PG Dissertation Master’s Stage Award

Induction notes

Contents

Welcome..........................................................................................................................................................
Contacts...........................................................................................................................................................
Academic Course Leader........................................................................................................................
Academic Services Administrator.........................................................................................................
The Helpzone..............................................................................................................................................
Regulations.....................................................................................................................................................
Enrolment and Registration........................................................................................................................
My Glos Help Page........................................................................................................................................
Compliance Checks for International Students Before Arriving.......................................................
Moodle Resources......................................................................................................................................
Welcome

Welcome to the University of Gloucestershire and to the Business School. We hope you will
enjoy your studies here with us. This document is to provide you with some background
information relating to the course and should answer many of your questions.

Contacts

MBA Masters Stage Course Leader: Paul Matthews

Your single point of contact throughout your course on general course and general
academic matters. Has oversight of your programme, all modules and assessment:

Contact: pmatthews4@glos.ac.uk

The Helpzones

For any non-academic issues such as extensions to submission dates, Council Tax
letters, student support, Student Achievement Team bookings etc. please contact the
Helpzones.

Contact: helpzones@glos.ac.uk

Academic Services Administrator – Business School Academic Services Team

If you need any admin support relating to your modules the please contact The Business
School Academic Services team.

Contact: bsacademicservices@glos.ac.uk

Regulations

Click the link for answers to any questions you may have about our regulations

Check the rules and what your results mean

Enrolment and Registration

Before you arrive at university you need to enroll, register, pay any outstanding tuition fees and
collect your ID card. If you are an international student studying here on campus, you will need
to complete any compliance administration before the start of the programme. We advise that
you visit the University as soon as you have registered to complete any compliance
administration and to collect your ID card. Do this in the days before attending the RM
workshop.

To enroll click on this link:

online enrolment

You will need your seven-digit student number (starting with an 's') and your password for
logging onto the university's network (if you have not activated your account please see the step
‘Activating your online account’).

My Glos Help App

The MyGlos app is an important resource downloadable after your enrolment. It will provide you
with a direct link to all your information needs including assessment, your student email
account, student news, calendar and timetable, the Student Achievement Team, pastoral
services, Moodle and relevant library links.

Compliance Checks for International Students Before Arriving

Below is the link to our ‘Pre-arrival’ information page for international students. It will provide
you with information relating to visas, immigration, Tier 4 visa applications and other key
information.

http://www.glos.ac.uk/study/international/pages/pre-arrival.aspx

Moodle Resources

1 This is the key resource to supporting your learning. Familiarise yourself with all the
materials on this site. If you do not have access, you have not enrolled.

2 There is a site for online students and campus students (PG Dissertations).

3. Once you have completed the workshop or watched the videos you need then immediately to
fill out the Research Topic Form. The completed form needs to be emailed to the Course
Administrator. Once the form is received, we will allocate you an Adviser. It is important that
you complete the form quickly.

4. On the Moodle site you will find a podcast giving you more background on the dissertation
module and the three assessments. There are also guides for using the library and some of
the digital resources available to you to support research such as SPSS, NVivo and previous
dissertations. You will also see a comprehensive suggested reading list, but please
understand there are a large number of similar resources available online in the library.
There are even videos about why a literature review is hard to do and the basic arguments
for qualitative methods in research.