The Open University (OU) is offering free online course on Finance Fundamentals: Financial Services after the Banking Crisis. This facilitated 4-week course guides you through the UK financial marketplace.
The overall objective of this course is to explore the UK financial services landscape, how financial firms and their products are regulated and how consumers are protected. The course will start on August 7, 2017.
Course At Glance
Length: 4 weeks
Effort: 3 hours/week
Subject: Financial Services after the Banking Crisis
Institution: Open University and Future learn
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes
Session: Course starts on August 7, 2017
Providers’ Details
The Open University (OU) is the largest academic institution in the UK and a world leader in flexible distance learning.
About This Course
The dramatic events of the financial crisis in the late 2000s transformed the UK financial services industry. Long established institutions went out of business, others were forced into takeovers and only the intervention of governments worldwide – courtesy of eye-watering sized financial recovery packages – prevented the banking industry from implosion.
Why Take This Course?
At the end of the course you will have gained a full insight into how the financial services industry operates and how you can transact business with knowledge and confidence.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to…
- Explore the origins and development of the UK financial services industry
- Assess and examine the UK financial services industry and the issues it faces following the 2007/08 financial crisis
- Evaluate and review the financial products available to consumers in the financial marketplace
- Identify and understand how financial services firms and financial product sales are regulated
- Explore the support, advice and guidance available to financial services consumers
Requirements
For further information about registration, the final assessment course, your eligibility and the BA in Business Management, visit the Open University website. The Open University does not operate in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria. This means that Learners based in those countries will not be able to convert their participation in this Program to Open University course credits.
Instructors
Martin Upton
He is Director of the True Potential Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance (PUFin) at the OU Business School. Previously I was Treasurer of Nationwide Building Society.
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