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Business Management

Jo FeehilyProgramme Director

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Expectations of today

Introduce yourselves in small groups

What are your expectations of the day?

What questions would you like to be answered?

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Today’s Objective

Get to know other students studying the same degree as you

Understand Brookes jargon

Make sure you know where to go for help

Understand your programme of study

Receive Field Guide

Meet Field Chair and some of the teaching staff

Cover anything else raised through discussion

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Getting to know one another

Your Field Chair/Course Manager – for programme advice is Belinda Platt

Your Programme Director is Jo Feehily (Senior Lecturer)

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Brookes’ ‘Speak’

You are a Double Honours student doing Two Fields

Modules are programmes of study. Modules are worth credits - usually one, sometimes two

You need 8 basic credits in your first year to progress.

Your first year is known as Stage I and your 2nd, 3rd and final years are known as Stage II

Compulsory modules are ‘must haves’ and must be taken to progress to Stage II.

Tutors tend to talk module numbers, students talk module names

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the Field Guide

Useful contacts

Year planner

More information about your chosen field & the staff who teach on it

Expectations of us and of you

Sources of help

How to make the most of your degree

Field regulations (including assessment)

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Sources of help Student Support Co-ordinators

Field Chair

Academic Adviser

Module Leader

Upgrade Service

PAL - Peer Assisted Learning

ISAS - International Student Advisory Service

Counselling and Advisory Service

Student Union

Student Representative

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Remember

We can only help you with a problem if we know about it

The earlier you let us know of any problems, the sooner we can help to resolve them

Your programme is ultimately your responsibility, but we are here to help

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Making the most out of your degree

Exchange programmes/Study Abroad

Personal Development Planning

Student representatives

Become a PAL leader

Brookes Business Society

Student Ambassador

Sandwich placement

Degree choice

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the Field Guide

Module Descriptions

Brookes Assessment Compact

Programme specification

Referencing guide

Glossary of terms

Other basic modules

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the Field Guide

Choosing your Stage 2 programme

Important deadlines

Your choices:Placement Degree title

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the Field Guide

Please remember this guide contains lots of information that you will need throughout your degree. Please do NOT lose it!

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Your first year programme (1)

A minimum of 8 module credits this year:

4 modules each semester

Free Ninth module if you wish to learn/continue a language(French, Spanish, Italian and Mandarin Chinese for Beginners)https://www.brookes.ac.uk/studying/finance/studying/finance/documents/languages-2010-2011.pdf

U70910 Academic Writing for Business

Remember - your results are important

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Your first year programme (2)

U50005 Using Accounting and Financial Information Semester 1 or 2

U51016 Introduction to Business and Management (double) Semesters 1 and 2 Led by Berry O’Donovan and John Prior

Plus the compulsory module credits for your other field

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Your first year programme (3)

International Students – we recommend you include:

U95002 Overseas Student programme specifically designed for Business School students – DOES NOT count as a module credit!

U70910 Academic Writing for Business – DOES count as a module credit

Both should be on your timetable

These are also open to EU students who wish to take them

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Your first year programme (4)

Other modules – chosen or recommended

Check your PIP for Errors and Warnings. If you have any come to one of the Field Surgeries

Module Addition Deadline: End of this week – known as Week 0

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Change it on line using PIP

Check alterations do not cause slot clashes

Remember to save changes

Check for error messages

See Student Support Co-ordinators if there is a problem

If you need, or want, to alter your programme, this is what you should do:

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Surgery / office hours

Belinda Platt’s Office hours N415

Week 0Today: 16.00 – 17.00

Tomorrow: 9.30 – 12.30 and 13.15 – 16.00

Week 1

Monday: 14.00 - 16.00Tuesday: 9.00 -12.00 and 13.00 - 16.00 Thursday:14.00 - 17.00Friday: 9.30 - 12.30 and 13.15 -16.00

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Anything else???

Any questions (those we know the answers to!)

And … most importantly …. Do you know where you should be next week? Check your PIP and print your timetable