1. Welcome Back! 2014/15 – Second year Penny Clarke Programme Director BSc Accounting penny.clarke@mbs.ac.uk

2. MBS Menu Academic Advisor Arrangements for 2014/15  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

3. MBS MenuReminders  On-line Registration:  Deadline for registering is 30 September 2014 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

4. 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 by 3 October 2014  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

5. 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%.

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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)

9. MBS Menu Reminders for 2014/15  Attendance monitoring  Absence from class  Mitigating circumstances  Academic integrity / plagiarism  Personal development plans  Student Charter – see on-line handbook  The Learning Commons

10. MBS Menu Continues for 2014/15 n C11 – Group study room n Book via D20 n Leave student ID card n Available 10am – 4pm n (Learning Commons has more space)

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

12. MBS Menu Career Development – thinking of the future?   UPP Interview Skills ‘Speed Dating’ Event   Wednesday 5 November; MBS East Atrium; 5pm   Opportunity to gain valuable interview experience as well as network with potential employers and practise what we’ve been learning   Sign up by e-mailing Viv (vivien.browne@mbs.ac.uk) AFTER 9am tomorrow morning. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basisvivien.browne@mbs.ac.uk Arrange a practise interview with Mike. E-mail mikewoodrow@hotmail.com

13. MBS Menu Other events to note: n 1 October opportunities for international students (James Lee – regional director ICAEW) n 27 October – MyFuture – full day event  Employer presentations & opportunity to network  Career skills workshops n 5 November – speed interviewing n 12 November – Women in Accountancy n Look out for information

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 Penny.clarke@mbs.ac.uk Vivien.Browne@mbs.ac.uk