1. MSc Induction School of Economics and Finance Facilities Tuesday 22 nd September 2015 Nick Owen - Research and Joint Programme Manager Stanley Babukutty – Postgraduate Student Support Manager SEF Admin Office, CB309, Queens’ Building n.j.owen@qmul.ac.uk

2. SEF Induction programme Pre-sessional course in Maths and Statistics Pre-sessional handout (notes and timetable) SEF Welcome Lunch – Friday 25 th September 2-3pm Great Hall, Peoples Palace Careers leaflet – Raj Sidhu (r.sidhu@qmul.ac.uk)r.sidhu@qmul.ac.uk Careers Launchpad: Thursday 1st Oct 11am-12pm in Peoples Palace: PP1 Thursday 1st Oct 12-1pm in Peoples Palace: PP1 Friday 2nd Oct 11am-12pm in Bancroft:1.15 Friday 2nd Oct 12-1pm in Peoples Palace: PP2

3. The SEF Department (3rd Floor, Queens’ Building) Two computer labs – W307 and W313 (25 PCs in each lab) 10 Bloomberg terminals Time Series Data Software: A full range of economic and financial data is available through DataStream, Macrobond and the WRDS platform (including Bankscope and CRSP). Statistical Analysis Software: A wide range of Econometric software including Eviews, Stata, Matlab, Gauss etc. Wharton Research Data Service (WRDS) including Bankscope and CRSP IT queries – please contact SEF IT Specialist – Donald Wu (d.wu@qmul.ac.uk)d.wu@qmul.ac.uk

4. SEF Initiatives A School priority is to develop initiatives and extra-curricular activities to increase student involvement with the School; webpage for further information: http://www.econ.qmul.ac.uk/events Investment Club (QUMMIF) Economics Society Student Helpers and Ambassadors Guest Lectures – advertised in ‘events’ section of website Finance Trading Competition

5. Additional SEF activites Finance Trading Programme C++ for Finance Matlab & R Technical Analysis Electronic Trading Portfolio Management Gauss 1 City CV More information on additional activities is available through the SEF Postgraduate Shared Area on QMplus.

6. Additional SEF activites continued… Eviews and Data Analysis - Weekly classes during Semester A & B training students on the statistical analysis software, used primarily for time-series orientated econometric analysis. More information on additional activities is available through the SEF Postgraduate Shared Area on QMplus. You will be notified about the schedule for modules via email as soon as details are available (for further information contact SEF’s Student Support Manager - Stanley Babukutty – s.babukutty@qmul.ac.uk).s.babukutty@qmul.ac.uk

7. Attendance clickers… Collect before pre-sessional class on Friday 25 th September (full enrolment required).

8. Finally…a very warm welcome to Queen Mary!