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BSc (Hons) in
Applied Accounting
Mentoring News: January 2016 We wish you a HAPPY and PEACEFUL NEW YEAR!
NOTICE: we will be restricting the number of mentees each mentor may have
IMPORTANT:
TOPIC 8 - COMPARATORS
The OBU BSc office have had a number
of e-mailed questions about the need for
comparators for Topic 8.
This situation clearly needs to be clarified:
Students undertaking Topic 8 are
required to make a financial analytical
comparison with a suitable comparator
company (or an industry average)
within their RAP.
The minimum acceptable comparison is
one year, however to obtain a higher
grade pass it is necessary to include 2 or
3 year comparisons.
MENTOR QUALIFICATION CHANGES:
We regret that due to continuing problems
identified with some Mentors over recent
submission periods, the original mentor
categories are now required to be enforced.
Oxford Brookes University has identified
three categories of individuals from which
students should choose their Registered
Project Mentor.
A new Project Mentor must be one of the
following:
• A current qualified Chartered
Certified Accountant – Full Member
(ACCA) – [not part qualified or Affiliate
Members]
• The student’s “Senior Colleague” at
work e.g. line manager
• A lecturer or tutor at an Approved
Learning Provider
IMPORTANT NOTES:
•
•
•
•
PLEASE SEE NEXT PAGE:
A prospective mentor applying for
registration who is none of these may
not automatically act as a Mentor for
BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting
students.
Full members of other professional
bodies may be permitted to Register at
the discretion of the Programme Lead.
Oxford Brookes University may permit
existing Registered Mentors to continue
to offer Mentoring, subject to review.
if you select the category “Senior
Colleague” we expect you to register a
company email and that your mentees
will be your colleagues only. You may
have a maximum of 3 students per
submission period. Mentors who defy
this restriction and mentor other students
will be suspended permanently.
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OBU INDUSTRY SECTORS 2016:
Students submitting for the first time in
2016 or changing topic are required to
use one of these categories:
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
Biotechnology: Companies
engaged in research into and
development of biological
substances for the purposes of
drug discovery and diagnostic
development, and which derive the
majority of their revenue from
either the sale or licensing of these
drugs and diagnostic tools.
Pharmaceuticals: Manufacturers
of prescription or over-the-counter
drugs, such as aspirin, cold
remedies and birth control pills.
Includes vaccine producers but
excludes vitamin producers, which
are classified under Food Products.
Airlines
Companies providing primarily passenger
air transport. Excludes airports, which are
classified under Transportation Services.
Mobile Telecommunications
Providers of mobile telephone services;
including cellular, satellite and paging
services. Includes wireless tower
companies that own, operate and lease
mobile site towers to multiple wireless
service providers.
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF MENTEES:
It is proposed that the maximum
number of mentees that a Mentor may
supervise will be 50 per submission
period. [This will be confirmed.]
It is expected that all Mentors have
permanent
employment
that
keeps
then grounded in current Accountancy
practice. Therefore it is considered by
OBU
that
Mentors
cannot
professionally supervise very large
numbers.
It is stated again that Mentors claiming
to be Line Managers/Seniors may only
have a maximum of three students per
submission period.
NEW PROGRAMME LEAD
BSC:
FOR THE
The BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting
team has been strengthened by the
appointment of a new Programme Lead
– Mr Geoff Heron.
Geoff is an experienced lecturer and a
Full Member of ICAEW
Important Note: Further to the article in the Dec 15 Newsletter that Mentors
MAY NOT ALSO BE
BSC
STUDENTS – i.e. still intending to submit a RAP. We have also stated for many years that a Mentor MUST NOT
have FAILED to pass the BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting.
[email protected]
Applied Accounting
Mentoring News: January 2016 We wish you a HAPPY and PEACEFUL NEW YEAR!
NOTICE: we will be restricting the number of mentees each mentor may have
IMPORTANT:
TOPIC 8 - COMPARATORS
The OBU BSc office have had a number
of e-mailed questions about the need for
comparators for Topic 8.
This situation clearly needs to be clarified:
Students undertaking Topic 8 are
required to make a financial analytical
comparison with a suitable comparator
company (or an industry average)
within their RAP.
The minimum acceptable comparison is
one year, however to obtain a higher
grade pass it is necessary to include 2 or
3 year comparisons.
MENTOR QUALIFICATION CHANGES:
We regret that due to continuing problems
identified with some Mentors over recent
submission periods, the original mentor
categories are now required to be enforced.
Oxford Brookes University has identified
three categories of individuals from which
students should choose their Registered
Project Mentor.
A new Project Mentor must be one of the
following:
• A current qualified Chartered
Certified Accountant – Full Member
(ACCA) – [not part qualified or Affiliate
Members]
• The student’s “Senior Colleague” at
work e.g. line manager
• A lecturer or tutor at an Approved
Learning Provider
IMPORTANT NOTES:
•
•
•
•
PLEASE SEE NEXT PAGE:
A prospective mentor applying for
registration who is none of these may
not automatically act as a Mentor for
BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting
students.
Full members of other professional
bodies may be permitted to Register at
the discretion of the Programme Lead.
Oxford Brookes University may permit
existing Registered Mentors to continue
to offer Mentoring, subject to review.
if you select the category “Senior
Colleague” we expect you to register a
company email and that your mentees
will be your colleagues only. You may
have a maximum of 3 students per
submission period. Mentors who defy
this restriction and mentor other students
will be suspended permanently.
Page 2
OBU INDUSTRY SECTORS 2016:
Students submitting for the first time in
2016 or changing topic are required to
use one of these categories:
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
Biotechnology: Companies
engaged in research into and
development of biological
substances for the purposes of
drug discovery and diagnostic
development, and which derive the
majority of their revenue from
either the sale or licensing of these
drugs and diagnostic tools.
Pharmaceuticals: Manufacturers
of prescription or over-the-counter
drugs, such as aspirin, cold
remedies and birth control pills.
Includes vaccine producers but
excludes vitamin producers, which
are classified under Food Products.
Airlines
Companies providing primarily passenger
air transport. Excludes airports, which are
classified under Transportation Services.
Mobile Telecommunications
Providers of mobile telephone services;
including cellular, satellite and paging
services. Includes wireless tower
companies that own, operate and lease
mobile site towers to multiple wireless
service providers.
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF MENTEES:
It is proposed that the maximum
number of mentees that a Mentor may
supervise will be 50 per submission
period. [This will be confirmed.]
It is expected that all Mentors have
permanent
employment
that
keeps
then grounded in current Accountancy
practice. Therefore it is considered by
OBU
that
Mentors
cannot
professionally supervise very large
numbers.
It is stated again that Mentors claiming
to be Line Managers/Seniors may only
have a maximum of three students per
submission period.
NEW PROGRAMME LEAD
BSC:
FOR THE
The BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting
team has been strengthened by the
appointment of a new Programme Lead
– Mr Geoff Heron.
Geoff is an experienced lecturer and a
Full Member of ICAEW
Important Note: Further to the article in the Dec 15 Newsletter that Mentors
MAY NOT ALSO BE
BSC
STUDENTS – i.e. still intending to submit a RAP. We have also stated for many years that a Mentor MUST NOT
have FAILED to pass the BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting.
[email protected]
