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WELCOME
TO LSE
DEPARTMENT OF
ACCOUNTING
Undergraduate Handbook
Key dates
Term dates and LSE closures – Academic Year 2018/19
Michaelmas Term (MT) School Closures
Thursday 27 September – Friday 14 December 2018
LSE will be closed during the following periods:
Reading Week: 5 November – 9 November 2018
Christmas Closure
Friday 21 December 2018 – Tuesday 1 January 2019
Lent Term
Easter Closure
Monday 7 January – Friday 29 March 2019
Thursday 18 April –Wednesday 24 April 2019
January Exams: 7 January – 11 January 2019
Reading Week: 18 February – 22 February 2019 May Bank Holiday
Monday 6 May 2019
Spring Bank Holiday
Summer Term
Monday 27 May 2019
Monday 29 April – Friday 14 June 2019
Summer Exams: 6 May – 14 June 2019 Summer Bank Holiday
Monday 26 August 2019
Contents
Department of Accounting 2 Quality Assurance 21
Welcome from the Head of Department 2 LSE Services to Support You with Your Studies and in
Your Career 21
Welcome from BSc Programme Director 3
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion 22
Key Faculty 4
Your Wellbeing and Health 23
Professional Services Staff 5
Exams and Assessments 24
About the Department 6
Plagiarism 25
Starting your Programme 7
Results and Classification 25
BSc Accounting and Finance 8
Fees and Finance 26
Department Information 14
Codes and Charters 27
Key Information 19
Systems and Online Resources 28
Student Services Centre 20
Student Representation 20
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Department of Accounting Welcome
Dear Students,
The excellence of research and teaching in the Department of Accounting at LSE is globally acknowledged. The
Department, known for its tradition of intellectual diversity, has long been at the forefront of research and teaching on
the role of accounting in the economy and society. We are committed to creating and disseminating knowledge related
to accounting through research, teaching, and various professional and policy contributions. The Department also
hosts the inter-disciplinary Centre for the Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR), which exemplifies this commitment.
Our mission is to provide a high-quality education that helps you develop and apply your knowledge and expertise to
your likely varied and evolving interests over the span of your career and beyond. London is an ideal setting for your
study: global, as LSE, with innumerable educational and professional benefits resulting from the proximity of public and
private organisations and businesses, the City, policy institutes, think tanks, regulators, and Westminster.
Students on the Department’s programmes grasp the potential of accounting in a wide range of settings. They learn
to analyse how accounting is implicated in a multifaceted range of institutional and organisational processes of
calculation, reporting, and evaluation. They appreciate the interdependencies between accounting and accountability,
agency, transparency, sustainability, governance, organisational control, risk, performance management, policy
making and change. Our academics explore an equally diverse range of issues in their research drawing on a variety of
disciplinary perspectives.
Each year we admit over 400 students on our undergraduate and several graduate programmes. You are now
among them. Partake fully, and to the fullest. Explore, learn, and contribute. Each year, we also welcome a number of
departmental speakers, academics and practitioners, in a variety of forums, in addition to the unparalleled public events
and lectures hosted by LSE. In a word, engage!
I welcome you, and wish you the very best of success during your time with us,
Professor Wim A. Van der Stede
Head of Department of Accounting
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Welcome from Pik Liew
Dear BSc in Accounting and Finance Students,
A very warm welcome to our Department.
The LSE and the Department have a lot to offer to you and I hope that you will be able to take full advantage of the
learning and social opportunities you will encounter here. I hope that you will find these opportunities intellectually
challenging and rewarding.
The Departments of Accounting and of Finance are committed to helping you make the most of your educational
experience at the LSE. Intellectual development in the fields of Accounting and Finance and other academic subjects is
supported through our teaching. More general advice on academic and pastoral issues is provided through the system
of Academic Mentoring. It is therefore of vital importance that you attend all the teaching sessions you are assigned to
and that you see your Academic Mentor at least two times in each term, during his/her academic support and feedback
hour, when no appointment is required.
If a particular academic or personal problem arises, I could not stress more the importance of talking to your Academic
Mentor as soon as possible. There are many ways in which we can help, including through the range of services the
LSE offers to its students, and the earlier we are aware of a problem the more likely something can be done.
To assist you in making the best use of the Department’s resources and to guide your programme of study, the
following pages document what you will need to know. This handbook will not only be useful to guide you through
your first few weeks, but also as a reference throughout your undergraduate degree. While this student handbook is
as comprehensive as we could make it, if you have any questions you do not find answers to, please contact your
Programme Manager, Justin Adams on j.adams5@lse.ac.uk, or alternatively speak to your Academic Mentor. If you
need to contact me please email me at p.liew@lse.ac.uk.
I look forward to meeting you and best wishes for your time with us,
Pik Liew
BSc Accounting and Finance Programme Director
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Who’s Who
Key Faculty
Head of Department Professor Wim Van der Stede
w.van-der-stede@lse.ac.uk
Room OLD 2.18, Ext: 6695
BSc Programme Director Dr Pik Liew
Department of Accounting p.liew@lse.ac.uk
Room OLD 3.34, Ext. 6704
Department Tutor Dr Paula Lopes-Cocco
Department of Finance p.v.lopes-cocco@lse.ac.uk
Room OLD.M2.09, Ext 3708
Elements of Accounting and Finance Dr Pik Liew
(AC100) Course Leader p.liew@lse.ac.uk
Elements of Accounting and Finance Ms Chris Constantinou
(AC102/103) Course Leader c.constantinou@lse.ac.uk
Managerial Accounting Dr Tommaso Palermo
(AC211) Course Leader t.palermo@lse.ac.uk
Management Accounting, Financial Management and Organisational Control Dr Liisa Kurunmaki
(AC310) Course Leader l.kurunmani@lse.ac.uk
Financial Accounting, Analysis and Valuation Dr Stefano Cascino
(AC330) Course Leader s.cascino@lse.ac.uk
Auditing, Governance and Risk Management Dr Liisa Kurunmaki
(AC340) Course Leader l.kurunmani@lse.ac.uk
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Professional Services Staff
Justin Adams Yvonne Guthrie Sandra Ma Salah Ud-Din
BSc Accounting and Finance Department Manager Student Community and Administrator (CARR and SIC)
Programme Manager Operations Manager
Room OLD 3.19 Room OLD 3.20
Room OLD 3.20 Email: y.guthrie@lse.ac.uk Room OLD 3.22. Email: s.ud-din@lse.ac.uk
Email: j.adams5@lse.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 6408 Email: s.s.ma@lse.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)20 7852 3780
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 6542 Tel: +44 (0)20 7105 5198
Rebecca Baker Muhammed Sabih Iqbal Dorothy Richards
PhD in Accounting MSc Accounting, MSc and Diploma in
Programme Manager Organisations and Institutions Accounting and Finance
Programme Manager Programme Manager
Room OLD 3.22
Email: r.j.baker@lse.ac.uk Room OLD 3.22 Room OLD 3.22
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7737 Email:m.s.iqbal@lse.ac.uk Email: d.richards@lse.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 6278 Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 6603
Keep in touch with us on social media
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About The Department
The Department of Accounting continues to enjoy a reputation as Aims of the Programme
one of the leading groups in the world for teaching and research on
The programme fundamentally studies accounting and finance in a
the economic, institutional and organisational aspects of accounting
social science context using a critical, research-led approach to not
and financial management. Maintaining and advancing our leading
only develop a mastery of key accounting and finance concepts, but
international reputation for teaching and research is our top priority,
also to conceptually underpin their use and usefulness as well as
and thus, we are committed:
their determinants and effects at an individual, social, organisational,
• To enhance still further the quality of the student experience in our institutional, economic and/or societal level. Specifically, the
programmes at both the undergraduate and graduate level, such programme thus aims to:
as by maintaining effective student-faculty ratios and ensuring an
appropriate balance and mix of students to maintain diversity and • provide an undergraduate education at the forefront of the field
globally in the study of the theory and practice of accounting,
quality of the educational experience.
finance, financial management, management control, and
• To strengthen further our outstanding research environment through governance and accountability in organisations;
research seminars, visitors and strong links with other departments,
research centres and external constituencies, making it possible to • situate the study of accounting and finance in some of the major
contexts within which accounting and finance professionals play a
study relevant accounting issues within the rich context of the social
key role globally;
sciences in line with the School’s intellectual tradition.
We are proud about the diversity in everything we do, as it is the key • develop in students an understanding that goes far beyond
to our competitive advantage locally as well as globally. We therefore accounting and finance as a practice concerned with
strive to continue to combine ‘global appeal’ with a distinctive computational skill but, more importantly, is central to the way
‘European orientation’ in terms of institutional knowledge and in which both management internally, and various stakeholders
affiliations as well as intellectual traditions. externally (including investors, lenders, customers, the government
and the public) perceive, understand, and seek to change and
Finally, we play a leading role in scholarship through our editorial control the nature of organisations and the ways in which
contribution to a number of academic international journals, such as: resources are allocated to and by them;
• Professor Peter Miller is Associate Editor of Accounting,
• foster in students a critical, analytical and flexible approach to
Organizations and Society;
accounting and finance issues;
• Professor Wim Van der Stede is Editor of Management
• prepare students for challenging careers in accounting and finance
Accounting Research;
and related sectors, as well as for higher degrees/further study and
research.
• Professor Bjorn Jorgensen is Associate Editor of the Journal of
Accounting, Auditing and Finance;
• Professor Ane Tamayo is Associate Editor of the Journal of
Professional Exemptions
Business Finance and Accounting;
Students intending to train as professional accountants will be
• Dr Andrea Mennicken is Associate Editor of the European interested in exemptions from professional exams. There are three
Accounting Review; things of which you should be aware:
• Other faculty are on the editorial boards of numerous and a wide
variety of journals. 1. Professional syllabi are subject to frequent revision. Therefore,
you are advised to choose courses primarily on the basis of your
ability and interest in them, rather than because you think you may
be eligible for professional exemptions. Any exemptions currently
available may no longer be offered when you graduate. Equally,
new exemptions may become available for different courses.
2. In some cases, the professional bodies may ask for supplementary
information to support an exemption application. Where this is
requested, it is likely to be the course notes and syllabi from the
courses you took. So, it is your responsibility to keep course
material to supply (if required) to the professional bodies.
3. There are at present only limited exemptions available. Please see
the website of the relevant accounting body for more information.
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Starting Your Programme
Key Department of Accounting BSc Welcome Schedule 2018 and Michaelmas Term events
Date Activity Start End Location
Monday 24 September School Welcome Presentation 10am 11.30am Peacock Theatre
Tuesday 25 September BSc Accounting and Finance 2pm 3pm Hong Kong Theatre,
Registration Clement House
Thursday 27 September BSc Accounting and Finance 10am 11.45am TW1.G.01
Welcome Presentation
Thursday 27 September BSc Accounting and Finance 12 noon 1.15pm Kinta Alley,
Welcome Reception Lunch 32 Lincoln’s Inn
Thursday 27 September First Steps Session 1.30pm 4pm LSE Life
LSE Library
Friday 28 September BSc Careers Services and 1pm 2pm Old Theatre,
meet your careers consultants Old Building
Friday 28 September Student Community Talk 2pm 3pm Old Theatre,
Old Building
Wednesday 3 October INSIGHTS Speaker Series I 5.30pm 7pm Old Theatre,
and Reception Old Building
Friday 5 October LSESU Accounting Society TBC TBC OLD 3.16
Welcome Reception
Week Commencing Meet your Academic Mentor TBC TBC Academic Mentor
Monday 8 October (individual/group session) Office
Wednesday 17 October Meet peer mentor lunch 11.30qm 1pm Shaw Library, Old
reception Building
Thursday 22 November Alumni Speed Networking 6pm 8pm OLD 3.21
Evening
Tuesday 4 December Students Christmas Reception 5.30pm 7.30pm Senior Dining Room,
Old Building
INSIGHTS Speaker Series
Inspiring talks from leaders in the field of Accounting and Finance
In order to show how some of the theory you learn is used in practice, the Department will run the INSIGHTS speaker series of lectures, where
we invite practitioners, and in some cases visiting academics, to make presentations to students. These lectures are generally related to some
topical aspect of accounting, finance or something which students are seeing in their lectures and classes. A schedule of presentations has been
announced early in Michaelmas Term and will continue into the Lent Term.
Catch up with Accounting and Finance Alumni
Thursday 11 October 2018 and Thursday 7 March 2019
Recent BSc Accounting and Finance alumni are invited back to share their experience about studying on the BSc programme, offer career advice
and networking opportunities. This relaxed informal session includes lunch.
Let’s Talk Accounting and Finance lunch hour
Wednesday lunch hour: 7 November 2018, 5 December 2018, 27 February 2019
The Let’s Talk Accounting and Finance is an opportunity to lunch, share and learn more about Accounting and Finance in this informal session in
OLD 3.16 (UG Common Room).
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BSc Accounting and Finance
Welcome 2018 Communication at LSE
Welcome 2018 offers a huge range of talks, tours and other activities It is very important that you keep the Department and the School
to help you settle into life at LSE. It is designed to introduce you to informed of your current home and term-time addresses, telephone
LSE and help you meet other students. For more information visit lse. numbers and email addresses. In your first weeks you should check that
ac.uk/yourfirstweeks or pick up a copy of The Welcome Guide 2018. this information is accurately listed on LSE for You. If any of this
information changes, you must update it on LSE for You immediately.
The Welcome Guide 2018 is packed full of information about the
things you need to do, events you must attend and gives you some Timetables Office
great tips on how to start your time at LSE. You can pick up a copy,
The Timetables Office is responsible for scheduling and allocating
when you register, in the Student Services Centre (from mid-August)
rooms to all of the School’s taught courses.
or at any of the Help Points (during Welcome Week).
The Timetables web (https://info.lse.ac.uk/current-students/
At the start of the academic year all new and continuing students
timetables) includes information for students and staff.
need to formally register on their programme of study. New students
need to do this in person (usually in Clement House), whilst most
You use LSE for You to select your courses and seminar groups.
continuing students will be able to re-register online.
Personal Timetables can then be viewed in LSE for You.
To ensure that you are able to register as quickly as possible, each
programme is allocated a time slot (for large programmes these slots UG Course Choice and
are further split by surname), please make sure that you attend the Personal Timetables
correct slot or you may be turned away. At registration, you will be
Every degree programme offered by the School has a set of
asked to provide proof of your eligibility to study in the UK and will be
programme regulations, which outline the courses available to
issued with your LSE ID Card.
students on that programme. Course guides provide descriptions of
each course, including a brief synopsis, the number of teaching hours,
For more information, including schedules, details of what documents
the method(s) of assessment and any recommended reading. Both
you need to provide and how to register visit lse.ac.uk/registration.
programme regulations and course guides for the new academic year
will be available from September in the School Calendar.
Arriving Late
If you are unable to make your allocated Registration slot, please see The following sections provide details on how to choose your courses.
Late arrivals for advice on catching up quickly. Course selection is undertaken using LSE for You. As a new student
joining the School in September, you will receive instructions on how to
activate your LSE IT account from Undergraduate Admissions. You can
Settling in at LSE normally start this process in early to mid September.
The Your First Week webpages provide comprehensive information Once this has been done you can access LSE for You as a student
to help you settle in to life at LSE. LSE Social also provides a list of and start choosing your courses. The course choice facility will be
events and exhibitions going on around the School. accessible from 10am on Monday 3 September 2018 until 5pm on
Monday 15 October 2018.
Welcome Week
The Welcome Week webpages contain information about both For instructions on selecting courses, please see Course
compulsory and optional events taking place at the start of the selection tutorials.
academic year, including those specific to your department and BSc
programme, as well as central School Welcome Week events. If you have not yet completed all of your admissions paperwork (such
as your Financial Undertaking Form or Confirmation of Conditions)
then the option to select your courses will not be available to you on
First Steps LSE for You.
The afternoon session on Thursday 27 September titled “First Steps”
will be an opportunity to meet and get to know your fellow classmates Please contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office to finalise your
further as you embark on your three year academic journey. The day admission to the School, and allow one working day for the ‘Course
will include a fun interactive session, and study tips from LSE LIFE. Selection’ option to appear.
Please note that this session is mandatory for all new BSc Accounting
and Finance Students in their first year.
8Capped Courses
Some departments have capped courses, which means that places
on these courses will be limited. On the LSE for You course choice
system these courses are labelled as ‘capped’.
These courses are offered on a first come first served basis and
as soon as the number of students registered reaches the capped
number, the status of these courses will change to “full” and no one
else will be able to select them. If you want more information about
capped courses please contact the department teaching the course.
Undergraduate Class Changes
The Timetables Office uses an automated process to allocate
undergraduate students to classes. In order to request a change
to a scheduled class, you should apply using the LSE for You ‘class
change request’ function.
If there are circumstances that prevent you from attending your
scheduled class, you should include in your request full details of the
dates and times that you are unavailable. The relevant department will
then consider your request. You may be asked to provide documentary
evidence in support of your application. Once the department has
made its decision you will be notified via your LSE email account. If
your request is approved, your LSE for You personal timetable will be
updated within three working days of the date of approval.
Lectures and Classes
Lectures for most courses begin in the first week of Michaelmas
Term (w/c 1 October 2018).
Most classes begin in week 2 or 3. AC100 classes begin in week 2.
Your personal timetable will be available for you to access via LSE for
You (LFY), please check this very carefully.
If at the start of Michaelmas Term you cannot see your personal
timetable on LFY, it is probably because you have a timetable clash.
If this is the case you will not be assigned to any lecture/class or
seminar groups until the clash is resolved. To find the clashing
courses consult the online timetable and work out which courses
have teaching at the same time.
You will need to change your course selections to courses which
do not clash. You can use the Online Timetable to view all of the
teaching (lectures, seminars, classes etc.) for every course that has
term time teaching in the current academic year. Timetables for all
courses can be viewed on lse.ac.uk/timetables
LSE100
All first year undergraduate students are required to take LSE100
The LSE Course: Understanding the causes of things and your
lectures and classes for LSE100 begin in LT 2018-19. This is an
interdisciplinary and innovative course specific to LSE which
introduces you to the fundamental elements of thinking as a social
scientist by exploring real problems and real questions, drawing on a
range of disciplines across the social sciences.
9Advice on Choice of Subjects
In year one you take four courses plus LSE100 in Lent Term. Your background in economics and mathematics will influence the courses that are
available to you.
Programme structure
Course/Paper Details
AC100 – Elements of Accounting and Finance Core Accounting course in Year 1
EC100 – Economics A EC100 – Economics A (only if you do not have A level Economics or
OR equivalent)
EC102 – Economics B EC102 - Economics B (only if you have A Level Economics or equivalent)
MA107 – Quantitative Methods (Mathematics, half unit) with MA107 and ST107 – Student must then select an outside option under paper 4.
ST107 – Quantitative Methods (Statistics, half unit) ST102 – Elementary Statistical Theory (must then select MA100 for paper 4)
OR ST108 – Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences (only for students without A
ST102 – Elementary Statistical Theory Level Mathematics or equivalent who must then select MA110 under paper 4)
OR
ST108 – Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences
MA100 - Mathematical Methods MA100 - Mathematical Methods (must be selected if ST102 taken under paper 3
OR MA110 – Basic Quantitative Methods (only for students without A Level
MA110 – Basic Quantitative Methods Mathematics or equivalent; must be selected if ST108 is taken under paper 3)
OR
an outside option
LSE100 – The LSE Course Start in the LT Year 1, and MT Year 2
Please note the following:
• Students who have taken an A Level Mathematics course (or equivalent) should normally take MA107 and ST107, Quantitative Methods (option
3a). You then choose an outside option as paper 4.
• Students who have not studied mathematics beyond GCSE or AS level or equivalent must take ST108 and MA110.
• Students with A Level Mathematics (or equivalent) who may wish to take one of the more mathematically demanding courses in Economics in
year two or FM320 Quantitative Finance in Year 3 should consider taking ST102 Elementary Statistical Theory; these students must then take
MA100 Mathematical Methods as paper 4. MA100 and ST102 are prerequisites for FM320.
• ST108 may not be taken by students who have A Level Mathematics (or equivalent) nor by students taking ST107/ MA107.
• MA100 Mathematical Methods is not available to students taking option 3a, Quantitative Methods, but should be taken with ST102 Elementary
Statistical Theory.
• SA104 Social Economics and Policy is not available to students on the BSc Accounting and Finance programme.
• FM101 Finance cannot be taken by students on the BSc Accounting and Finance programme.
Full details of first year courses taught outside the Department: http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/programmeRegulations/
undergraduate/Default.htm
Courses with timetable clashes will not be approved.
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Moodle Academic Mentors
Moodle is LSE’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a password Your Academic Mentor is responsible for monitoring your academic
protected web environment that contains a range of teaching progress and is available to help with any problems, which may arise,
resources, activities, assignments, information and discussions whether academic or personal.
for your course. The content of Moodle is the responsibility of your
teacher and so it will vary from course to course (not all teachers All BSc and General Course students will be assigned an Mentor at
choose to use Moodle). the start of the Michaelmas Term. You will be sent an email when
the details are confirmed. If you need advice during the period before
You can access Moodle from any computer connected to the Academic Mentors are assigned, you can contact the Programme
internet, on or off campus. Director, Dr Pik Liew..
Go to moodle.lse.ac.uk/ and use your LSE user name and password The Department will assign one Academic Mentor throughout your
to log in. This page also has links to help and advise on using time here at LSE. However, staff leave and other circumstances mean
Moodle. You will also find links to Moodle from a number of web that this is not always possible.
pages, including the webpage for ‘Staff & Students’. If you have any
technical problems with Moodle you should contact the helpdesk at Any queries or problems you have about the individual courses you are
it.helpdesk@lse.ac.uk. taking should first be raised with the relevant class teacher, lecturer or
course leader during their academic support and feedback hours. Your
Please ensure you check both the Moodle programme AND course Academic Mentor’s main role is to provide feedback on your academic
pages regularly for updates and announcements. progress and guidance on academic and personal issues.
Each individual course page on Moodle contains details of the In practice this means that he/she will, for example, discuss with you
Lecturer/s and Class Teacher/s who teach on the course, should you your termly reports written by each of your class teachers, provide
need to contact them. Here you will also find links, where possible, information and guidance on course options, write references where
to PDF versions of all handouts distributed during the lectures necessary and be available to discuss examination results. If you
throughout the year, should the Student Information Centre no longer wish your Mentor to provide you with a reference please email them
have them. At the bottom of the page, there is a link to the past in plenty of time with the details and a copy of an up-to-date CV.
exam papers held in the Library. Some courses may make numerical You can upload a copy of your CV and details of any extra-curricular
solutions to past exam papers available. You will also find links to activities onto LSE for You.
LSE Timetables on these pages.
Please remember that it will be very difficult for your Academic
The Department of Accounting hides its course materials on each Mentor to write a suitable reference if they have not met you!!
Moodle course page from the end of July each year. You will be
notified and given advance notice of when this will happen by the It is absolutely vital to your academic progress that you see your
Departmental Administrator. Academic Mentor for an Advice and Feedback Meeting at least once
a term, not just in your first year and not just if things do not go well.
Students who wish to retain these course materials for their own It is important to build a relationship with your Academic Mentor so
records should download them before this date. This is particularly that they are able to support you if/when difficulties arise with your
advisable for students who will have to resit the exam for this course. overall academic progress (eg, with exam performance).
The course materials can be downloaded for personal use by
registered students on this course during the current academic It is your responsibility to attend your Academic Mentor’s academic
session. Reproducing, posting, transmitting or disseminating, support and feedback hours for Advice and Feedback Meetings at
electronically or in any form or by any means without the written least three times a year
permission of the Department of Accounting, London School of
• Between weeks 1 and 4 of Michaelmas Term for an introductory
Economics, amounts to an infringement of copyright. Your use of
meeting for the new academic year.
Moodle must comply with relevant legislation governing copyright
and other intellectual property rights • Between weeks 1 and 4 of Lent Term to discuss class reports for
the previous term.
If you have difficulty using any of these facilities, the IT Services Help
Desk will be able to help you. It is located on the Library First floor. IT • Between weeks 1 and 2 of Summer Term to discuss class reports
Services also run a number of training courses for students. for the previous term.
You can check your Academic Mentor’s hours on the BSc Accounting
and Finance Moodle page: or outside the Student Information Centre,
room OLD 3.20 noticeboard.
12Change of Academic Mentor BSc Programme Director
If the relationship between you and your Academic Mentor is for any The BSc Programme Director (Dr Pik Liew) is responsible for organising
reason unsatisfactory and you would like to request a change, you should the academic mentor system within the guidelines laid down by the
discuss this in person with the BSc Programme Director (Dr Pik Liew). School and the Head of Department. The BSc Programme Director is also
These requests are rare, but carefully and sympathetically considered. If available to give advice and help on any matters of concern to students
the situation cannot otherwise be resolved, a change is allowed. which Academic Mentors are unable to resolve. Certain procedures (eg,
changing degree programme; suspension of regulations) necessitate the
Contacting Academic Staff and Teaching approval of the BSc Programme Director before they can be implemented.
Staff: Staff Academic Support and
Student Suggestion and Concerns
Feedback Hours We hope that you enjoy your studies in the Department, and that you are
This is the time when all academic staff are available in their rooms during pleased with the teaching and other forms of support that you receive.
term-time to see any student without an appointment. Details of staff However, if you have any suggestions or concerns, we aim to respond to
academic support and feedback hours will be posted on the relevant these constructively and address any problems as promptly as possible.
course page and the BSc Accounting and Finance page on Moodle:
https://moodle.lse.ac.uk. They will also be posted on the Departmental Specifically, if you have a concern about your programme or any
noticeboards outside the Student Information Centre, OLD 3.20. aspect of the Department’s activities, you are invited to raise this as
early as possible with any of the following:
If you wish to see your Academic Mentor or class teacher at any
other time, you should contact them via email. In the event of an • The elected student representatives for your programme.
emergency, and if your own Academic Mentor or class teacher is
• The relevant course teacher/course leader
not available, you should go to the Student Information Centre, room
OLD 3.20, and arrangements will be made for you to meet another • The Programme Manager, Programme Director, your Academic
member of academic staff. Your Academic Mentor’s hours may vary Mentor, Department Manager (Yvonne Guthrie) or the Head of
according to the time of year. It is intended that faculty will offer more Department (Professor Wim Van der Stede)
office hours prior to the examination period if needed. Information
on changes to Academic Support and Feedback Hours will also be
posted on the Academic Support and Feedback Hours webpage How to get in touch and give feedback
(accessed via Moodle) so please check regularly.
Other faculty and class teachers are expected to be available in their Contacting Professional Service Staff
offices during their advertised office hours. If a member of staff The Department’s administration is based in OLD 3.22, and is open to
is unable to make their office hours for that week students will be enquiries from students all year round.
notified by email and a note will be put on their office door. However,
if you find that a member of staff is not available in their office hours, Contacting Academic Staff for Advice and Guidance
you should go to the relevant department Student Information Centre
to check on any last minute changes to office hours for that week. Academic staff can be contacted during their office hours (drop in),
or via appointments made directly with them during term-time.
13Department information
Where We Are (available from the Student Information Centre), either to your teacher
during class or to the Student Information Centre, room OLD 3.20.
The Department main offices are on the 3rd Floor of the Old Building
You may also be asked to submit work electronically via Moodle,
(OLD 3.20 and OLD 3.22). Contact address:
your teacher will advise you accordingly. In addition to the set work,
you are expected to undertake a significant amount of reading and
Department of Accounting
independent study throughout the year. You may find it useful to form
London School of Economics and Political Science
study groups with your classmates for discussion and support.
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
Your class attendance will be recorded each week in the class you
are assigned to by Timetables. Failure to attend that class can result
The Department UG Student Common Rooms (OLD 3.16 on the 3rd
in you being marked absent and lead to a bar from entering exams.
Floor of the OLD Building) is for use by students registered on the
Consequently, attending a class different from the one in your
Undergraduate Accounting programme. The code to enter this room
Timetable (even if the class teacher has approved) is NOT permitted
can be obtained from your Programme Manager. Please note that
except in exceptional circumstances such as missing your class
this code will change each term for security reasons.
because of illness. If you need to request a change of class you must
make a formal request through LSE for You. If this is agreed you
Student Information Centre (SIC) will be allocated to a new class by Timetables and your attendance
The Student Information Centre (SIC) is based in Room OLD 3.20, monitored in your new class. Class changes are only allowed in
3rd floors of the Old Building. You should go the Centre for queries exceptional circumstances.
including:
For more information, please see the BSc Accounting and Finance
• leaving messages for academic staff (if their administrative
Moodle page: https://moodle.lse.ac.uk/
contact is unavailable)
It is strongly recommended that, throughout your time at the LSE, you
• contacting academic staff
make an effort to improve your study skills, in particular essay writing,
• staff office hours but also presentation skills, exam preparation and time management.
The LSE Teaching and Learning Centre and LSE Life provides a
• examination information range of sessions you are strongly recommended to attend from
the beginning of the first year. You will find details on the timings of
• collecting course handouts study skills sessions and other relevant workshops on studying and
learning on the LSE moodle page https://moodle.lse.ac.uk/
• collecting formative feedback forms and submitting classwork
• other general queries Formal Teaching
Opening Hours—Term Time: Formal teaching starts Week 1 of the Michaelmas Term (w/c 1 October).
Monday to Friday It is usually completed by the end of the Lent Term. Examinations for MT
9.30-12.30 and 13.30-17.30 courses taken in both terms will normally be held during May and June.
Some departments hold examinations in January.
Teaching and Learning Lecture Handouts
Independent learning Handouts and other teaching materials are normally distributed during
lectures, classes or seminars. If you miss a lecture or class/seminar
The style of academic work you need to undertake is different from given by a teacher in the Department, spare copies of handouts will
what you have been used to in secondary school. The aim is for normally be available from the SIC, Room OLD 3.20. Where possible
you to become an independent and self-motivated learner. As a handouts will also be placed in relevant course pages on Moodle.
consequence, teachers will expect you to take full responsibility for Course packs will be available for each Accounting course in the SIC,
your own work, including organising your own time and managing and Salah Ud Din will email all registered students on the course to let
your own schedule. They will not constantly check or remind you them know when they are available to be collected.
of what you need to do. This could be liberating, but it also requires
more discipline on your part. To prepare yourself, use the first weeks
of term before classes start to familiarise yourself with the library and
Formative Assessment
to do some preliminary reading. The LSE has two types of assessment, formative and summative.
Class essays and assignments are examples of formative work and
Learning Through Taught Sessions do not count towards the final grade for a course. Assessed essays,
dissertations and unseen examinations are summative assessment
The pattern of learning for undergraduate students in the Department
and count towards the final course grade.
is through attendance at weekly lectures and their supporting classes
(small group teaching). During classes, assignments will be set to
The marks for formative written work will not count towards your
provide feedback on your progress. Normally two pieces of work per
final mark for the course, but they will be recorded by your seminar
term will be collected by your class teacher, marked and returned to
teacher and can be used in the production of written references.
you (this is called formative assessment). For accounting courses,
Formative work is not intended to provide a prediction of your likely
you should submit your work with a Formative Feedback Form
performance in your final examinations; it is designed instead to
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measure your progress and to give you guidance on how to improve Department website and Social Media
your academic performance. By contrast, summative assessment is
The Department of Accounting website at www.lse.ac.uk/accounting
designed to provide a formal evaluation of your academic achievement.
provides an alternative way of accessing information about the
Department and School.
Summative Assessment
Many BSc courses have assessed essays, which constitute to the The Department also has a Twitter account @LSE_Accounting and
overall formal assessment for that course. There are also a number a Facebook page www.facebook.com/lseaccounting and you are
of courses that are 100% assessed by an unseen written examination encouraged to follow these accounts as an additional way to keep up
in week 0 of the Lent Term OR Main Summer examination periods. to date with events and news.
Please read relevant course outlines.
Alumni Association
Some of the BSc courses includes a participation grade. Oral and/or
LSE’s Alumni Association is the official voice of LSE’s global alumni
group presentations may be assessed in lieu of written work.
community, comprising more than 130,000 people in over 200 countries,
nearly 100 regional groups, and 11 special interest groups. Its primary
Your Responsibilities role is to support the alumni programme co-ordinated by the LSE
Alumni Relations team by developing and supporting the network of
• You are required to attend the School for the full duration of
international and special interest alumni groups and contact networks,
each term. If you are away through illness you must inform your
and representing the voice of the alumni community within the School.
Academic Mentor and Departmental Tutor and, where the absence
is for more than a fortnight, the Student Services Centre.
You automatically become a member upon graduation and
• You are required to see your Academic Mentor for an Advice and membership is free.
Feedback Meeting at least once a term to discuss academic or
pastoral matters, including progress in your studies. It is your LSE Volunteer Centre
responsibility to arrange to see your Academic Mentor either during
The LSE Volunteer Centre is based within LSE Careers and is here to
office hours or at another mutually convenient time.
help you develop new skills and new friendships while making an impact
through volunteering.
• Class attendance is compulsory and, if unsatisfactory, can lead to
you being barred from entering examinations at the end of the year
as can failure to submit coursework. If you are absent from a class, We advertise volunteering opportunities at different charities across
you should provide a reason to the class teacher by email or in London and internationally, with positions ranging from one-off
person. Two consecutive absences are automatically reported to opportunities to part-time internships with charities. The annual
your Academic Mentor. Volunteering Fair takes place at the beginning of Michaelmas term and
is a great opportunity to meet a wide range of charities and get a feel for
• Please see the link below for the Code of Good Practice for the work they do. You can find out more, as well as tips and advice about
Undergraduate Programmes: lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/ volunteering, on the LSE
TQARO/Calendar/CodeOfGoodPracticeUndergraduate.pdf
Volunteer Centre website or @LSEVolunteering
Communicating with Students Volunteering with LSE’s Widening
Participation (WP) team
• Email: Messages and notices are usually emailed to students.
Check your email account daily. WP aims to raise aspiration and attainment in young people from
London state schools. We deliver a number of projects that encourage
• Student Hub young people from under-represented backgrounds to aim for a
university education. We need enthusiastic LSE students to be inspiring
• Moodle: Your lecturers/Programme Manager may use Moodle to
role models and to contribute to the success of our programmes. Visit
communicate with you regarding your classwork deadlines, their
lse.ac.uk/wideningparticipation or email widening.participation@lse.
office hours or other issues relating to the course or programme.
ac.uk for more information.
Please ensure you register with Moodle for each course you are
taking as well as your programme, and check regularly.
• Noticeboards: Matters of a general nature are posted on
Departmental noticeboards and monitor screen on the 3rd Floor
Old Building. You should check these regularly.
• Posted to Residence: Letters may also be sent directly to term-time
or home addresses. Please ensure that your updated address is on
line via LFY.
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Accounting Careers
Accounting Careers Consultant Team About Careers Discussions
As an Accounting undergraduate student, you will have exclusive These 20 minute, face to face sessions with Claire or Denise can be
access to two career consultants, Denise Donoghue and Claire used to discuss anything careers related including:
Kinselley, who will both be available to meet with Accounting
undergraduate students once a week during Michaelmas term and in • Application form, CV and cover letter checking (please bring a copy
alternate weeks in Lent term. to your appointments with you)
You can make an appointment with Claire or Denise through the
• Employer and sector-specific information · Interview advice
LSE CareerHub.
• Further study options
You do not need to book for the drop in sessions. Appointments will • Job hunting strategy
be released 30 days in advance.
• Career planning and exploring ideas
Barnaby Mollet
Preparing for an appointment
Barnaby is a Careers Consultant working with To get the most out of your appointment we recommend the following:
Accounting and Finance, Economic History, • Bring any supporting documentation eg, a CV, cover letter,
and postgraduate Government students. He application form or some notes about your thoughts and ideas.
previously worked in the Careers Service at
Imperial College London with eight different • Make good use of the many online resources available on the LSE
academic departments, and coordinated the Careers website (lse.ac.uk/careers)
College’s mentoring scheme and charity internships programme.
What feels like a very long time ago, Barnaby graduated with a • Attend career seminars on CVs and application forms in order to
degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge. maximise your time with a careers consultant.
• Do some background research first.
Outside of the times listed for Denise and Claire you are welcome to
book with any of the other Careers Consultants at the Careers Service.
18Key Information
Key dates Interruption
See page inside front cover You can take a year-long break in your studies (which we call an
interruption) with approval from your department. You are usually
Registration required to return at the start of either Michaelmas or Lent as
appropriate. Summer Term interruptions are not possible. For more
It is important that you are fully registered with LSE during your time
information visit lse.ac.uk/interruptions.
here. When you register for the first time you will need to attend
in person, show us various documents and collect your LSE card.
Usually you can re-register for subsequent years of study online Programme Transfer
but sometimes we may need to see you in person again. For more You can request to transfer from your current programme to another
information visit lse.ac.uk/registration. programme at the same level according to the School’s regulations.
There are usually restrictions on transferring programmes, and
Your LSE Card sometimes transfers are not possible. If you have already completed
one or two years of a programme you will need to meet the new
Your LSE card provides access to buildings and acts as your Library
department’s transfer conditions. All transfer requests are considered
card. It is important that you keep it safe and never share it with
by, and require approval from, both your current and new academic
anybody else. If your LSE card is lost, stolen or damaged visit lse.
department and the School before being authorised. For more
ac.uk/studentIdCards to find out how to get a replacement.
information visit lse.ac.uk/programmeTransfers.
Inclusion Plans Withdrawal
If you have a disability, long-term medical or mental health condition
Withdrawing means that you are leaving your programme
you are advised to apply for an Inclusion Plan (IP) as soon possible.
permanently. Before withdrawing you may want to consider
The sooner that you let the Disability and Wellbeing Service (DWS)
interruption so that you have some time to consider your options. For
know about your condition the sooner they can work with you to put
more information visit lse.ac.uk/withdrawal.
appropriate support in place. Advisers in DWS can potentially set up
one-to-one learning support, mentoring and help you access assistive
technology designed to remove barriers to studying. To find out how Regulations
to apply for an Inclusion Plan visit lse.ac.uk/inclusionPlans. You should familarise yourself with the LSE regulations, policies
and procedures that cover many aspects of student life.
Student Status Documentation
Some of the regulations explain the organisation and conduct of your
A certificate of registration provides proof to organisations, such as
academic study. These include information about the structure of
council tax offices, embassies and banks, that you are registered as a
your programmes, assessment and graduation and what to do if you
current student at LSE. For more information about what a certificate
face exceptional circumstances.
of registration shows visit lse.ac.uk/studentletters. You can obtain
a certificate of registration from the Student Services Centre during
You can find links to the Regulations for First Degrees; Appeals
our opening hours (normally 11am to 4pm, Monday to Friday). Your
Regulations; and Regulations on assessment offences other than
department will not be able to produce a certificate of registration for
plagiarism in the LSE Calendar at lse.ac.uk/calendar.
you. If you are planning to use this document to open a bank account
You can find a full A-Z listing of all of LSE’s policies and procedures
you will need to specify which bank it needs to be addressed to.
online at lse.ac.uk/policies.
The Student Services Centre also offer a range of other documents to
prove your student status including certificates of course choice and
intermediate transcripts. Some can be produced immediately and
others need to be ordered in advance. For more information about the
options available please visit lse.ac.uk/studentStatusDocuments.
19Student Services Centre
The Student Services Centre (SSC) is located on the ground floor of the What If…
Old Building and can provide advice and information about:
The SSC have developed a series of answers to common “What if…
• Certificates of Registration (for bank accounts, travel, council questions. These cover a broad range of topics including what to do if
tax etc.) you’re unwell during an exam; become pregnant; change your name;
are not happy with your marks or want to change degree programme.
• Course selection and class changes
You can find these questions and answers at info.lse.ac.uk/current-
• Exams and assessment
students/what-if
• Results
Advice Team
• Graduation
The SSC has a dedicate Advice Team that can provide advice on
academic matters (particularly around non-progression, interruption,
• Support for new arrivals
withdrawal, regulations and exams). If you are not sure who to
contact about a query or question then the Advice Team will be happy
• Registration (registration for new students normally takes place in
Clement House) to help. You can contact the advice team at ssc.advice@lse.ac.uk or
by phone on 020 7955 6167.
• Transcripts and Degree Certificates
International Student Visa Advice
• LSE cards
Team (ISVAT)
The SSC is normally open between 11am and 4pm, Monday to Friday. ISVAT provide detailed immigration advice for international students
For the most up to date opening hours visit lse.ac.uk/ssc. on their website which is updated whenever the immigration rules
change. The best way to contact ISVAT is to use the query form at
The SSC also hosts a series of specialist drop-in sessions covering: lse.ac.uk/isvat or to attend one of their drop-in sessions.
• Financial support ISVAT also manage student exchanges to USC Berkley and through
the Erasmus+ scheme. For more information about this visit
• Fees lse.ac.uk/erasmus.
• Graduate admissions
• International student visa advice
These sessions run for an hour at various times during the week so be
sure to check when the next session is running. In most cases you will
need to sign up to attend a session.
To find out more about the Student Services Centre visit lse.ac.uk/ssc,
follow our page on the Student Hub and follow @lse_ssc on Twitter.
Student Representation
Staff Student Liaison Committees and Each SSLC also elects one representative to attend the
Undergraduate Student Consultative Forum which is a School-level
Undergraduate Student Consultative Forum forum. Here representatives from around LSE will discuss matters
At the start of the year you will be asked by your department if you that impact on students.
would like to represent your programme on the Staff Student Liaison
Committee (SSLC). These are important committees because they
Student Only Forums
provide a forum for feedback on your programme and also a space to
discuss issues which affect the student community. The forums allow the Director to “feel the pulse” of LSE’s students and
give you the chance to voice your concerns and raise suggestions.
The role of an SSLC representative is central to ensuring that courses Look out for details of where and when forums will be happening.
and programmes at LSE work effectively. Training will be provided for
all SSLC representatives. These forums are a great way for students
to make their voice heard at LSE.
20Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance Strategy Student Teaching Surveys
LSE’s approach to assuring the quality of our teaching is set out in In both Michaelmas Term and Lent Term TQARO conduct surveys to
the Strategy for Managing Academic Standards which can be found assess students’ opinions of teaching. Results relating to courses are
online at lse.ac.uk/tqaro. made available through the course guides in the Calendar.
As an awarding body LSE must be in a position to assure the Teaching scores are made available to teachers, Heads of
standards of its degrees. At the same time, we believe that the design Departments, the Director of the Teaching and Learning Centre and
of quality assurance should respect different departmental cultures the Pro Director (Education). In addition to producing reports for
and academic histories. The strategy sets out broad principles and individual teachers TQARO produce aggregated quantitative data
processes for assuring academic standards and for enhancing the for departments and School-wide bodies. The results can be found
quality of educational provision. The strategy is managed by the online at lse.ac.uk/tqaro.
Teaching Quality Assurance and Review Office (TQARO).
LSE Services to Support You
with Your Studies and in Your Career
LSE Library
LSE LIFE LSE Library holds one of the most important social science
work or other personal or professional pursuits. LSE LIFE is here to collections in the world and has all the material that you need for your
help you find your own ways to study and learn, think about where studies and research.
your studies might lead you, and make the most of your time at LSE. Most items are split into collections to help you find what you are
LSE LIFE offers: looking for:
• Hands-on practical workshops where you can get advice on key • The course collection is located on the first floor, holding multiple
areas of university work, including effective reading, academic copies of essential textbooks for your courses. It will have most of
writing, critical thinking, managing your dissertation research, and your required readings.
organising your time.
• The main collection is housed across three floors, holding wider
• Workshops related to how to adapt to new or difficult situations, items for social sciences research.
including the development of skills for leadership, study/work/life
balance, and preparing for the working world
You can use Library Search to find books and other materials for your
studies via lse.ac.uk/library. Once you’ve found what you need, write
• Drop-in sessions from our partners around LSE covering areas
down its location to help you find it in the Library. To borrow books,
like CV writing, English language advice, finding and referencing
use your LSE card and the self-service machines on the ground floor.
academic sources and statistics support.
Taught students can borrow up to 20 books at any one time. You can
• A space to meet and work together with students from other renew your books online by logging into your Library account at lse.
courses and departments. ac.uk/library. If you do not return books on time, you will be unable to
borrow any more until your overdue item is returned or renewed.
• Special events to take advantage of what LSE and London
have to offer. Academic Support Librarians provide subject expertise and
Find out more at lse.ac.uk/lselife, check out workshop materials personalised support. They also host workshops to help you identify,
and other resources on Moodle or just drop by – LSE LIFE is on the find, manage and evaluate the information needed for your studies
ground floor of the Library. and research. You can find out who your Academic Support Librarian
is at lse.ac.uk/academicSupportLibrarian. Subject Guides are useful
online introductions to finding resources, read yours at lse.ac.uk/
library/subjectGuides.
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