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Relevance & commitment. Before you approach your employer, we recommend you spend some time researching: ■ Is this programme relevant to your career and future aspirations? ■ Have you considered the best time for you to undertake further study? ■ Will the programme you are considering interfere with your commitment to work, for example business travel commitments or study time allowance, or personal commitments? ■ Is there likely to be any conflict between the programme and company events (e.g. clashes between programme dates, timed assessments, financial year end, seasonal business activities)? ■ Will you have access to company information for assessments? Could this be a sensitive issue? The environment ■ Is there a history of sponsorship in your organisation, and does the company have a preferred provider? ■ Who is your potential sponsor and what are their views on professional development? How much work will you need to do to convince them? ■ Have you considered other career development routes such as industry- specific qualifications (for example, CFA or Institute of Banking)? Could your immediate needs be met by a short course or in-house training scheme? You may need to justify your course.
Which school? ■ It helps if you have evaluated development opportunities from both your own and your employer’s perspective ■ What were the results of your research? Where else have you considered? Can you cite the advantages and disadvantages of different schools and programmes? ■ How much do you know about the school’s strengths (research, subject strengths, faculty and so on)? ■ Have you considered the reputation of the school and its programmes? Do you have the latest information on accreditations and rankings? ■ It might be useful canvassing the opinions of other people in your company who’ve undertaken an online programme. The investment & costs ■ Have you done a cost benefit analysis of full-time versus part-time study? ■ Have you collected the comparative costs of programmes at other institutions? ■ Do you have details of what is included in the fees? Are there any extras? ■ Are there any add-on costs associated with the programme (e.g. course materials)?
The Global Central Banking & Financial Regulation qualifications are a significant investment for you and your employer, both in financial terms and in the time needed to devote to study. Whether you are interested in pursuing a single Postgraduate Award, the Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma, or the full MSc programme, this document has been designed to help you negotiate support from your employer. This is likely to be in three areas: ■ Financial help to pay your tuition fees ■ Giving you enough time to study, this can be especially useful around assignment deadlines ■ The opportunity to apply your learning in the workplace.
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