Welcome (back!)

The AGSM MBA Programs office extends a warm welcome to all the new students joining our programs this session and welcomes back our continuing students. Best wishes to all for a successful year of study.

MBA (Executive) weekly newsletter

The weekly newsletter will be our main form of communication with you. It will contain important reminders and information pertaining to timetable updates, enrolment reminders, assessments and examinations, as well as to ensure you remain up-to-date with current happenings in the AGSM MBA community. The newsletter will be sent to your student zMail account and it is your responsibility to ensure your forwarding email address is kept up-to-date to ensure you do not miss out on receiving important information.

Orientation for new students

A reminder the New Student Session is occurring on Saturday 5th February 2011 (invitations have already been sent out to all new students). If you have any queries or dietary requirements, please contact the Student Experience Team. We look forward to seeing you there.

Key Dates

A list of key dates for 2011 is available in the Student Resources section of the AGSM Website.

It is important to refer to the Table of Key Dates for all enrolment, withdrawal and discontinuation deadlines, as well as the session census date. This table illustrates the academic and financial penalties incurred for withdrawals throughout the session.

Session 1 Classes

Classes will begin the week starting the 7th of February. GCCM & GDM Session Calendars are available on our website.

Important: as some dates may change occasionally due to unforeseen circumstances, we ask that you always refer to the most up-to-date version of the Session Calendar.

The names of the instructors will be added to the Class Timetable one week before the start of the session.

Results for Session 3 courses

A reminder that final results for Session 3, 2010 courses will be released on myUNSW on the 27th of January.

Course Materials dispatch

All students enrolled in Session 1 courses would have received an email notified them that their course materials have been dispatched – indeed many would have received their package already. Students who enrolled last week will have their materials dispatched on Monday this week.

You will be able to access electronic copies of the course materials for Session 1 GCCM course on the 28th of January and of GDM courses on 31st of January via Blackboard 9.

To Access Blackboard 9:

1.  Go to http://lms-blackboard.telt.unsw.edu.au

2.  Enter your Username and Password, click the Login button

Your username is your UNSW zNumber (can be found on your Student card)

Your password is your zPass

If you have not yet created, or forgotten, your zPass, please visit www.idm.unsw.edu.au and log in with your Unipass, or contact IT on (02) 9385 1333.


Fee payment and FEE-HELP

Tuition fees are due by 13 February 2011 and your statement is available from your student profile on myUNSW (click here for instructions). Students wishing to apply for FEE-HELP should contact the Student Financials team on csandfees@unsw.edu.au.  You will need to submit your application prior to the census date for Session MG1: 27th of February 2011.

International Exchange Program 2011/2012

Did you know that GDM students are able to go on Exchange with one of our 27 International Exchange Partners? Any GDM student who has completed all of the core courses and no elective courses, and has a WAM of 65% or above, is eligible to apply. The International Exchange Program provides students with an opportunity to undertake one session of study with an AGSM MBA Programs partner institution.

An International Exchange Program information session will be held in March at the Kensington campus, UNSW. At this information session, we will discuss the application process, the outgoing exchange policy, exchange partner information and meet with some of our incoming exchange students from around the world. For further information about exchange please go to the AGSM MBA website.

For more information please contact the Kanami at: mbaexchange@agsm.edu.au or (02) 9931 9203.

Events

We encourage students to access the Events page regularly to keep up to date with events organised by alumni branches for alumni, students and their guests.

Alumni Events (The following event is open to GDM students and we encourage you to attend)

Perth Exclusive – Now this is networking! A wine tasting evening at Steve’s, 171 Broadway, Nedlands WA, 10 Feb