September 2023
- Academic Induction
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Find out more about your induction by looking at the relevant documents below.
- Key Contacts
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Professor David McCausland
Director of Education
Email: d.mccausland@abdn.ac.ukLindsay Tibbetts
Director of Student Experience
Email: lindsay.tibbetts@abdn.ac.ukJulie Davidson
Team Lead AFRE (Accounting, Finance and Real Estate)
Email: juliedavidson@abdn.ac.ukCherie Connon
Team Lead Business Management (including Block Taught and Online programmes)
Email: cherie.connon@abdn.ac.ukClaire McArthur
Team Lead Economics
Email: claire.mcarthur1@abdn.ac.ukBusiness School Progression Coordinator
Email: bsstudentprogressioncoordinator@abdn.ac.uk
Queries Relating to your Course or ProgrammeAccountancy Queries
bs-accounting@abdn.ac.ukFinance Queries
bs-finance@abdn.ac.ukEconomics Queries
bs-economics@abdn.ac.ukManagement Queries
bs-management@abdn.ac.ukReal Estate
bs-realestate@abdn.ac.uk - Business School, Aberdeen
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School Inductions During Welcome Week we will have School Inductions for our new students as well as programme level inductions.
School Inductions
- Undergraduate School Induction
Tuesday 12 September 2023, Arts Lecture Theatre, William Guild Building at 1pm-3pm - Postgraduate School Induction
Friday 15 September 2023, Arts Lecture Theatre, William Guild Building at 10am-12noon
Find out more about your induction by downloading the PDF for your year group below.
Key School Contacts Philip Jenkins-Welsh, Head of Administration
Louise McKenzie, Senior School Administrator
Academic Induction MyAberdeen Organisations will be used to host academic induction material. Welcome videos and other support materials can be found in the Business Student Information for Undergraduates (Aberdeen Campus) Organisations under the PGT Induction tab.
Find out how to view the School's Organisation area in MyAberdeen.
In addition, the University of Aberdeen Orientation programme will take you through all the essential information you will need for your student life. It's broken down into two parts, you should get started on part one now by working through the interactive modules.Reading Lists Reading Lists for individual courses will normally be available through MyAberdeen. The Reading Lists project led by the Library team will make essential course reading available to returning students later in summer, but new students will not have access to this until they complete Online Registration.
In the meantime, you can brush up your study skills and learn more about the University at our award-winning Toolkit website.
Assessment Please refer to the course guide for each individual course.
Practical, fieldwork and placements If your course includes fieldwork, we will aim to provide these, subject to safety constraints or create online alternatives.
Curriculum Advice for New Business School Students Click here to access a pdf detailing curriculum advice for new Business School Students 2023.
- Undergraduate School Induction
- Business School, AFG College, Qatar
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Reading Lists Pre-reading and other learning materials will also be made available through MyAberdeen.
The Reading Lists project led by the Library team will make essential course reading available to returning students later in the summer, but new students will not have access to this until they complete Online Registration.
In the meantime, you can brush up your study skills and learn more about the University at our award-winning Toolkit website: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/toolkit/
Assessment The majority of Business School courses will be assessed via coursework and a final examination. For each course, your Lecturer will confirm how you will be assessed during the first week of teaching.
Practical, fieldwork and placements Placement opportunities will be specific to candidates and organisations. - Curriculum Advice for New Business School Students
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In this document you will find some guidance that will help you when you are making your on on-line course selections.
Postgraduate Taught
September 2023
- Academic Induction
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During Welcome Week we will have School Inductions for our new students as well as programme level inductions.
Find out more about your induction by downloading this PDF.
- Key Contacts
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Professor David McCausland
Director of Education
Email: d.mccausland@abdn.ac.ukLindsay Tibbetts
Director of Student Experience
Email: lindsay.tibbetts@abdn.ac.uk
Queries Relating to your Course or Programme
Postgraduate Taught Programme Leaders
MScEcon Accounting and Finance
Dr Naser Makarem
Email: n.makarem@abdn.ac.ukMBA, MBA Energy Management, MBA Business Analytics
Prof Pervaiz Akhtar
Email: pervaiz.akhtar@abdn.ac.ukMSc Energy Economics and Law
Dr Nikos Vlassis
Email: nvlassis@abdn.ac.ukMScEcon Finance and Investment Management CFA/non-CFA courses
Dr Fotios Papadimitriou
Email: fotios.papadimitriou@abdn.ac.ukMSc International Business and Finance
Dr Chunxia Jiang
Email: chunxia.jiang@abdn.ac.ukMSc International Business Management
Dr Jing Cai
Email: jing.cai@abdn.ac.ukMSc International Finance & Political Relations
Dr Seungho Lee
Email: seungho.lee@abdn.ac.ukMSc International Human Resource Management
Shainaz Firfiray
Email: shainaz.firfiray@abdn.ac.ukMSc International Tourism Management
Dr Joyce Chen
Email: Xiaoqing.chen@abdn.ac.ukMSc Marketing Management
Dr Huda Khan
Email: huda.khan@abdn.ac.ukMSc Petroleum, Energy Economics and Finance
Dr Nikolaos Vlassis
Email: nvlassis@abdn.ac.ukMSc Real Estate (Commercial and International/MSc Finance and Real Estate)
Dr Fiona Stoddard
Email: fiona.stoddard@abdn.ac.uk - Reading Lists
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Reading lists for individual courses will normally be available through MyAberdeen. The Reading Lists project led by the Library team will make essential course reading available to returning students later in the summer, but new students will not have access to this until they complete Online Registration.
You can find example reading for our Postgraduate Taught programmes for the Business School here.
In the meantime, you can brush up your study skills and learn more about the University at our award-winning Toolkit website.
- Assessment
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Most courses will not be assessed by formal exams on campus, unless you are taking a course for which a formal exam in required by a professional body (such as ICAEW for MScEcon Accounting and Finance for example). We will use alternative ways to assess your learning throughout the term. These may include essays, online exercises, and timed assessments online. This will vary from course to course, and there will be specific details in every Course Guide at the start of term.
- Block Taught and Normal Taught Explained
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All our postgraduate programmes are either normal taught (NT) or block taught (BT).
Postgraduate Research
As well as being a Postgraduate Research Student in the School of Business you are also part of a wider PGR community through the Postgraduate Research School
- Key Contacts in School
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All PGR queries (both for current students and applicants) should be sent to pgrbus@abdn.ac.uk
- University Orientation
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We are looking forward to welcoming you to campus to start your research journey with us. As a Postgraduate Research student you will have the opportunity to attend a University wide induction in addition to your school induction.
The University of Aberdeen Orientation programme has been designed to take you through all of the essential information you will need for your student life. You can get started now by working through the interactive modules.
There are a series of modules that you can work through before you arrive. Once you have registered you can access the remaining modules and complete your mandatory training programme through your bespoke PGR training platform on our virtual learning environment.
There will be a school welcome event for Postgraduate Research students. This will provide an opportunity to meet Postgraduate coordinators and PhD supervisors. There will also be time to answer any questions you may have. Further details regarding the welcome event will follow in due course.
- Timelines and Milestones
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The PGR School training and development programme offers academic, professional, and personal development through a number of training workshops, resources and opportunities, all intended to support the PGR community at the University of Aberdeen.