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1 Welcome Back! 2015/16 – Second year Natalya Shiryaeva Programme Director BSc Accounting natalya.shiryaeva@manchester.ac.uk

2 MBS Menu A new chapter for Manchester Business School n n Last October we announced that we would be changing our name to Alliance Manchester Business School in September 2015, following a landmark £15 million donation from Lord Alliance of Manchester and his fellow Trustees of the Alliance Family Foundation. This name change came into effect on 21 st September and marks a new, exciting chapter in our fifty year story.

3 MBS Menu Academic Advisor Arrangements for 2015/16  Academic Advisers  Penny Clarke, Mike Woodrow and Natalya Shiryaeva  Individual meetings with your academic advisors over the next couple of weeks – check your e-mails for details  CHECK YOUR EMAILS

4 MBS MenuReminders  On-line Registration:  Deadline for registering is 29 September 2015 after which a late registration fee of up to £200 will be charged  ATTENDANCE IS COMPULSORY  And is likely to be checked  Office Hours  Go and see your lecturers

5 MBS MenuReminders Changing optional course choices:  Instructions are available via the MBS UG intranet  Co-requisites: you must take these courses as well  Pre-requisites: you must have passed at 40% or more (not a compensated fail)  Choose your courses before 9 October 2015  Can’t always guarantee your chosen option – there may be timetable clashes Choosing seminar groups:  Move from ‘ holding seminar / workshop ’ to the slot of your choice

6 MBS Menu The overall mark for a programme is a weighted average of the overall marks for different years of the programme For the BSc (Hons) in Accounting 3 year programme, the weightings are: –Year 1: Zero –Year 2: 33% –Year 3: 67% Degree Classification – Weighted Average The overall mark ranges for determining final class are: · for class 1, not less than 70.0%; · for class 2i, less than 70.0% but not less than 60.0%; · for class 2ii, less than 60.0% but not less than 50.0%; · for class 3, less than 50.0% but not less than 40.0%.

7 MBS Menu Progression to final year n reach the minimum pass mark overall (40%); n reach the pass mark (40%) in individual course units totalling at least 80 credits; n reach the pass mark (40%) in all designated core course units*; and n reach the compensatable fail mark (30%) in all remaining course units (a maximum of 40 credits) *BMAN 23000 Foundations of Finance *BMAN 21020 Financial Reporting and Accountability

8 MBS Menu Core Course Units* n You HAVE to pass these at 40% n You may as well do it first time around n n Keep on top of your work n n Complete homework exercises and reading n n Practise, Practise, Practise n n GO AND SEE YOUR LECTURERS *BMAN 23000 Foundations of Finance *BMAN 21020 Financial Reporting and Accountability

9 MBS Menu Sources of information  Online Undergraduate Handbook: https://ughandbook.portals.mbs.ac.uk/ https://ughandbook.portals.mbs.ac.uk/ Regulations – incl. progression and classification  Undergraduate Office (D20) or email: undergraduate@mbs.ac.uk undergraduate@mbs.ac.uk  UG Student Support Office (D14)

10 MBS Menu Reminders for 2015/16  Attendance monitoring  Absence from class  Mitigating circumstances  Academic integrity / plagiarism  Personal development plans  Student Charter – see on-line handbook  The Learning Commons

11 MBS Menu Continues for 2015/16 n C11 – Group study room n Book via D20 n Leave student ID card n Available 10am – 4pm n (Learning Commons has more space)

12 MBS Menu Successfully breaking into the job market Employability ConnectBounce backCommunicateExploreReflect 2013 research - University of Manchester graduates

13 MBS Menu Events to note: n 14 October 1-3pm – Career and Placement Fair. n 14 October 1-3pm – Career and Placement Fair. It’s never too soon to be thinking about your future… Join us for our special careers talk, student Q&A and careers fair featuring Deloitte, PwC, Kelloggs and more! n 2 November - MyFuture – full day event  Employer presentations & opportunity to network  Career skills workshops

14 MBS MenuFinally….. Work hard – your grades all count towards your final degree classification If you find yourself in need help or support – PLEASE ASK natalya.shiryaeva@manchester.ac.uk Vivien.Browne@mbs.ac.uk


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