'Quality' newspapers such as The Financial Times, The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian and The Independent
Stoakes, C (2011 3rd Edition) All you need to know about the City (ISBN 978-0-9552186-6-8)

An individual report (assessing all learning outcomes) of not more than 2000 words which requires students to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the roles played by organisations within the Financial Services Sector. The report will also require students to show an appreciation of the ethical conflicts, the customer expectations and the problems caused by differing objectives within the sector.

An introduction to the Financial Services sector and the roles the sector plays.
Retail and Investment Banks, Islamic Banking, the London Stock Exchange, the Financial Services Authority, the Bank of England, Financial Advisers, Pension and Insurance providers are amongst the organisations that will be studied: reference will be made to the moral and legal obligations of these providers, illustrated by recent events within the Financial Services Sector.

A range of resources, including, University library and IT facilities, the Internet, journals and databases

The learning strategy for this module is based around students committing a total of 150 hours of activities towards achieving the learning outcomes. These will be split between 39 hours of direct contact with a tutor and 111 hours of directed, guided and self-study, together with preparation for and completion of the assessment tasks. Learning support material will be provided for the module.
The module will draw upon a mixture of activities including lectures, web-based activities, case study analysis, relevant videos and in-class discussions, individual and group problem solving and self-directed learning.