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Welcome Back! 2015/16 – Second year

Welcome back to the second year at Alliance Manchester Business School! Get guidance on academic advisors, course choices, and degree classifications. Ensure attendance and check out sources of information and upcoming events. Remember, your hard work pays off towards your final degree classification. For any support, reach out to Natalya Shiryaeva or Vivien Browne.

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Welcome Back! 2015/16 – Second year

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

  2. A new chapter for Manchester Business School • Last October we announced that we would be changing our name to Alliance Manchester Business Schoolin 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 21st September and marks a new, exciting chapter in our fifty year story.

  3. 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. Reminders • 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. Reminders 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. Degree Classification – Weighted Average 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% 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. Progression to final year • reach the minimum pass mark overall (40%); • reach the pass mark (40%) in individual course units totalling at least 80 credits; • reach the pass mark (40%) in all designated core course units*; and • 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. Core Course Units* • You HAVE to pass these at 40% • You may as well do it first time around • Keep on top of your work • Complete homework exercises and reading • Practise, Practise, Practise • GO AND SEE YOUR LECTURERS *BMAN 23000 Foundations of Finance *BMAN 21020 Financial Reporting and Accountability

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

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

  12. Successfully breaking into the job market 2013 research - University of Manchester graduates

  13. Events to note: • 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! • 2 November - MyFuture – full day event • Employer presentations & opportunity to network • Career skills workshops

  14. Finally….. 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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