CMT 29th September 2014
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS
Planning approval is sought for the following proposals:
INSTITUTIONAL APPROVAL PROPOSAL
TITLE AND ADDRESS OF INSTITUTION
PARTICIPATING
FACULTY(IES)
PROPOSED
START DATE
NATURE OF PROPOSAL
Indian School of Business and Computing
‘C’ Block, BMA College
29/3 Siddhareddy Layout
Near Total Mall
Doddanekkundi Cross
Bangalore, India
Tel: +91 80 4354 4100
Web: www.isbc.ac.in
Contact: Jo Thomas, Director Administration
Joe.t@mba.ac.in
Academic Office reference: INST 14/01 page 1
Lord Ashcroft
International
Business School
and the Faculty of
Science and
Technology
Delivery from
November/
December 2014
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Proposal for a franchise agreement
The Indian School of Business and Computing is a
subsidiary of the LSC Group. Globe Education
Services, a member of this group, have been
successfully delivering the MBA at Guild House in
Peterborough since 2012
 Planning approval has been granted to franchise the
MBA to other institutions within the group; SBL in
London, LSC Malta, BSC Colombo and BSB Armenia
 Proposal to offer the following courses:
- MBA (existing course)
- MSc Mobile Applications (new course)
DECISION
Approved
LORD ASHCROFT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL
REF
LAIBS
14/01
START &
INTAKE
January
2015
AWARD
TITLE
MODE-LOCATIONCREDITS
BSc
BSc (Hons) Banking and
Finance
Full-time
NATURE OF PROPOSAL


Face-to-face
p.9
Semesters 1
& 2 intakes
per year
BSc (Hons) Banking and
Finance (with Placement
Year)
Chelmsford
120 credits @ L 4
120 credits @ L 5
120 credits @ L 6
Plus 120 P credits
with placement
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CMT Proposals 29th September 2014
Proposal for two new undergraduate courses
Proposed home/EU tuition fee of £9,000 (Band BP)
international/non-EU tuition fee £9,800
Anticipated recruitment of 80 fte
The new Bloomberg Financial Markets lab has made this
degree achievable, new staff with expertise in the areas
of banking and finance have joined the department
Courses have been archived through the restructure
The course is intended to attract international students,
two intake points per year
25% new modules, 90 new credits made up of four 15
credit modules and one 30 credit module
Standard semester delivery
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DECISION
Approved
Academic Office
LORD ASHCROFT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL continued
REF
LAIBS
14/02
START &
INTAKE
January
2015
AWARD
TITLE
MODE-LOCATIONCREDITS
BSc
(Hons)
BSc (Hons) Banking and
Finance (Top Up)
Full-time
NATURE OF PROPOSAL


Face-to-face
p.13
Semesters 1
& 2 intakes
per year
Chelmsford


120 credits @ L 6



Proposal for a new undergraduate course
Proposed home/EU tuition fee of £9,000 (Band BP)
international/non-EU tuition fee £9,800
Anticipated recruitment of 30 fte
The course is being introduced to leverage the expertise
and resources of the Chelmsford campus more efficiently
Attractive to both home and international students,
particularly Chinese students who have completed a
Higher Certificate
25% new modules, two new 15 credit modules
Standard trimester delivery
DECISION
Approved
LORD ASHCROFT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL/FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
REF
LAIBS
14/03
FST
14/01
p.17
START &
INTAKE
November/
December
2014
Trimester 1,
2&3
intakes per
year
AWARD
TITLE
MODE-LOCATIONCREDITS
MBA
MBA
[additional delivery
location]
Full-time and parttime

Face-to-face



MSc
Mobile Applications
[new course]
Indian School of
Business and
Computing (ISBC)
NATURE OF PROPOSAL

MBA 60 FHEQ ‘M’
credits @ L 7
MSc 60 FHEQ ‘M’
credits @ L 7
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CMT Proposals 29th September 2014
Proposal for planning and franchise of a new
postgraduate course and an additional delivery location
for the MBA
Tuition fees as per the academic agreement
Anticipated recruitment of 250 fte per course
The courses will be delivered on the basis of
postgraduate diploma leading to the final phase of the
degrees at ISBC
The MBA is approved to be delivered by other members
of the same group, LSC/SBL Group and is being
delivered by LSE at Guild House, Peterborough
The MSc is designed to build key employability and
technology skills at Masters level
The courses will attract Indian students and international
students from other regions
100% new modules
Non-standard trimester delivery, three entry points each
year: April, August, November/December
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DECISION
Approved
Academic Office