Have you seen our excellent facilities?
We have some of the best facilities for business students including:
The business industry is vast! There are lots of job opportunities at different levels so if you’re business savvy you can progress quickly.
To be successful in this sector you will need excellent organisational and communication skills, be able to solve problems and make informed decisions under pressure, be commercially aware and able to lead and motivate others.
You'll study this subject full time at Bede Campus or as an apprenticeship, you will have access to Specialist classrooms, industry-standard Sage Software, new employer hub and Virtual reality environment.
We work with the following employers to help you gain real work skills: Unipres (UK), Saggezza, Sky, Leighton Group.
of our business students progressed to employment or further study.*
*Destination data, academic year 2016/17 (FT FE 16-18 students)
Last year 87.2% of our students secured a place at university.*
*2018 SC destination data
We have some of the best facilities for business students including:
Specialist classrooms and access to industry-standard Sage Software.
You will use maths skills everyday in the business sector to:
You will use english skills in the business sector to:
What are the career prospects like? There will be 109,108 jobs in Business & Enterprise in the region in 2027 (NE).
Careers could include: Business Adviser, Economist, Financial Manager, IT Consultant, Product Manager, Retail Manager or Officer Manager.
There are currently 3,217 Management Consultant and Business Analytics employed in our local region and they earn £34,008 a year.
Sales accounts and business development managers plan, organise and undertake market research to meet the requirements of an organisation’s marketing and sales policies.
£ 41976
15684 people employed as Sales Accounts and Business Development Managers in the current year.
Job holders in this unit group advise on the effectiveness of an organisation’s procedures, systems and methods and perform other business and related functions.
£ 23823
4356 people employed as Business and Related Associate Professionals in the current year.
Business sales executives provide advice to existing and potential customers, and receive orders for specialist machinery, equipment, materials and other products or services that require technical knowledge.
£ 26544
4496 people employed as Business Sales Executives in the current year.
What I liked best about the course was the wide range of business areas and specialist subjects available within the programme.
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The course covered a wide range of business subjects in-depth. Sometimes university does not go into as much depth.
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The best thing about the course was that it allowed me to learn on my own terms and gave me the confidence I needed to pursue my career goals
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I had a great relationship with my lecturers and learned a great deal from them during my time at college.
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I decided to study at Sunderland College as I knew it would help me progress onto the career path I wanted.”
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Sunderland College Business students recently visited global automotive manufacturer Unipres to see engineering production and distribution processes
February 25, 2022
Sunderland College business students recently attended the Northern Power Futures event to take part in networking, workshops and seminars.
Second year business students spent a day at Moor House Adventure Centre to take part in a series of challenging team building activities.