Why Financial Services and Accounts?
Financial Services is a large sector in Scotland with a number of employment opportunities. This course combines core elements of Business with specialist Financial Service units that have been selected specifically to give you an advantage if applying for roles in Financial Services.
This HNC is designed to provide you with the key competencies required by anyone entering the Financial Services Industry as a trainee, or at a technical level, or for anyone already working in such a position but wishing to lay the foundation of a professional career. Further details of the topics covered are provided in the section “What you Study” below.
The aims of the HNC are to:
- Develop a range of vocational skills specific to the Financial Services Industry, in relation to product and service knowledge, and an understanding of the role of its providers.
- Preparing you for employment in the Financial Services Industry at clerical, sales or administration levels.
- Developing a broad-based range of vocational skills in relation to, for example, communications, customer service, and the use of information technology.
You'll be assessed throughout this course with the assessments taking the form of practical assessments, assignment and case studies. You'll also undertake a Graded Unit project, which is designed to assess your ability to integrate the knowledge and skills gained through the mandatory units.
City of Glasgow College has strong links with Financial Services organisations, which provide industry visits and guest speakers to add value to the academic content of the course.
Throughout the course, you'll undertake a program of guidance activities designed to help you make the most of your qualification and college experience.
The optional units as part of this HNC will enable you to have a focus on accountancy whilst you study with your core financial services curriculum. This will introduce key concepts around, accounting ratios, iterperetation, financial controls and understanding financial statements. This will be of a benefit to anyone who wants to specialise in a more numaracy based field in financial services.
You'll be required to attend college on three days every week from 9.00am to 5.00pm for one academic year.
Why Choose City of Glasgow College?
- We have designed our curriculum to develop the technical skills of students and it is closely aligned with industry requirements, meaning our graduates can successfully transition from their course into employment.
- Our Financial Services curriculum has been recognised by the industry in Scotland as we have recently won the 2019 Pioneer Award as a result of our industry engagement and teaching content.
- We support our students in a classroom environment encouraging student engagement and improving attainment.
- Over 90% of our successful students’ progress directly to further learning, apprenticeships, or employment.
- All of our students have a named Academic Advisor who can provide advice, support and signposting in key areas, such as:
- Opportunities to discuss your academic progress.
- Encouragement and an informed view with ways to enhance your academic studies.
- Planned workshops from the student services team on a range of areas including finance and funding, careers information, help to be a class rep etc. You can suggest to your Academic Advisor workshops and talks that would benefit you.
- A reliable point of contact throughout your studies, enabling you to make the most of your time at the college.