Overview

Overview

• Our fascinating Economics and Finance course aims to develop your knowledge and skills in economic and financial concepts, theories, ideas, methods and tools. Throughout the course, you will explore large-scale general economic drivers and their influences on wealth creation at national and international levels (macroeconomics) and how economic units make decisions and distribute goods and services (microeconomics).
• You will study a range of interesting topics including economics, management accounting, financial management, investments and financial risk management. This will equip you to be able to extract, analyse, interpret and critically assess economic and financial information, systems and phenomena. You will also hone your mathematical skills, including the ability to manipulate, model, interpret and evaluate numerical data.
• It’s not solely about stats and figures. Our versatile course enables you to develop your abilities in communication, critical and agile thinking, and problem solving. These skills are highly sought-after in today’s challenging economic environment, as organisations strive to solve increasingly complex business problems.
• We tend to favour workshop-style sessions over lectures and you will have the opportunity to apply cutting-edge knowledge and skills to real life scenarios. Live briefs, simulations, role play and live case studies will be used to recreate workplace conditions. We adopt ethical and values-oriented approaches to political, social, welfare and environmental challenges in the context of responsible management.
• Before moving on to your final year, you may choose to spend a year on a paid work placement in a business relevant to your ambitions, increasing your professional confidence and employability.
• In your final year, you have the option to complete a dissertation, undertake a consultancy project or work placement, or launch a start-up.
• University of Winchester Pathways to Accounting, Economics and Finance Programme
• The Pathways to Accounting, Economics and Finance programme runs for the first time from October 2024. The pathway is an opportunity for prospective prospective accounting, economics and finance students to engage in a series of practical and informative sessions delivered by academics and finance professionals at the Faculty of Business and Digital Technologies
• Participants in Pathways to Accounting, Economics and Finance are eligible to receive reduced contextual offers on the following University of Winchester courses:

- BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance

- BSc (Hons) Economics and Finance

Eligibility for the programme

The programme is open to all home/ Channel Islands Year 12 and Year 13 students.

Programme activities include:

• Lectures and seminar activities based on a variety of accounting and finance topics

• Experience of practical problem solving, analytics, and analysis of financial information

• Career guidance and advice from accounting and finance professionals

• Optional interview experience with the Dean of Faculty or Head of Department

All activities are delivered live at the University of Winchester. Some activities are also delivered virtually.

For more information on the Pathways to Pathways to Accounting, Economics and Finance programme and how to apply

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