We hope you're looking forward to Spring and to starting your course later this year. In the meantime, we thought we'd send you an update of what is happening at Cass, plus your next steps in the UCAS process. Also in your March newsletter, find stories from current students and an alumni, providing you with some food for thought when accepting your university offers. Could you be the next Cass student spending a study year abroad or being one of our student ambassadors?
Our next Visit Days are on Wednesday 7 March and Wednesday 4 April. Be sure to come and see for yourself what life is like at Cass.
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29 Feb 2012
Cass – your route to career success
Cass has an exceptional graduate recruitment record and completing your degree here will place you in a 25,000 strong business network of alumni from all over the world. Cass alumnus Miles Nolan explains here how his Cass degree has helped to shape his career:
I have always had a strong interest in the Stock Market, and it was with this in mind that I chose to follow my passion and move from Leeds to London to expand my knowledge.
When choosing a university I was keen to target one with a good history and solid academic results, and I opted for a very specific Investment-related degree at Cass (known as City University Business School until 2002).
Since graduating in 1998 I started my career at the Investors Chronicle, the UK’s leading personal finance magazine. Owned by the Financial Times, the role was extremely rewarding, with my capacity as ‘Smaller Companies Editor’ allowing me great access to senior company management. I travelled to a number of countries including China, Libya, the US and much of Europe.
After a good seven-year stint I left to join a private client stockbroker as a buy-side analyst, which allowed me to build my contact base as I explored investment opportunities on behalf of clients. It was effectively a process of putting into practice what I had been theorising over as a journalist.
My career then progressed and I spent time as a fund manager, principally covering VCT stocks and smaller companies. From here I went on to work in corporate finance for a Qatari bank (though based in London) and also had a stint as a corporate broker, helping small companies raise much needed equity capital.
Having spent six years away from journalism, I returned to my passion in 2010 as Editor of Growth Company Investor. The role involves acting as a ‘brand ambassador’ for the monthly title, while also managing and leading the content for the magazine. It is a leading voice on growth companies, listed on the London Stock Market and every month we provide informative and insightful share recommendations. Columns include ‘Pick of AIM’ and Directors Dealings, as well as a number of informative news pieces. Growth Company Investor is currently undertaking a major re-design, which will also lead to the launch of a new app.
I look back at my time spent at Cass fondly. It allowed me to forge new life-long friendships, and has helped me develop a successful career.
Cass student gets set for the Olympics
With the Olympic Games taking place in London over the summer, it’s not only the athletes that are preparing for the biggest sporting event in the world. Katherine Mou, a 3rd year Business Studies student will be representing London at the Games as a volunteer, officially known as a ‘Games Maker’.
Katherine applied to be part of the games in the summer of 2011. With a record number of 250,000 applications, competition was tough, but Katherine was successful in gaining an interview and later went on to secure her role, one of only 70,000 positions available.
Katherine will be working the entire two week duration of the games, based at the Olympic village in Stratford, East London. Her role will include welcoming millions of visitors to the games, as well as answering questions and queries, directing ticket holders to event venues and acting as a friendly face. Training started in early February at Wembley arena along with 10,000 other Games Makers, only 5% of the whole games workforce!
Excited about her role in the Games, Katherine feels that her time at Cass in and out of the classroom really helped her in being able to convey her enthusiasm and commitment to the role. ‘I’ve developed excellent team building skills from working with a variety of different people on my course, especially on big projects such as group coursework. I also work as a Cass Student Ambassador, a customer facing role where I often represent the School at Open Days, answering any questions and queries potential students may have. This experience definitely helped me win my place at the Games. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to be able to live and study here and to represent my City.’
With her graduation ceremony taking place a week before the Games, Katherine has an exciting summer to look forward to. After the summer, Katherine hopes to go on to secure a graduate scheme in either Marketing or Market Research in London, and has the opportunity to work in Hong Kong at a later date.
A Year Out: Student Exchange
At Cass you will have the opportunity to tailor your degree by applying to study abroad. You will have the option of doing a replacement second year at a partner institution or doing a sandwich degree with a year spent studying overseas. Apart from being a lot of fun, the student exchange programme is an opportunity to improve your language skills and is an impressive asset on your CV.
Students opting to do a replacement second year spend their first and third year at Cass and the middle year being taught from an international cultural perspective but still learning comparable module content to those students taking their second year at Cass. All of the teaching is in English. Please note this option is not available for Actuarial Science and Accounting & Finance students due to the professional requirements of those courses.The sandwich year study abroad option is available for all courses. Students spend the first two years at Cass followed by a year abroad and then a final year at Cass. If you are proficient in German, French, Spanish or Italian you can take a sandwich year studying in that language. Students are taught in English in Singapore, South Korea, Norway, Sweden and the USA.
It is also possible to take a sandwich year and split it with one semester spent at a partner institution and one semester spent gaining work experience in a placement.
You don’t need to decide if you wish to apply for Study Abroad at this stage. Students apply for the replacement second year option in the autumn term of year one and the sandwich degree option in the autumn term of year two.
Darja Danilina recently completed the replacement 2nd year at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada:
Study abroad is one of the unique features that helps Cass Business School to nurture its multi-cultural dimension.
The benefits of spending a year away from home are not limited to experiencing another culture. I found that adapting to a new teaching method is very valuable in the work place, where only those will be successful who can change fast. At the same time, being in a different cultural environment, I was forced to question things I took for granted and became aware of my biases, which crucially broadened my perspective.
Settling in as an exchange student is much easier than you might expect. The long tradition of international co-operation with partner institutions and experience of the study abroad team make it possible to prepare everything – such as visas, accommodation and course schedules – well in advance of departure. Three months before leaving on exchange, I was already in touch with students from Queen’s University. Through this connection I was able to find a room in a student house three minutes away from the business school, living with five other girls, which allowed me to integrate within days. Apart from studying and travelling, there was also the opportunity to take part in conferences and case competitions.
Having spent a year in Canada, I have improved my interpersonal skills and gained valuable insights that I am eager to share with the rest of the Cass community.
For a list of our current partner institutions please visit the following link: http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/student-exchange-programme.
Information for Conditional offer-holders
If you are holding a Conditional offer it’s very important that you read the offer text on UCAS Track to check exactly what is required of you and whether you need to send any previously obtained qualification documents to Cass. We often make offers where one of the conditions is to send proof of qualifications obtained by a set date.What evidence do I need to provide?
You need to send a copy of the relevant final certificate or transcript. Please send clear copies as original certificates can not be returned. Statements of provisional results can only be accepted up to six months from the date of issue and, if it is more than six months since you received your results, we will need to see your certificate, which will show your final mark received from the awarding body. If for any reason you are not able to provide this information, please email admissions at: cassug@city.ac.uk.
Where should I send my results?
Please send a clear copy of your certificate (or transcript) to the Cass Admissions team, by post or email:
Cass Undergraduate Admissions
E302 Drysdale Building
EC1V 0HB
Email cassug@city.ac.uk
Please include your UCAS Personal ID number in any correspondence. We will send you an email to confirm receipt of the documents.
If you have sent your results to Cass in the last few days you do not need to take any further action, and an acknowledgement email will be sent to you shortly.
Visit Days
As an offer-holder you are invited to attend a Visit Day at Cass. The Visit Days are always very popular, so make sure you book as soon as possible for one of our upcoming events on Wednesday 7 March and Wednesday 4 April.
Also, on March 5, 6 and 7 Cass students will be making phone calls to 2012 offer holders who wish to receive a call.
If you're interested in asking a current Cass student about life at Cass and in London, please email Emily.mancuso.1@city.ac.uk and we'll be in touch soon
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