International Association of Bookkeepers 40th Anniversary – London, June 2013

A New Learning Program New Technology New Opportunity

Opus Learning Ltd. • Approved SQA Centre • Developers of high-quality, sustainable HNC and HND programmes online or blended. SQA – Scottish Qualifications Authority • National awarding body

Building on IAB/IAAP qualifications a route map towards full graduate status: Stage 1 – IAB/IAAP Programmes Stage 2 – HND Financial and Business Management Stage 3 – Articulation to degree programmes

The HND – Financial and Business Management • Ready made SQA HNC / HND • Hosted learning environment in YOUR livery – on the Cloud • No development costs

• Interactive content with everything inline • Provision of constantly maintained learning material • Material delivery: online, classroom, mobile devices, phones, tablets, eReaders

Minimal risk and implementation costs  Learning Environment in Your Livery hosted on the Cloud  The IAB/SQA HND  Interoperation with student records and payments systems  All training and implementation  Assistance with IAB/SQA Approval

     21 st Century Pedagogy Embedded in Learners Digital Life Exploiting new media Managing expectation Keeping the students engaged

     Standardise and simplify Invest and continually improve Focus on support for learning Improve retention Manage learning and learners

 To prepare candidates for employment in an accounting related post at assistant level such as accounts technician, assistant accountant and accounts supervisor and for further career   progression into a senior management or business leadership role. To prepare candidates for progression to further study in accounting and finance or business management discipline. To prepare candidates for progression to professional accounting bodies’ qualifications.

Unit name YEAR 1

Unit 1: Unit 2: Unit 3: Unit 4: Unit 5: Unit 6: Unit 7: Unit 8: Unit 9: Unit 10: Unit 11: Recording Financial Information Preparing Final Accounts Using Financial Accounting Software Cost Accounting Management Accounting Using Information Technology Marketing: An Introduction Personal Development Planning Economic Issues: An Introduction Communication: Analysing and Presenting Complex Communications Managing People and Organisations Graded Unit 1 2 1

Credit

1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1

YEAR 2

Unit 12: Financial Reporting and Analysis Unit 13: Accounting for Specialised Transactions Unit 14: Management Accounting for Planning and Control Unit 15: Management Accounting for Decision Making Unit 16: Business Taxation Unit 17: IT in Business: Spreadsheet Unit 18: Business Culture and Strategy Unit 19: Statistics for Business Unit 20: Research Skills Unit 21: Graded Unit 2 Unit 22 Graded Unit 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1

Graded Unit 1 – First Year Exam Graded Unit 2 – Final project Graded Unit 3 – Final year exam

    Contact Malcolm to indicate interest Draw up project plan Achieve approval to offer IAAP/SQA HND Financial and Business Management Recruit candidates

 IAB/SQA and Opus are in negotiation with a range of universities for articulation • Online    • In country (UK/USA/Australia/Canada) Contact: Malcolm Trotter – IAB Graham Divers – Opus Learning  [email protected]