Professor Helen Berry
Dean of Postgraduate Studies
Update from
Newcastle University Business School
Director of Business School
Triple Accreditation
Awards
British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference
Lifelong Learning
Alumni Programme
• Alys Dunn – dedicated Alumni Relations Manager
• Alumni Advisory Committees in Beijing and Shanghai
• Annual events in China, e-newsletter, LinkedIn Group and
website to support ongoing professional development
• Opportunities to stay involved:
• Committee member
• Speaker or panellist
• Support recruitment
• Mentor
• Host internships or placements
• Provide business project
• Alumni Awards Programme
Patrick Behar-Courtois,
Entrepreneur and Organisational
Development Specialist
Module Selection Meeting
Gillian Holmes DPD
N400/N401 Accounting and Finance
Stage 1 → Stage 2
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Making your choice
• Your N400/N401 degree programme is made up of
compulsory and optional elements
• For those of you thinking of going into the accounting
profession, there are some option choices you should
bear in mind, depending on the accounting body from
which you may be seeking exemptions.
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Regulations for
N400/N401 Stage 2
STAGE 2 COMPULSORY MODULES:
ACC2002
Managerial & Business Economics
ACC2003
Financial Control
ACC2005
Intermediate Financial Accounting
ACC2007
Corporate Finance
ACC2021
Understanding Company Accounts
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20
20
20
20
20
20 credits of options
in the Regulations
ACC2009
ACC2020
NCL2007
Strategic Business Analysis (ICAEW exemption) 20
Auditing (ACCA & ICAEW exemptions)
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Career Development for second year students 20
You may take another module from either the Business
School or outside (with DPD approval) – subject to prerequisites
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Making your choice(s)
• It’s a good idea to think about what you may wish to take
when you are in stage 3:
– You have 60 credits of options at stage 3
– Some stage 3 choices may be governed by what you take at
stage 2
– In stage 3 you can take up to 20 credits of stage 2 modules that
you have not already taken
– Some students choose Career Development or other modules
outside the regulations
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Regulations for
N400/N401 Stage 3
STAGE 3 COMPULSORY MODULES:
ACC3001
ACC3002
ACC3006
Financial Accounting
Management Accounting
International Financial Management
20
20
20
10
60 credits of options
STAGE 3 ACC OPTIONS:
ACC3004
ACC3008
ACC3009
Derivative Markets
Auditing as Social Accountability
(Requires ACC2020)
Taxation in Accounting
20
20
20
(ACCA, CIMA & ICAEW exemptions)
ACC3016
ACC3018
NCL3007
NCL3008
Accounting, Organisations & Society
Accounting Change and Development
Career Development for Final Year Students
(not available if NCL2007 was taken in stage 2)
Advanced Career Development
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20
20
20
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The pathway for
modules in A&F
(excluding ACC2002 which follows from ECO1017)
ACC1011
ACC2003
ACC3002
ACC1010
ACC2007
ACC3006
ACC2021
3004
ACC3001
ACC2005
3009
2020
3016
3018
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3008
2009
ACC2020 Auditing
Module Leader: Dr Shanta Davie
Aim: To enable students to understand what
auditing means in the context of professional
frameworks: how organisations try to seek audit
assurance and how this is reported to the relevant
stakeholders within an international context.
– Audit framework and regulation; Internal audit and
corporate governance; Risk assessment and planning
of assurance engagements; Gathering audit
evidence; assessing and using Internal controls; and
Review and reporting
Exemptions: ACCA and ICAEW
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ACC2009 Strategic
Business Analysis
Module leader: Gillian Holmes
Aims:
• To enable students to understand how businesses develop
and implement strategic choices.
• To understand and analyse business objectives, market
position, and internal and external factors affecting strategic
choices.
– Techniques for evaluating the strategic position of a
business, including internal and external factors
– Scenario analysis, including financial data, to determine
strategic choice
– Change management
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Exemption: ICAEW
Code
Assign – Exam sem 1 Sem 1
Title
Exam
wght
Sem 1
Assign –
sem 2
Exam –
sem 2
Exam wght Other assess
sem 2
sem 2
ACC2002
Managerial and
Business
Economics
20
25%
135min
75%
ACC2003
Financial Control 20
25%
135min
75%
ACC2005
Intermediate
Financial
Accounting
20
120min
75%
ACC2007
Corporate
Finance
20
180min
100%
ACC2009
Strategic
Business
Analysis
20
180min
100%
ACC2020
Auditing
20
120min
75%
ACC2021
Understanding
Company
Accounts
20
60min
60min
25%
25%
80%
20%
NCL2007 Career
Development for
Second Year Students
Provided by the Careers Service
Aims: To develop students who can independently
self-manage, proactively interact and ethically
apply their knowledge and skills in a work-related
context
• Can to some extent balance work across the semesters.
• Students will complete a minimum of 70 hours of direct engagement
with the organisation hosting the work-related learning spread over
at least 10 weeks.
• Three routes are available:
Learning from work; Tutoring and mentoring; Volunteering
NCL2007 Assessment:
 Reflective log (S1)
25%
50%
25%
 Presentation (S2)
 Professional skills assessment (S2)
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Considering a
Placement or
Study Abroad after Stage 2?
• There will be further meetings during Stage 2 outlining
these opportunities
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What do you need to do?
• You should have all received an e-mail about the S3P
system for on-line selection
• The portal opens at - 9.00am on Friday 5 May 2017 and
closes at 8.00pm on Thursday 11 May 2017 and all
choices must be made by the deadline
• Do you know your password?
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Procedure for
choosing option modules –
within regulations
• You make your module choice/s using S3P
• Refer to school web site and emails for help on this
• Option choices listed in the regulations (ACC2009,
ACC2020 or NCL2007) can be made and will go into the
timetabling system
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Alternative modules
• If you wish to consider a module or modules
outside the regulations, it is up to you to
investigate the possibilities:
– If you are considering an Economics, Management or Marketing
module, look at the programmes on the School website, to see
the available modules, and possibly attend module choice
sessions or meetings
• Make sure that you have met any pre-requisites
• The module must have a 2XXX or 1XXX code
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Procedure for choosing
option modules
– not in N400/N401 regulations
• Register now for an ACC module that is part of
your regulations (ACC2020 or ACC2009)
• In Induction Week (or earlier), check the
timetable for BOTH semesters
• If the module you wish to take has NO clashes
with ACC modules then contact your DPD to ask
if the module will be approved
• Go to the Hub (5th Floor of this building) to have
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administrator
Making your decisions
• If you need help to make up your mind:
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Attend the various information sessions
Look at the FAQs on the School web page
Contact the module leader for further information
Contact your tutor or Gillian for advice
• Any questions?
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