Business and finance taster days

An insight into the exciting world of stock market trading

Ever wondered how the stock exchange functions? In this session, students will:

• Try their hand at stock trading using our leading-edge simulation software.
• Track patterns of stock movements and learn what causes share prices to change.
• Compete against each other in a simulation stock market game where the winner is the one who has the biggest gains.

Duration: 2 hours
Maximum number of students: 20

Are you a budding business entrepreneur? You need to know how to plan and record your finances

A successful business depends on planning and controlling its finances. This session will:

• Show students which software they could use.
• Provide hands-on experience with accounting software packages (SAGE or Xero) under guided instruction from our highly-qualified staff, who will show some short-cuts, problem-solving techniques and general 'tricks of the trade'.

Duration: Two 2-hour sessions
Maximum number of students: 20

An introduction to the world of auditors

Ever wondered what an auditor does? What are auditors for?

In early 2017, Rolls-Royce paid a total of £671m in fines and apologised after it was found to have paid millions in bribes over decades to secure orders. Why didn't their auditors of 26 years pick this up?

This session will provide an insight into why these bribes may have been missed by the auditor, including hands-on simulation of the planning and testing process that an auditor would undertake during a company audit. Working in small audit teams, under the guided supervision of a member of the lecturing team (the audit manager) and current accountancy student (the audit senior). Students will:

• Prepare budgets
• Make risk assessments
• Try their hand at sampling.

Duration: 2 hours
Maximum number of students: 20

BREXIT means BREXIT: a review into the implications for the global economy

This session will provide students with an opportunity to experience state-of-the-art university learning environments, research a contemporary business topic area, and analyse various viewpoints. Additionally, this will allow students to collaborate in small teams, providing a short presentation to deliver knowledge and understanding, and share their current skills in presenting with confidence.

Duration: 90 minutes
Maximum number of students: 25

Theming an event experience

An exciting competition for students to decide on a theme for an event of their choice from a list. Then to pitch ASAP - the faster they decide on a theme, the more time they have to prepare. This creates a competitive element for the task. The tutor will then allocate groups of one of the themes. Teams will develop a specific theme or concept and describe the design elements they would use to make the event 'memorable'. Each team's potential event will be scored against these criteria and the team with the highest score wins!

Duration: 90 minutes (minimum)
Maximum student capacity: 30

Things I need to know to plan my finances as a student and for my life

Fun with finance! Planning to go to university? This session will reflect on the importance of personal budgeting to avoid falling into the cash-strapped debt-laden stereotype of a full-time student. Participants will have the opportunity to actively plan their finances and learn strategies to help their funds go further. Not sure if you want a full-time university course? These skills, tips and tricks can be used throughout your adult life and help avoid some common pitfalls.

Duration: 1-2 hours (flexible)
Maximum student capacity: 20

Under £1 at the pumps: So what?

A contemporary subject area for any aspiring business student to explore is the business environment. Upon having an appreciation of this, students will have greater knowledge and understanding to engage other key areas of the business function, such as finance, marketing, human resources, information technology, and economics. The aim is to gain learning from a real life example by using the skills of group work and research to inform a business knowledge base to support further learning.

Objectives:

1. Explore the fundamentals of a current business environment issue by desktop research techniques.
2. Discuss and prepare an analysis of findings using the SWOT framework.
3. Develop and deliver a five-minute presentation to share findings.
4. Reflect on task to endorse learning and onward development.

Duration: 90 minutes (minimum)
Maximum number of students: 30

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