Approved Learning Partner

APPROVED PROGRAMMES SCHEDULE

Schedule 1: School of Management and Languages
Programme Details:

School of Management and Languages External Programmes

Section 1: ALP and Date of Commencement

Name
of
Approved
Learning Partner
Date of Commencement

Bangladesh Institute of Management Studies

01 March 2012

Section 2: Awards and Courses

Section 2a: Awards
Name of Awards

Bachelor of Business Administration

BA Accountancy
BA Accountancy and Finance
BA Business and Finance
BA Management

Indicate which degrees (courses) you are seeking approval

for.
Please refer to the further information provided about the
programme regarding each degree.
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14

Section 2b: Courses

Courses to be offered

Please refer to the further information provided about the

courses within each award.
Please indicate which courses the ALP will be offering to
students.
For each module, also indicate the number of student contact
hours that the Approved Learning Partner will provide.
Credit
Student Contact
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
Level

Stage 1 (all mandatory)

Introduction to Accounting 1
Introduction to Accounting 2

Hours

Introduction to Economics 1
Introduction to Economics 2

Introduction to Banking
and Financial Services
Introduction to Finance

Introduction to Management 1
Introduction to Management 2

The following Stage 1 courses are provided by the School of Life Sciences (stand alone courses):
Introduction to Psychology 1
7
Introduction to Psychology 2
7

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Stage 2: (synoptically linked)

Commercial Law 1
Commercial Law 2
Finance Theory and Markets 1
Finance Theory and Markets 2
Financial Accounting
Management Accounting
Organisational Behaviour
Human Resource Management
Marketing Fundamentals
Marketing Perspectives
Quantitative Methods 1
Quantitative Methods 2

Credit
Level

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

Student Contact
Hours

8
8
8
8
8

The following Stage 2 courses are provided by the School of Life Sciences (stand alone courses):
Cognitive Psychology 1
8
Cognitive Psychology 2
8
Human Development and
8
Intelligence
Social Psychology
8
Stage 3: (synoptically linked)

Credit
Level

Auditing
Contemporary Issues in
Financial Accounting

Consumer Behaviour
International Marketing

Corporate Finance 1
Corporate Finance 2

Operations Management 1
Operations Management 2

Securities Markets 1
Securities Markets 2

Strategic Management
International Strategic
Management

Stage 3: (Stand alone courses)

Credit
Level

Employment Law

International Financial Markets

Management Accounting Techniques

and Decisions

Project Management

Taxation

ALP Initials:

2011/12

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

Student Contact
Hours

120

120

120

120

120

2012/13

2013/14

Student Contact
Hours

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The following Stage 3 courses are provided by the School of Life Sciences (stand alone courses):
Cognition Across the Lifespan
9
Applied Psychology: Health
9
Psychology and Professional
Practice
Attachment Across the Lifespan
9
Psychobiology
9
Social Cognition and Personality
9
System Safety and Disasters
9

Section 3: Entry Qualifications

Entry Qualifications

These apply to all degrees

Entry to Stage 1 level:

After agreement with SML External Programmes, complete the local

education system entry requirements for each entry level of the degree
programme.
N/A

Entry to Stage 2 level:

N/A

Entry to Stage 3 level:

The Higher Diploma in Accounting, the HND Accounting and other routes
as agreed by Heriot-Watt University.

Section 4: Learning Support

Learning Support by ALP if different to
the Annex of the main contract

None

Section 5: Resources and Facilities

Specific resources required to deliver
the programme other than the basic
infrastructure described in the Annex to
the contract (e.g., classrooms, IT,
Library)
Awarding Body support if different to
main contract

ALP Initials:

None

None

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Section 6:

Fees, Student Numbers & Payments

Fees are reviewed annually and any changes will be required to be agreed prior to July of the next
academic session (e.g., July 2010 for year July 2010 to June 2011). Any fee adjustments will be
entered on Schedule 1 and require to be signed by both parties. A change of fees will not require a
review of the main body of the Agreement or changes to the Annexes. This applies to both changes in
fees charged to students by the Approved Learning Partner and those paid to Heriot-Watt University.

Section 6a:

Course Fees

Fees (for specific details, see main Agreement, Clause 15)

(Note: all fees are exclusive of VAT or any government tax that might be levied.
responsible for any VAT or any government tax that is, or may become, applied.)

ALPs are

The Programme fee consists of a gross student fee payable by the student to the Approved Learning
Partner. The Approved Learning Partner deducts the support fee and remits the balance (the course
fee) to the Awarding Body.
All fees (gross, support and course) are as detailed below. Any change to one (or all) of these fee
amounts must be agreed by both parties prior to being charged to students. Where a change is
made, a new signed Schedule 1 must be submitted and agreed by both parties.
Approved Learning Partners can choose to either set a Gross Student Fee based on the entire stage
of the programme or, alternatively, charge per synoptic courses or individual (i.e., stand alone)
courses.
Prices per Stage:

Gross Student Fee

Support Fee*
Course Fee

(charged to student)
(retained by ALP)
(paid to Awarding Body)

GBP
Stage 1
N/A
N/A
N/A

GBP
Stage 2
N/A
N/A
N/A

GBP
Stage 3
800
200
600

Prices per Synoptic courses (e.g., Introduction to Economics 1 and Introduction to

Economics 2)

Gross Student Fee

Support Fee
Course Fee

(charged to student)
(retained by ALP)
(paid to Awarding Body)

GBP
Stage 1
N/A
N/A
N/A

GBP
Stage 2
N/A
N/A
N/A

GBP
Stage 3
200
50
150

GBP
Stage 2
N/A
N/A
N/A

GBP
Stage 3
100
25
75

Prices per Stand-alone courses (e.g., Project Management)

Gross Student Fee

Support Fee
Course Fee

(charged to student)
(retained by ALP)
(paid to Awarding Body)

GBP
Stage 1
N/A
N/A
N/A

* no additional administrative fees are being charged by BiMS

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Section 6b:

Additional Fees/Charges levied by the Partner:

The following additional fees are charged by the Approved Learning Partner which are not included in
the above Gross Student Fee:
Fee:
N/A

Section 6c:

currency

Student Numbers

Minimum number of students per intake

UG Degrees

2012/13
75

2013/14
120

2014/15
125

Payment method & date of payment:

The Awarding Body will invoice partners twice annually for the students who have registered for the
courses and/or the stage in the preceding six months. The Approved Learning Partner will pay
invoices within 30 days of the invoices being raised by the Awarding Body. The invoice periods for the
above programmes are: 1st April to 30th September, and, 1st October to 31st March, each year.

------------------------------------Signed on behalf of the

Awarding Body
------------------------------------Date:

ALP Initials:

----------------------------------Signed on behalf of the

Approved Learning Partner
----------------------------------Date:

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