BLOOMBERG - FREE Training Session (Staff & Students) WEDS 3RD JUNE 9.30- 11.00

Bloomberg is a unique TEACHING & RESEARCH tool that is now available to both students and staff here at MMU.

If you are keen to use this new tool in your teaching / research can I please encourage you to register and attend the short training session below.

Please also see  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anOUEiraEtg  for a short summary of Bloomberg’s functionality by the University of Cambridge.

Bloomberg Training are aware of our specific research interests as a department and will therefore be tailoring the training to our specialisms including (but not limited to);

- Accounting

- Behavioural finance

- Foreign Direct Investment

- Aid

- Development economics (Africa)

- Criminal Justice

- New product / market development & sizing

- Sri Lankan economy and demographics

- Auction theory

- Non financial data - ethics, pollution

Date:    Wednesday 3rd June 2015

Room:  4.08, New Business School
Time:    09:30 - 11:00

Topic:
Bloomberg Introductory Research Training - for teaching & research Target audience: Academic staff & students of all levels

Refreshments: Tea & Coffee will be provided

Fee: Free

Registration: Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bloomberg-introductory-research-training-for-teaching-research-students-staff-tickets-17081474149?ref=enivtefor001&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=inviteformal001&utm_term=eventpage  )

 

Over 700 universities around the world offer Bloomberg for Education services and now MMU’s Accounting, Finance & Economics Department is proud to announce its inclusion in this elite list.

Bloomberg is a research software tool that is now available to both students and staff here at MMU.

Not just a tool for financial, accounting and economic data, Bloomberg can also provide access to unique data in the fields of;

  • Supply Chain Management

  • Agriculture

  • Energy

  • Government

  • Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals

  • Journalism

  • Public Policy

  • Real Estate

  • ESG Data (Environment, Social & Governance)

Nonetheless, for those with a more financial data interest the benefits and data specialisms which Bloomberg offers include;

  • Cross-asset, real-time data

  • Historical time series analysis in all markets including Equity, Fixed Income and FX

  • Powerful API integration with Excel®

  • Public and private company accounting data and corporate finance dataset

  • Portfolio and risk analytics and historical back-testing

  • Peer-ranked, customizable investment simulations

  • Global economic data for macroeconomic analysis

  • Global M&A and IPO database

  • Corporate Finance

  • Derivatives

  • Financial Engineering

  • Futures/Options

  • International Trade

  • Investment Banking

  • Investment & Portfolio Management

  • Portfolio Theory

  • Securities Analysis

 

*not an exhaustive list

LEVEL 6 - Fully Funded Masters Qualification - DEADLINE 29TH MAY 2015

Last chance to gain a fully funded Masters qualification | Deadline 29^th May 2015

Get the competitive edge in your career and gain a free Masters qualification!

YOU could be eligible to apply for a non-repayable scholarship of £10,000 to study a postgraduate qualification at the Faculty of Business and Law.

This is a one-time opportunity for you to secure full funding for a one-year, full-time postgraduate course starting this September.

Deadline: Applications to the scheme close at 4:30pm on Friday 29^th May, so don’t delay, apply today!

Are you eligible?

You will need to meet the following criteria:

·         Be an MMU UK/EU student graduating this summer

·         Not already holding a master’s degree or higher level of qualification.

·         Have been income assessed by Student Finance and have a household income of up to and including £25,000 as at 31st March 2015.

·         Were in receipt of EITHER a Maintenance Grant or Disabled Students' Allowance as an undergraduate student during the academic year 2014/15 as at 31st March 2015.

How to apply & further information:

To see the full criteria and instructions on how to submit your application, visit www.mmu.ac.uk/pss

Courses the scheme applies to:

• LLM (TAUGHT)
• MSC ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
• MSC APPLIED ECONOMICS
• MSC BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY AND ANALYTICS
• MSC ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
• MSC FINANCE AND BUSINESS
• MSC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• MSC INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
• MSC INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• MSC LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
• MSC MANAGEMENT
• MSC MARKETING
• MSC MARKETING (COMMUNICATIONS)
• MSC MARKETING (CREATIVE ADVERTISING)
• MSC PROJECT MANAGEMENT
• MSC PUBLIC RELATIONS

Contact Us

If you have further questions about the PSS, please contact course enquiries on 0161 247 6969.

Monthly Employability Update - May & June 2015

Welcome to your monthly update on all things Employability related at MMU!

Hopefully this email will give you a clear overview of upcoming key employability events and activities going on in the Business School over the next few weeks!

Good news!

We now have lots of dates set for IT Envy briefing and exams in May and June.

This is an opportunity for you to get free online training and qualifications from Microsoft in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook or Access.

If you are interested in this, you must attend a briefing session and then complete work in your own time before booking in for the exam.

For more details, contact our employability skills coordinator (Hayley.Wright@mmu.ac.uk), although as soon as she has the booking details she will be sending out an additional message, so look out for this too!

Save the Dates!

Graduate to Work Week 2015

1^st - 5th June

Whether you are confident about your career goals or graduating with no idea what to do next, take action to enhance your career prospects and explore your options!

MMU Careers & Employability are running a week full of workshops, employer networking events and expert advice sessions, all aimed at helping you to prepare for life after graduation and boost your career.

You can register your interest here.

Manchester Jobs Fair

3rd June

This jobs fair aims to bring job opportunities across a variety of different industries to locals in and around Manchester.  The event will include application and CV advice as well as the chance to meet numerous different employers with vacancies.  The fair is open to students at all stages of their studies, including final year (so that means you!!)

MMU Futures

Take a look at the MMU Futures opportunities for May here.

What's still on in May?

Wednesday 13^th

Chimney House Alliance Recruitment Evening (May 13th)

The Chimney House Alliance is looking for enthusiastic, creative graduates to inspire
young people within the Cheshire East area in both primary and secondary education – they have asked us to let our final year students know all about them … so why not take a break from the revision and come along on May 13^th to find out more?

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Thursday 14^th

You’re hired! How to survive assessment centres and get the job! (2-3pm)

Amazing applications: net that job (2-3pm) – also repeated on Weds 20^th May

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20th/21st/26th/28^th

Carbon Literacy Workshop

The Environment Team are offering 80 students the opportunity to become carbon literacy accredited. As a student, you can attend a one day session to get a better understanding of climate change and social equity as well as what you can do to act on climate change both as an individual and in your future career.   

Graduate Opportunities

Did you know that there are currently 462 graduate roles being advertised on the MMU Careers Service Jobs board!!  Why not take a look at www.mmu.ac.uk/findajob

You can also book a 1-2-1 appointment with a Careers Advisor by calling 0161 247 3483.

This is a service available to those who have a clear career path in mind, and those who don’t!

Part time Jobs and Work Experience

You can now join the new MMU Facebook group for local part time and summer jobs!

Hayley Wright (our Employability and Skills coordinator) will be posting up opportunities as and when she finds them through social media and many of these roles have a very short closing date (so keep your eyes on this regularly!)  The group is only open to students from our faculty.

There are also 101 part time jobs and work experience roles being advertised on the MMU Careers Service Jobs Board.

Please encourage students to take a look at www.mmu.ac.uk/findajob and to contact the careers service for info on how to find more part time jobs and work experience.

And finally … don’t forget to follow Hayley Wright (our Employability and Skills coordinator) on Twitter!! As usual, she will be tweeting about all things employability related - @hayleywrightMMU

Loughborough Maths Course - Aims To Boost Knowledge & Employability

Building skills for life –

Loughborough maths course aims to boost knowledge and employability

Loughborough University will run a free online numeracy skills refresher course to help boost people’s employment prospects.

Poor numeracy skills can often be a barrier to employment and, with numeracy tests becoming a regular part of the recruitment process, the University’s Mathematics Education Centre is opening its doors to anyone who wishes to build on their basic understanding of mathematics.

The three-week FutureLearn course entitled Numeracy Skills for Employability and the Workplace is particularly suitable for those who have not had the opportunity to practice quantitative skills since school. It is designed to build confidence and develop essential skills for interpreting numerical data and understanding statistics, as well as refreshing specific numeracy skills such as percentages, ratios, averages, and currency conversions.

The course, which will run from Monday 15 June, includes a step-by-step introduction to relevant topics and interactive quizzes to test understanding. There will be feedback at every stage.

The course is suitable if you are:

• Applying for work placements or internships
• Applying for employment
• Applying for a course that requires you to pass numeracy skills tests
• In employment seeking promotion or wishing to upskill
• Anyone who wishes to refresh their knowledge of numeracy
• Anyone who wishes to improve their mathematical confidence for everyday life.
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Loughborough University’s Dr Janette Matthews, Lead Educator for the FutureLearn course, said: “There will be many people who feel they just simply cannot do maths, but this course will demonstrate that you can overcome anxieties and worries in order to develop the mathematical confidence you need to succeed in both employers’ numeracy tests and the workplace.”

Participants will also be given the opportunity to purchase a Statement of Participation – a personalised, printed certificate to show that they have taken part in the course.

To register or to find out more click here.

Contents of this email in a web page click here.

 

 

With Best Regards,  

 

Michele Zala
Careers Consultant

 -School of Business & Economics

-International Students

Careers & Employability Centre, Loughborough University
Tel: +44 (0)1509 222093  M.Zala@lboro.ac.uk
@MicheleZala   
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/careers

NEW IT ENVY DATES FOR STUDENTS - Microsoft accredited !

We now have lots of new opportunities for our students to get free online training and qualifications from Microsoft in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook or Access.

This is a fantastic way for students to improve their IT skills and boost their CV.

Students must attend a briefing session, they can then do the training at home in their own time and then sit the exam here in the Business School.

You can see the dates available on the links below.

Please note that these links will be advertised to students across the university on the MMUFutures page after today, so please do make your students aware ASAP!

Briefing sessions-

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/it-envy-briefing-dates-summer-2015-tickets-16833695035

Exam sessions-

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/it-envy-exam-dates-summer-2015-tickets-16833832446

Many thanks,

Hayley

Hayley Wright
Employability Skills Coordinator

Faculty of Business and Law

2.15 | Business School and Student Hub Building |Manchester Metropolitan University | All Saints Campus | M15 6BH

Tel:  +44 (0)161 247 3496 | Email: hayley.wright@mmu.ac.uk

HURST - Graduate Trainee Accountants Opportunity September 2015

Graduate Trainee Accountants

Recruiter    Hurst & Co Accountants LLP

Location     Stockport, Greater Manchester  

Salary         £17,000 + benefits  

Closes        01 Sep 2015  

Job Function    Audit & Assurance

Level               Not qualified, Graduate

Sector              Accounting Practice

Hours               Full Time

Contract Type  Permanent

http://www.hurst.co.uk/careers/graduate-opportunities
 

HURST are leading independent firm of chartered accountants with offices in city centre Manchester, Stockport and London. Our partner-led approach is delivered by a team of 11 high calibre partners and 59 staff. We were finalists in the North West Finance Awards 2013.
 

We were established in 1982 with the aim of helping ambitious private businesses achieve strategic goals. This still holds true today and we now serve some of the region’s best known owner managed businesses. We also have a growing number of multinational businesses that require our support throughout the UK, Europe, and beyond.
 

We are seeking high calibre graduates for our fully funded Chartered Accountant training programme, starting in September 2016.

Our students initially join the business services team, based out of our Stockport office, where they will acquire the core audit, accountancy and tax knowledge that underpins the qualification. Secondments to other specialist teams within the practice are available as part of the three year programme.
 

Candidates must have a minimum of 2:1 Degree and be able to demonstrate relevant experience for the role.

We accept applications from relevant and non-relevant degree disciplines.
 

To apply please fill out the online application form on our website: