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UK and EU QCF Examination Entry Form
December 2014
This UK and EU examination entry form must be completed by all candidates
sitting ABE examinations inside the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland
or other European Union (EU) countries. There is a separate entry form for
candidates sitting examinations outside the EU.
Examination entry closing date:
Friday 3 October 2014
Entries received after Friday 3 October 2014 will be charged a late entry
fee of an additional £10 per unit.
FINAL Examination entry closing date:
Friday 10 October 2014
Entries received after Friday 10 October 2014 or accompanied by insufficient
payment will not be accepted. Students will be sent a letter explaining the
reason(s) for rejection and the examination entry form will be retained by ABE
for record purposes.
UK and EU QCF Examination Entry Form December 2014
Management of Information Systems Pathway (BM Programme)
Please ensure that this form reaches the ABE office before the closing date: Friday 3 October 2014.
NEW MEMBERS - If you have applied for ABE membership please submit your examination entry form now. Do not wait until you have received
your ABE membership number.
This page must be completed in BLOCK CAPITALS and sent to ABE together with your selection of unit entries (page 3) and the
correct payment.
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ABE Membership No.
Given Name
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Email
Full Address
Name of Town/City where you can sit the examination
(London students should write 'LONDON' and will be allocated an examination centre)
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Name of College where you are studying
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UK and EU QCF Examination Entry Form December 2014
Management of Information Systems Pathway (BM Programme)
To be completed by all candidates sitting examinations inside the UK, the Republic of Ireland or other European Union (EU) countries.
ABE Membership No.
Full Name
Please indicate which unit(s) you wish to enter by CROSSING the relevant box
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Management of Information Systems Pathway
Level 4 Diploma - fee per unit £30
Extended Diploma - fee per unit
Introduction to Business
The Business Environment - £40
Introduction to Quantitative Methods
Organisational Behaviour - £40
Introduction to Business Communication
Quantitative Methods for Business Management - £40
Introduction to Management Information Systems
Financial Accounting - £40
Marketing Policy, Planning and Communication - £40
Human Resource Management - £40
Level 5 Diploma - fee per unit £40
Corporate Strategy and Planning -£45
The Business Environment
Managing in Organisations - £45
Organisational Behaviour
International Business Case Study - £45
Quantitative Methods for Business Management
Information Systems for Strategic Management - £45
Financial Accounting
Project Management - £45
Marketing Policy, Planning and Communication
Optional units:
Human Resource Management
Information Systems Applications for Business - £40
Optional units:
Information Systems Development - £40
Information Systems Applications for Business
Managing the Customer Relationship - £40
Information Systems Development
Managing the Customer Relationship
Level 6 Diploma - fee per unit £45
Corporate Strategy and Planning
Managing in Organisations
International Business Case Study
Information Systems for Strategic Management
Project Management
Please ensure that you have retained pages 4 and 5 containing the regulations and timetable.
I have read and accept the ABE conditions and regulations stated on this examination entry form.
No. of units entered
Total Payment
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Send to: The Association of Business Executives
5th Floor CI Tower, St Georges Square, High Street, New Malden, Surrey KT3 4TE, UK
Date
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f +44 (0)20 8329 2945
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for your future reference
ABE Examination conditions and regulations - Please read carefully
Two New ABE Level 3 Qualifications
Level 3 Diploma in Business Management (QCF) and Level 3 Certificate in Business Start-up (QCF) will be examined for the first time in
December 2014 and are currently available only in the UK. Candidates must be registered at a college approved by ABE to offer these qualifications.
The assessment for the unit Preparing a Business Plan for a Business Start-up will be undertaken at an approved college.
NQF Business Information Systems (BIS)
programme
Qualification titles
• The NQF BIS examinations have been discontinued after December 2012
The titles of some of our qualifications have changed. Students registered before
January 2013 will be able to complete their current level with the previous titles
(Higher, Graduate, Graduate Integrated as applicable), but thereafter must
progress to the new title. Students registered after December 2012 will be
awarded the new titles. Please refer to the website for more details.
Level 4 Diploma progression
Access arrangements
(Reasonable Adjustments)
and replaced by the Management of Information Systems (MIS) pathway.
All BIS passes remain valid and can be used in place of MIS passes to
complete the equivalent MIS qualification. Students should consult the
transition arrangements on the Members Area for further information.
• Students must pass at least two Level 4 Diploma units by ABE examination
before progressing to the Level 5 Diploma. However, all four units must be
passed (as well as all eight Level 5 Diploma units) before the Level 5 Diploma
can be awarded.
Level 5 Diploma progression
• Students must pass at least six units in the Level 5 Diploma to proceed to
the Level 6 Diploma. However, all eight units in the Level 5 Diploma must
be passed (as well as all five Level 6 Diploma units) before the Level 6
Diploma can be awarded.
Level 6 Diploma progression
• Students must pass at least four units in the Level 6 Diploma to proceed to
the Level 7 Diploma. However, all five units in the Level 6 Diploma must be
passed (as well as all five Level 7 Diploma units) before the Level 7 Diploma
can be awarded.
Unit (subject) entries
• There is no limit to the number of units for which candidates may enter.
Do not enter for units whose times clash, as the timetable cannot be
rescheduled.
Notification slip
• A notification slip will be sent to all candidates approximately two weeks
before the start of examinations. If you do not receive your notification slip,
you should print one from the ABE Members Area on the ABE website (see
below) or request a copy from the ABE office at least one week before the
start of the examinations.
You must take the notification slip to every examination you sit.
• To meet its commitment to equality of opportunity, ABE will, as far as is
reasonably practical, endeavour to ensure access for people of all abilities,
irrespective of physical capacity, in order that all candidates receive the
same level of service and opportunity. Applicants for Reasonable Adjustments
should email the Quality and Assessment Department at rasc@abeuk.com
no later than Friday 3 October 2014, the closing date for examination
entry.
ABE Examination Regulations
(Conduct during the Examinations)
• Candidates must take their national Passport or National Identity Card or
Photographic Driving Licence to each examination and place it on their desk.
If candidates cannot or will not provide these documents when requested, it
will result in their examination script(s) not being marked. Repeated breaches
may lead to termination of membership of the Association.
• A candidate must not communicate in any way with another candidate
or any other person (except an invigilator) during the examination and must
not disturb other candidates.
• Candidates are not allowed to use mobile phones or similar devices for any
communication during the examination. Mobile phones or similar devices
must not be used as calculators. Such use will result in the cancellation of
ALL scripts from that examination session (ABE regards an examination
session as the whole week of the examination).
• Candidates are not allowed to have on their examination desk: books, data
tables, notes, paper, dictionaries (including bi-lingual or electronic) or any
other written material (even if it does not relate to the examination being
sat), EXCEPT where text books and notes are allowed and this is stated on
the question paper. The possession of such material during the examination
will result in disqualification from the examination.
Transfers
• Candidates who fail to comply with the ABE Examination Regulations (Conduct
• Candidates may transfer their examination entry to the next session,
June 2015, providing the transfer request with £15 transfer fee is
received by Monday 10 November 2014. The transfer cannot apply to any
unit(s) other than the original entry.
Notification of results
Non attendance
• Examination fees are not refundable. If a candidate fails to attend an
examination, the examination fee cannot be refunded.
• In the event of illness, and upon receipt of a medical certificate
and transfer fee of £15 by Friday 2 January 2015, the unit(s)
will be transferred to the next examination session, June 2015.
Transfers will not be accepted without payment of the £15 fee.
during the Examinations) will be disqualified and all their examination script(s)
from that session will be cancelled.
• Candidates will be notified individually of their examination results, normally
about two months after the examinations.
• Examination results will not be issued to any candidate who owes annual
subscriptions or any money to ABE.
• Result slips indicate Pass or Fail and alphabetical grades (for details see the
ABE website); it is not the policy of ABE to disclose the marks awarded.
• Award certificates are sent separately from result slips and should be
received within three months after release of examination results.
You should check the ABE website www.abeuk.com for rules on compulsory and optional units before submitting
your examination entry form.
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December 2014 Examination Timetable
QCF Framework
Date
Morning
Afternoon
Monday
1 December
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Corporate Strategy and Planning
Information Systems Development (MIS)
Managing the Customer Relationship
Understanding Entrepreneurship (ENT)
Understanding the Organisational Context of Businesses
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Organisational Behaviour
Strategic Human Resource Management
Integrated Marketing Communications (MKT)
Accounting for Financial Managers (FM)
Introduction to Marketing (MKT and ENT)
Introduction to Management Information Systems (MIS)
Understanding and Using Business Communication
Tuesday
2 December
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Financial Accounting
Managing in Organisations
Principles of Marketing (MKT)
People Planning and Resourcing (HRM)
International Marketing (MKT)
Enterprise Start-up (ENT)
Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Operations Management
(TTHM)
• Understanding and Using Business Information
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Personnel Administration (HRM)
International Business Case Study
The Business Environment
Sustainable Tourism Planning and Development (TTHM)
Business Plan for Enterprise Start-up (ENT)
Understanding Business Finance
Wednesday
3 December
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Introduction to Accounting
Human Resource Management
Sales Management
Managing People (HRM)
Introduction to Travel, Tourism and Hospitality (TTHM)
Understanding and Using IT for Business
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Introduction to Business
Quantitative Methods for Business Management
Travel, Tourism and Hospitality (TTHM)
Contemporary Hospitality Management (TTHM)
Thursday
4 December
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Introduction to Quantitative Methods
Principles of Business Law
International Travel, Tourism and Hospitality (TTHM)
International Business Finance and Planning (FM)
Contemporary Issues in Marketing (MKT)
Systems Management and Internal Financial Controls (FM)
Understanding a Business Start-up Idea
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Introduction to Business Communication
Marketing Policy, Planning and Communication
Corporate Finance
Employment Relations (HRM)
Performance Management and Reward (HRM)
Strategic Business Management and Planning (PGD)
Information Systems for Strategic Management (MIS)
Understanding the Functional Areas of a Business Start-up
Friday
5 December
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Marketing Information Systems (MKT)
Managerial Accounting
Project Management
Personnel Information Systems (HRM)
Information Systems Applications for Business (MIS)
Managing Resources for a Business Start-up
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Strategic Marketing Management
Human Resource Development (HRM)
Managing Organisational Change and Development (HRM)
Entrepreneurship and Business Development
IT in Hospitality and Tourism Operations (TTHM)
Economics for Business
(Previously Strategic Hospitality Management)
Note:
(FM) indicates specialist units in Financial Management Pathway of the QCF Business Management Programme
(MIS) indicates specialist units in Management of Information Systems Pathway of the QCF Business Management Programme
(TTHM) indicates specialist units in QCF Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Management Programme
(HRM) indicates specialist units in QCF Human Resource Management Programme
(MKT) indicates specialist units in QCF Marketing Management Programme
(ENT) indicates specialist units in QCF Business Start-up and Entrepreneurship Programme
(PGD) indicates specialist unit in QCF Level 7 Diploma in Business Management
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