Why do a Master’s ?

2. Why do a Master’s ? • Much sought after professional qualification • Wider job opportunities, salary enhancing • Fulfilling experience • Enhanced skills, practitioner knowledge • Springboard to a greater life . . . . . • Price!!! ~ You have the opportunity to apply for an Assisted Fee place

3. Master’s Programmes • So many people have degrees that you need to • STAND OUT • Helps improve your employability • Employers increasingly seek recruits who. . . . • ADD VALUE

4. Master’s Programmes • MA in Marketing Management • MA in Management • MA in Human Resource Management • MSc Strategic Financial Management • MSc Computer Networks • MSc Forensic Computing and Security • LL.M in Commercial Law • LL.M in Information, Arts and Media Law

5. Master’s Programmes • Greater Insights into ‘real world’, problem- based, independent learning • Practitioner Taught, Vocational Learning • Diverse Student Cohort • Multi-Dimensional Cultural Experience • Wider Variety of Learning & Methods • 12 Months, Full-time, Intensive

6. Master’s Programmes • Advances YOUR Skills & Knowledge • Adds to YOUR Confidence, Differentiates YOU • Increases your CV Profile & Presence, ‘Ambassador role’ • Broadens YOUR Range of Opportunities • Improves Chances of Interview • May Increase YOUR Salary Prospects

7. Master’s Programmes ~ Assisted Fee Places • 15 places available • Awarded on a variety of merits (academic or pastoral achievements, ambition, initiative, commitments to university life or society) • Final degree Award classification important • Awarded on a competitive basis

8. Master’s Programmes And the GOOD NEWS…. • Limited number of subsidised ‘Assisted Fee’ places available to UoD European Undergraduate students on a competitive basis • Management Programmes £3000, from £5400 (12 places) ~ 44.4%* • Computing Programmes £3000, from £4140 (3 places) ~ 27.5%* • Law Programmes £2000, from £2988 (2 places) ~ 33.0%* • Ambassador ‘role’ adds depth to your CV * approximate saving

9. MA in Marketing Management • Recent industry surveys have shown that the demand for capable marketing staff, able to work in commercial environments, is strong in many countries. • Research in Europe shows that marketeers are paid above average salaries, because confident, well trained professionals are in high demand.

10. MA in Human Resource Management • This qualification will also enable students to gain Graduate Membership of the CIPD. • The MA HRM enables them to operate at the strategic level within their organisation, and enhance their functional specialism.

11. MSc in Strategic Financial Management • Develops specialist knowledge & application • Context is clearly ‘Strategic’ & ‘Managerial’ • Strategic Management: Performance Mngmt, Corporate Responsibility, Strategic Management • Financial Management: Mathematical Finance, Pricing & Financial Derivative, Strategic Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions

12. MA in Management • Achievement of an MA demonstrates breadth of knowledge & capability to current/potential employers. • Successful students will confidently impress in managerial environments, capable of taking either business unit, function, organisation or entrepreneurial roles.

13. LL.M in Commercial Law • Legal aspects of commercial activity • Understanding client services in changing environments • Meets client needs across EU and Global communities • Business aspects of commercial activity • Key commercial dynamics; business, economic, legal

14. LL.M in Information, Arts and Media Law • Only one of its kind in the UK • Cover all 3 areas or concentrate on one/two • Negotiate your own learning programme to suit your special interest • Master the law of the information society, incl. the Internet • Or become an arts and entertainment lawyer • Explore the legal rights, the law of commercial transactions in the relevant areas, and the regulation of activities

15. MSc Computer Networks • For graduates from computing • Network Industry driven • Theoretical and Practical Skills using a dedicated networking Laboratory • Includes up to date technologies with the inclusion of Wireless networking • Excellent progression opportunities and prospects

16. MSc in Forensic Computing and Security • Investigative computing which crosses the boundaries of both Law and Computing • Topics of discussion include computer misuse, computer security, IT Law, Enterprise Security Management • Driven by industry in terms of course development and design • Incorporates key elements of the Security+ certification • Excellent opportunities in investigative computing, system management and consultation

17. Next Steps • Complete the Assisted Fee Place (AFP) and UoD application forms by 31 July 2007 • AFP includes a Personal Statement justifying your suitability: Your commitment, creativity, innovation, life skills, adding value • Ambassadorial role • Application to Postgraduate Admissions Team, E 5 Reception, The Derbyshire Business School • Deposit: £ None required

18. Key contacts ~ Master’s • MA in Marketing Mngment ~ Hildegard Wiesehofer, E 806 • MA in Management ~ Richard Hucker, ~ E 807 • MA in Human Resource Mngment ~ Mike Gilbert, E 806 • MSc Strategic Financial Mngm’t ~ Chris Simpson, E 806 • MSc Computer Networks ~ Kim Smith, E 803 • MSc Forensic Computing & Security ~ Harj Lallie, N 302b • LL.M in Commercial Law ~ Chris Poole, E 207 • LL.M in Information, Arts & Media Law ~ Chris Poole, E 207 • Postgrad Admissions ~ Beth Gemmill/Serena Douce, E 501

19. Master’s Programmes • So many people have degrees that you need to • STAND OUT • Helps improve your employability • Employers increasingly seek recruits who…. • ADD VALUE