Hello to you all and welcome to the CIOBS blog.
The first blog since the clocks went back one hour last weekend. What do you mean "did they ?"
After our recent discussion about when the weekend starts, maybe we should start a "when does winter commence" debate.
On second thoughts maybe not, however there was snow in parts of Scotland yesterday and car windscreens have required to be de-frosted these last few mornings!!
Oh well let's just hibernate until spring.
"Get on with it" I hear you say. O.K. I will.
So what has been happening then?
The Glasgow District Centre dinner took place last Thursday and a great night was had by all. A substantial sum of money was raised during the evening on behalf of Erskine Hospital - a very deserving cause.
It was evening of great conversation and the after dinner speakers were highly entertaining and thought provoking.
I started the week in my home city of Glasgow, meeting with some new students and I did three presentations in the one day, well I did more or less the same presentation to three different groups.
By the time I got to the third presentation I was thinking I have said this already but to which group! I was told by the organiser who sat through the presentation three times that there was no repetition!
In fact we ended up working out a double act together!
On Tuesday I did it all over again, but to one group and this was in Edinburgh. I had it down to a fine art by then!!
Many people have asked about or commented on our new Professionalism and Ethics module, which forms part of the Chartered Banker syllabus, and I can confirm that this has now been launched and the workbooks are available. If you require further information, please speak to one of our Learning and Development team on 0131 473 7777.
I am sure there will be much interest in this subject and yes, it can be studied as a stand alone subject and is of relevance to anyone working in the financial services industry.
Michael (Did I put the clocks back? I didn't know anyone had taken them!)
Wednesday, 29 October 2008
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
An Informative Blog this week
Hi to you all and welcome to the weekly CIOBS blog.
First up this week some news for students doing Chartered Banker and related Diplomas.
CIOBS has introduced a new feature into the on-line examination system. This feature is designed to ensure that the machine you are using is working properly as far as saving your exam answers.
In order to do this you are required to answer a few multiple choice questions. These have been drawn from the MOCK multiple choice exam bank and cover a variety of subjects. Do not be concerned if you cannot answer them correctly, the system is simply looking for some responses and is not going to mark your answers anyway.
The test only takes 3 minutes and at the end of it you will receive a message confirming the situation with your machine. If it is working properly you will then be given access to your exam paper and can continue as before.
In the unlikely event of your machine not being set up properly the message you receive will tell you this and you should let the invigilator know, so that steps can be taken to ensure that your exam answers will be saved.
Hopefully, this little test will help to relax you before your actual exam begins.
When it does – Good Luck.
Also this week:
The following on-line exams have been made available for students to book:
Business Banking
Management Strategy & Leadership
Corporate Finance
Diploma in Specialised Lending
Money Laundering
The Compliant Person & Regulatory Risk
Only 2 subjects remain to go on-line. These are:
Professionalism & Ethics ( now due January 2009)
Building Society Operations ( due late November 2008)
As you can see from the above we are nearly there!
Have a good week.
Michael (Full of .........information.)
First up this week some news for students doing Chartered Banker and related Diplomas.
CIOBS has introduced a new feature into the on-line examination system. This feature is designed to ensure that the machine you are using is working properly as far as saving your exam answers.
In order to do this you are required to answer a few multiple choice questions. These have been drawn from the MOCK multiple choice exam bank and cover a variety of subjects. Do not be concerned if you cannot answer them correctly, the system is simply looking for some responses and is not going to mark your answers anyway.
The test only takes 3 minutes and at the end of it you will receive a message confirming the situation with your machine. If it is working properly you will then be given access to your exam paper and can continue as before.
In the unlikely event of your machine not being set up properly the message you receive will tell you this and you should let the invigilator know, so that steps can be taken to ensure that your exam answers will be saved.
Hopefully, this little test will help to relax you before your actual exam begins.
When it does – Good Luck.
Also this week:
The following on-line exams have been made available for students to book:
Business Banking
Management Strategy & Leadership
Corporate Finance
Diploma in Specialised Lending
Money Laundering
The Compliant Person & Regulatory Risk
Only 2 subjects remain to go on-line. These are:
Professionalism & Ethics ( now due January 2009)
Building Society Operations ( due late November 2008)
As you can see from the above we are nearly there!
Have a good week.
Michael (Full of .........information.)
Thursday, 16 October 2008
A Thursday this week!
Hello to all readers of the CIOBS blog. We like to keep you on your toes and after last week's early midweek blog I am not sure if this is an end of the week blog or a beginning of next week blog!
If you are not a regular reader of this blog, then please see last week's blog for further clarity on this.
A strange thing happened this week after my mention of Dublin in the last blog. I received an email from an Irish reader who was part of the early mid-week or the weekend starts on a Tuesday brigade.
How lovely to hear from you after all these years.
Many of you will be reading this blog to give you a break from Robert Peston's blog on the BBC website. He is certainly getting celebrity status these days.
Here at CIOBS life is never dull. Last week saw me in Leeds and London meeting with groups of new students and a pleasure it was to meet you all.
Hopefully you will become regular readers of this blog and regular listeners to our weekly news podcast.
Next Monday and Tuesday brings a revision session here at Drumsheugh with a group of Apex 1 students coming along to the home of CIOBS.
Next Thursday sees the annual Glasgow District Centre Dinner taking place at a hotel in the city centre.
Speakers include Dougie Vipond and Sally Magnusson from the BBC.
No, Robert Peston will not be there!
Should be a good night and myself and Raymond look forward to meeting friends old and new.
Michael (Less controversial and lesser known Than Robert Peston)
If you are not a regular reader of this blog, then please see last week's blog for further clarity on this.
A strange thing happened this week after my mention of Dublin in the last blog. I received an email from an Irish reader who was part of the early mid-week or the weekend starts on a Tuesday brigade.
How lovely to hear from you after all these years.
Many of you will be reading this blog to give you a break from Robert Peston's blog on the BBC website. He is certainly getting celebrity status these days.
Here at CIOBS life is never dull. Last week saw me in Leeds and London meeting with groups of new students and a pleasure it was to meet you all.
Hopefully you will become regular readers of this blog and regular listeners to our weekly news podcast.
Next Monday and Tuesday brings a revision session here at Drumsheugh with a group of Apex 1 students coming along to the home of CIOBS.
Next Thursday sees the annual Glasgow District Centre Dinner taking place at a hotel in the city centre.
Speakers include Dougie Vipond and Sally Magnusson from the BBC.
No, Robert Peston will not be there!
Should be a good night and myself and Raymond look forward to meeting friends old and new.
Michael (Less controversial and lesser known Than Robert Peston)
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Early midweek blog
A blog on a Tuesday? Why not I say.
A very warm welcome to you all.
I was going to head this with "A midweek blog" and then I remembered it is Tuesday and therefore such a heading would have been technically incorrect. Although I do remember someone saying to me a few years ago in Dublin, on a Wednesday night "The weekend starts here!"
So Tuesday it is. You can make your own mind up with regard to Tuesday's location in the scheme of things.
Another week of turmoil in the markets and as mentioned in this blog on previous occasions, the serious news can be found in the weekly news podcast.
On that point I must admit that things are changing by the minute and I am sure that you will be keeping up-to-date with the goings on from various sources.
I have noticed that many students in recent times are showing a greater understanding of how the markets work and things like rights issues for example that they were struggling with a couple of years ago are now very familiar to them.
Interesting times indeed!
One of the reasons for this early/mid week blog is the fact that I am off on my travels later this week. Tomorrow will see me in Edinburgh, Thursday Leeds and finally London on Friday.
I hope the week goes well for you all.
And finally............. I noticed a shop with a sign in its window saying "Open 24/7."
As a friend of mine said what is so special about the 24th of July!!!
Michael ( Is Tuesday the new Wednesday?)
A very warm welcome to you all.
I was going to head this with "A midweek blog" and then I remembered it is Tuesday and therefore such a heading would have been technically incorrect. Although I do remember someone saying to me a few years ago in Dublin, on a Wednesday night "The weekend starts here!"
So Tuesday it is. You can make your own mind up with regard to Tuesday's location in the scheme of things.
Another week of turmoil in the markets and as mentioned in this blog on previous occasions, the serious news can be found in the weekly news podcast.
On that point I must admit that things are changing by the minute and I am sure that you will be keeping up-to-date with the goings on from various sources.
I have noticed that many students in recent times are showing a greater understanding of how the markets work and things like rights issues for example that they were struggling with a couple of years ago are now very familiar to them.
Interesting times indeed!
One of the reasons for this early/mid week blog is the fact that I am off on my travels later this week. Tomorrow will see me in Edinburgh, Thursday Leeds and finally London on Friday.
I hope the week goes well for you all.
And finally............. I noticed a shop with a sign in its window saying "Open 24/7."
As a friend of mine said what is so special about the 24th of July!!!
Michael ( Is Tuesday the new Wednesday?)
Thursday, 2 October 2008
October or April?
Hello and welcome to the first CIOBS blog of October.
It is certainly Autumnal where I am, but it could be the start of Spring where you are!
In the Southern Hemisphere you are leaving Winter as we here in the north head towards it.
Goodness Michael you certainly have your global head on today.
Well with all the goings on in the financial world over the last few weeks, life goes on here at CIOBS with all sorts of things happening.
We are continuing with our plans for the on-line revision courses and we are writing and recording as we speak.
Face-to-face revision sessions for Chartered Banker subjects are due to take place in October and November and details of these can be found here:
http://www.charteredbanker.com/mainwebsite/resources/document/revision%20course%20update%20-%20september%202008.pdf
There will be no set diet for the Chartered Banker exams this month as, I am sure that as all students are aware the examinations are now on-line and can be sat more-or-less on a weekly basis.
RQF revision sessions are also available and details can be obtained here:
http://www.charteredbanker.com/mainwebsite/resources/document/rqfrevisioncourses.pdf
Your very own Raymond Brown has returned from Belfast where my moles tell me he went down a storm.
I am off to Leeds and London at the end of next week, where I will meet with groups of new Chartered Banker students. I am looking forward to meeting to you all.
The next issue of Scottish Banker is due to be with members around about the 14th of this month and there is an article in there about Continuing Professional Development. There are many changes afoot on this one and the article will, I am sure, give all the necessary details.
A new bit of business speak this week. A friend told me he was recently at a meeting and the chairperson announced" Let's run this up the flagpole and see who salutes it"
My Great Aunt died recently and left me her estate.
I thought I was set-up for life until I discovered you don't get much for a 10-year-old Volvo,
Michael ( Wearing an extra layer)
It is certainly Autumnal where I am, but it could be the start of Spring where you are!
In the Southern Hemisphere you are leaving Winter as we here in the north head towards it.
Goodness Michael you certainly have your global head on today.
Well with all the goings on in the financial world over the last few weeks, life goes on here at CIOBS with all sorts of things happening.
We are continuing with our plans for the on-line revision courses and we are writing and recording as we speak.
Face-to-face revision sessions for Chartered Banker subjects are due to take place in October and November and details of these can be found here:
http://www.charteredbanker.com/mainwebsite/resources/document/revision%20course%20update%20-%20september%202008.pdf
There will be no set diet for the Chartered Banker exams this month as, I am sure that as all students are aware the examinations are now on-line and can be sat more-or-less on a weekly basis.
RQF revision sessions are also available and details can be obtained here:
http://www.charteredbanker.com/mainwebsite/resources/document/rqfrevisioncourses.pdf
Your very own Raymond Brown has returned from Belfast where my moles tell me he went down a storm.
I am off to Leeds and London at the end of next week, where I will meet with groups of new Chartered Banker students. I am looking forward to meeting to you all.
The next issue of Scottish Banker is due to be with members around about the 14th of this month and there is an article in there about Continuing Professional Development. There are many changes afoot on this one and the article will, I am sure, give all the necessary details.
A new bit of business speak this week. A friend told me he was recently at a meeting and the chairperson announced" Let's run this up the flagpole and see who salutes it"
My Great Aunt died recently and left me her estate.
I thought I was set-up for life until I discovered you don't get much for a 10-year-old Volvo,
Michael ( Wearing an extra layer)
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