TARC ACCA 2005

TO : THOSE GOIN TO SHU

During the previous week, I have managed to contact a few SHU staff that will be playing important roles during our stay there. They have replied to some of my queries via email. Below are some of the matters highlighted that I have summarized from their replies.

ACCOMMODATION ISSUE
Students will be staying at Norfolk Park in the ‘Student Village’. Each student had been allocated to specific hostel randomly. The list of occupants for each hostel has been prepared without students given the privileges to choose their housemates. This applies to all other Bachelor Degree programs. Reason being pre-selection of housemates by students, causes tremendous amount of admin work prior to students’ arrival in the previous years. Furthermore, everything changes again when students reached SHU.

Enough of the bad news as I understand that each of you wants to stay with your group of friends. So, good news is students will get to change their room and units again when they reached SHU by informing the related office staff at Norfolk Park when they are there. Nevertheless, students will have to occupy the allocated room first for a few days or probably a week or two upon arrival before switching to their desired room and unit. This is due to the admin processing time as approval is pending.

What I will do is, prior to departing from KLIA, I will pass down a list for all the Bachelor Degree in Accounting and Finance’s students to write down who they would like to stay with as we are waiting at the airport. If possible, try to get a group of 5 to 8 persons in a group as your housemates now. This will make my work easier and faster as I pass down the list. However, I can’t confirm that the Norfolk Park’s staff will be using or process the list that we have prepared. When I reached SHU, I will discuss with the admin staff there again with regard to the switch of room and will try to get them process everything for us real soon. Anyway, there is a very high possibility that you will certainly be staying with your group of friends. It is just a matter of how long to get everything processed and approved. So, DON’T WORRY….

There are beddings, kettle, microwave and cooking utensils in each house at Norfolk Park. However, students may bring theirs if they want to.

VISA ISSUE
There is no need to obtain a student visa as we will be entering UK simply as like any traveler visiting UK which has 6 months validity. Nevertheless, please make sure that your passport has at least 6 months validity from the time of your arrival in UK. Do MAKE SURE too that your Unconditional Letter of Offer is with you upon arrival as it is an integral part of the immigration process in UK. The 6 months period clearly covers the 14 week summer top up and time for a short trip around the UK or Europe at the end of the course (if you are interested).
Anyone intending to stay on for the Masters course starting in September 2005, kindly inform me real soon. Further information on the Masters course is available at www.shu.ac.uk/tarc.

TEXTBOOKS ISSUE
For those of you choosing Corporate Finance as your optional paper, the core text is as below :
Title - Corporate Finance: Principles and Practice (Third edition 2004)
Authors - H D Watson and A M Head (both SHU tutors but not actually taking the module this summer)
Publisher - Financial Times/Prentice Hall
ISBN 0273 68356X
Price 32-99 GBP

According to Mr David Kyle, the above core text could be found at Kinokuniya book store at KLCC. Other book stores, I am not sure.

There is no textbook for Financial Decision Making (compulsory module).

As for the remaining other 2 modules, no further information at the moment. I will keep you all updated.

teechong comment: maybe you wait until next week when the book seller come in and you can get from them at a price which is much much more cheaper than those available at the book stores

BANK ACCOUNTS
Those of you who intend to open a HSBC bank account in UK, you may do so as letters have been prepared by SHU for your convenience to open the bank account there. However, it is advisable to open up a HSBC or any foreign bank (subject to availability of ATM machine of that foreign bank in Sheffield) account in Malaysia. The procedure of opening a bank account in UK is going to be very tedious.

Any doubts kindly SMS me at 017-4799892. Thanks!

Khai Nien

posted by Unknown @ 1:31 AM