Newsletter October 2008 Issue One

Boston College of London
Text Box: academic or extra-curricular matters. This can be done by contacting the administration and submitting in writing these suggestions or opinions to be included in the coming Newsletters. We hope that this will be the start of an positive and constructive relationship, involving all members of the student body, the administrative and academic staff. Let’s all work together for the success of this Newsletter. Dr. D. Dandashi Principal Text Box: A Welcome Message The College Administration is pleased to announce the issuance of the first BCL monthly Newsletter as a forum for information, announcements, student discussions and so on. Students are encouraged to participate in the Newsletter through voicing their critical opinions Text Box: Student Board Dear students, we have introduced the ‘Student Board’ to include experiences, articles and comments that you would like to share or raise awareness about. The Student Board will only be composed of articles from the students, hence the name Student Board. We would like to encourage and welcome participation from all of you. We will accept articles until the third week of every month to publish them on upcoming issue. Text Box: Home Office Latest News Strict new Home Office rules for student visas will be implemented as of the beginning of 2009. Student visas will fall under Tier 4 of a new points-based system. For more details click here. You can also download a ‘Statement of Intent ’ for the Tier 4 points-based system. Please click here. Text Box: Notice Academic Changes/Appointments Mr E Ndalama, our ACCA Lecturer is leaving us effecting end of September 2008 for a full time lectureship appointment at a UK university. We wish him all the best in his future career prospects. Mr. Anthony Rockson, Mr. Emmanuel Allotey and Mr. James Nyaho will be joining our academic staff to teach ACCA and ABE accounting modules . Text Box: I.T. Brain Teaser 1. List the steps required to create a new folder on the desktop called “con” in Windows XP Operating system. NB: Please check the answer in the next month’s newsletter. However you can post your answer by clicking here. First 3 students with the correct answer will get £100 discount each on their course fee balance. We must receive the answer by 15 October 2008. Text Box: Black Board MBAFCM— Dissertation According to the guidelines of CIM (Cyprus Institute of Marketing) the dissertation must be around 10000—15000 words and the title of the project must be approved by CIM. Students are required to submit a dissertation proposal before the project can be undertaken. The proposal is a statement of the focus of the research of the main questions to be investigated. How to Identify a good research question for your dissertation? 1)Research Area - This is the outcome of your interest, past experience, future career plan and the availability of the research domain. Possible sources are newspapers, academic literatures and module materials. 2)Research Problem - Investigate what has been done in this research area. Do searches on online archives using keywords related to your interests. 3)Identifying a problem or gap that you may be able to contribute to for instance a particular industrial problem / opportunity that requires a further investigation. Text Box: Diary Dates 03 October 2008-ABE exam registration deadline for December 2008 exams. Level Fees per subject Certificate £25 Diploma £30 Advanced Diploma £35 Late Examination Fee £10 per subject 13 October 2008-ACCA exam registration deadline for December 2008 exams. Level Fees per subject Knowledge £49 Skills £57 Professional £65 Text Box: CBE EXAM This month the exam session is on Wednesday, 29 October 2008 at 10:00 am for following papers. Exam Fee per paper is £45. ACCA F1- Accountant in Business F2- Management Accounting F3- Financial Accounting CAT Paper1 - Recording Financial Transactions Paper2 - Information for Management Control Paper3 - Maintaining Financial Records Paper4 - Accounting for Costs