences help you apply what you’ve learned, boost your confidence, and stand out boldly to employers.
Industry insights that inspire
Our guest lecture programme brings learning to life, giving you the chance to hear from business leaders, politicians, and public sector experts. Previous high-profile speakers have included judges, and the CEO of the London Stock Exchange, offering insight into leadership, decision-making, and professional life. upcoming guest lectures here.
The Hatchery: support for entrepreneurs
Got a business idea? Thinking about self-employment or launching a social enterprise?As a Leeds Business School student, you'll have access to the Hatchery, our dedicated enterprise hub, as well as specialist support to help bring your aspirations to life. Through embedded enterprise education and support from the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Exchange, you'll benefit from:
- A creative co-working space
- Mentoring from experienced advisors
- Networking events and a vibrant student community
- Support to turn ideas into exciting, sustainable ventures
Why study the Business Management with Sustainability course at Leeds Beckett University?
- Take advantage of Leeds Business School’s industry connections, including exclusive guest lectures and an optional paid placement year
- Build hands-on business management experience through live projects, volunteering, and study abroad opportunities
- Learn from an experienced, research-active teaching team with academic knowledge, professional backgrounds, and international perspectives
- Study a specialist degree in sustainable development designed to help you shape the future of responsible business leadership
Explore videos and blogs
Make Every Moment Matter - BA (Hons) Business and Management Discover the kind of moments you could look forward to on BA (Hons) Business and Management. From connecting with employers to putting learning into action with placements, projects and business simulations.
Subject Spotlight – Smart Tech & Business: How it’s Changing Your Life with Dr Sukky Jassi, Dr Esther Pugh and Alistair MacAuley Experience the sorts of things you’ll be studying on this course through a series of engaging and interactive mini-lecture episodes with our expert staff. Subject Spotlights are available on the Springpod website, are completely free and ready for you to start and complete in your own time.
BA (Hons) Business & Management – Celeste’s experience Student Celeste D’Souza shares her experience of studying at Leeds Beckett University
How FOMO is fuelling ‘throw away fashion’ Alistair Macauley, senior lecturer within Leeds Business School, explains how our desire to wear the latest fashion trends is having a devastating effect on the planet and what we can do to bring positive change. Find out how Alistair is empowering students to become successful business leaders who understand the importance of addressing climate change alongside finding innovative solutions to meet customer demands.
Sustainable Development Stephen Woods, Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University, believes when it comes to the crisis around sustainability, the mainstream conversation is rooted in fear, denial and blame. With the help of a new Sustainable Development module he has created, he is inspiring business and economic students to find innovative solutions that make real change.
Everything you need to know
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Career prospects
There’s a lot to consider when choosing a course. Take a look at the team you’ll be working with, employability statistics and career prospects to help make up your mind.
Career Prospects
Employability sits at the heart of our business and management courses. You’ll graduate from this degree with the management, leadership, and sustainability skills needed to succeed across a wide range of organisations. From small start-ups and charities to large multinational corporations, across the private and public sectors, potential careers paths could include roles in:
- Sustainability and environmental management
- Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
- Environmental, social, and governance (ESG)
- Sustainable procurement and supply chains
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Culture and people management
- Social impact and community engagement
Wherever your career takes you, you’ll be equipped to lead responsibly, think strategically, and make a positive impact.
Gain insight and network at our guest lecture events
Leeds Business School hosts guest lectures open to students, businesses, professionals, alumni and staff. Gain insight from industry experts, leading business figures and entrepreneurs who are invited to speak across a range of subjects including business and management, leadership, marketing, PR, economics, finance, accounting, and HR.
View and register for any future events by visiting our university events pages
Studying business management allows you to develop your professionalism and expertise in an ever-changing national and global business environment. You'll gain a critical awareness of the business world and will be able to apply theories and concepts to real-world issues. Many of our modules use live or real projects set by our industry partners. Whether you want to work for a large multinational organisation, the public sector or have ambitions to start up your own business, you'll be well prepared to achieve your goals by studying business management."
Alistair MacAuley
Course Director
Alistair MacAuley
Course Director / Leeds Business School
Dr Alistair MacAuley is an academic leader and educator dedicated to developing the next generation of business and management professionals. As Course Director for Business Management & Pathways, he leads a large and diverse undergraduate portfolio, including a significant international cohort, driving curriculum innovation, applied learning, and student empowerment. With a background in retail, operations, and consultancy, he ensures graduates develop the confidence, practical skills, and insight needed to succeed in a complex and evolving world. His research explores how students’ university experiences shape who they believe they can become, drawing on the theory of possible selves and a Wittgensteinian language games approach to analyse how meaning, belonging, and aspiration are formed, leading to the development of the Possible Selves and Language Games Framework to support students’ identity development and future potential.
Our Graduate Promise
We have a dedicated team of people who will support you with all aspects of your career planning, from day one until 18 months after you graduate.
Getting you career ready is an integral part of your university life and this is embedded throughout your lectures and seminars. Outside of your course there is a wide range of support available to help you achieve your career goals, including:
- Getting ready to apply for jobs
- Working on your CV
- Interview skills and assessment centres
- Connecting with employers and organisations
We’re ranked in the Top 10 universities in the UK for job prospects
(Student Crowd, 2025 - the only awards based entirely on student reviews).
Find out why...
Student life
At Leeds Beckett your experience is important to us, find out more about what to expect from your time on this course and life at uni.
Make every moment matter at Leeds Business School Discover the kind of moments you could look forward to at Leeds Business School, from learning from experts to being inspired by business leaders. Our students have gone on placements, worked on live industry projects and benefitted from connections with employers such as Disney, Sky Sports, Nestlé, Flamingo Land and North Brewing. Together we can power your future advantage.
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