YEAR 3 Industrial Placement Industrial placement enables you to gain practical experience while studying for your degree, leads to a mature and more informed attitude to the final year of the degree course and may also help you to research for your dissertation. Finally, the experience and the contacts established during placement may lead to employment opportunities immediately after graduation. During this time you will research and prepare a dissertation of 8,500 words. You may also be awarded the Diploma in Occupational Studies students write a 1,500 words critical appraisal and keep a logbook of work activities on a weekly basis. In the final year of the programme, you will carry out advanced studies in economic analysis and may specialise by choosing from a range of options according to your interest.
Some modules involve case studies, project work and problem solving exercises.
Assessment is generally by means of unseen examinations and continuous assessment, which may take the form of essays, projects, or multiple-choice tests. If you haven t studied or used your maths for a while please contact the programme leader who will advise you about preliminary reading. Dr Martin Dedman Researches and teaches on courses in Economics, European Integration, Contemporary Economic and Social History. Dr. Claudia Girardone Specialises in banking with research interests in modelling efficiency of financial institutions and the structure and performance of banking markets. Dr. Kostas Kassimatis Teaches finance at undergraduate and postgraduate level.