I would like to formally welcome you to the Northampton Business School. We have arranged a Welcome Week with a series of events for our post graduate
students. Welcome Week will be a great opportunity for you to familiarise yourself with the campus, to meet other students and to get to know your tutors. This
will also be a good time to ask any questions that you may have about university life or your chosen programme of study.
Welcome Week starts on Monday the 21st September with an introduction to the University and the Business School from Professor Simon Burtonshaw Gunn,
this session will take place from 11.30am-12.30 in Holdenby Lecture Theatre 2. This session will be followed by our Welcome Barbecue from 12.30-3pm outside
the Business School (Cottesbrooke building) where you can meet other students and tutors on your programme.
On Tuesday 22nd September we have arranged some sessions to get you started with the process of enrolment, access to online study materials, finding
information, accessing the library etc. These sessions last for around three hours and are staggered throughout the day; you will see details of your sessions, times
and meeting places at the bottom of this message.
On Wednesday 23rd September we will talk to you about teaching and learning expectations at post graduate level and discuss in detail how to make the best use
of your online learning environment and your teaching sessions. These sessions also take place in the Business School (Cottesbrooke building). We have an
introduction to our online learning service (NILE) from 1-2pm in Cottesbrooke C320 and then have a session on what to expect in terms of learning and teaching at
the University from 2-3pm in Cottesbrooke C119. These sessions are run by the head of post graduate programmes Maggie Anderson.
Some courses also have an extra session for you to meet the programme team:
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MBA welcome 11am-12 in the Business School room C106
MSc International Marketing Strategy welcome 11am-12 in the Business School room C310
Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management and MA Human Resource Management welcome 2pm in the Business School C317.
On Thursday 24th September at 12-1pm we invite you to take part in business related activity; this will involve you working with other post graduate students to
come up with an innovative solution to a business task set by Professor Simon Burtonshaw Gunn. This session takes place in Cottesbrooke C126. This is a great
way to network with your fellow students.
On Friday 25th September we have a busy day! We will spend time looking in detail at sources of support for you whilst you are studying at University to make
sure that you know how to access all of the services and support on offer to you. We will meet in the Holdenby building in lecture theatre 2 from 10am-12 and this
will be followed by feedback on your business task activity at 2pm Cottesbrooke C209. There will then be an opportunity to meet for an informal chat with your
tutors and programme leaders to answer any questions that you may have, this session takes place in Cottesbrooke C303 from 2.30-4pm.
If you have any questions or queries then please contact Maggie Anderson – Head of Post Graduate Programmes Maggie.anderson@northampton.ac.uk .
Getting started sessions and times.
Please note Enrolment is only for students who are not in halls of residence.
B4
MA International Tourism
Management
C5
10.1510.45
Library induction – Park Library
12.30-1 Enrolment – Park Library
12.30-1 Library induction – Park Library
11-11.30 Enrolment – Park Library
1.151.45
1.151.45
12-12.30 Getting started – Cottesbrooke C126
Computer suites – Cottesbrooke
2-2.30 C320
2-2.30 Getting started – Cottesbrooke C126
12.451.15
2.453.15
Computer suites – Cottesbrooke C225
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MSc International Banking and
Finance, MSc Corporate Governance
and Leadership, MSc International
Logistics
D7
12.30-1
Library induction – Park Library
1.15-1.45 Enrolment – Park Library
2.45-3.15 Getting started – Cottesbrooke C126
3.30-4
Computer suites – Cottesbrooke C225
MBA
Getting started – Cottesbrooke
C126
Library induction – Park Library
C6
2.453.15
MSc Management (International /HRM/
Marketing /Financial analysis)
Enrolment – Park Library
Computer suites – Cottesbrooke C230
PG Diploma HRM, MA HRM.
D8
2-2.30
Library induction – Park Library
2.45-3.15
Enrolment – Park Library
3.30-4
Getting started – Cottesbrooke
C126
4.15-4.30
Computer suites – Cottesbrooke
C225