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Dear CIFS Students, 😊 Please do not panic if you received this mail. It is automatically sent to everyone, regardless if they have finished enrollment or not 🤨 This message is more for LVL4+ Students (continuing) ⚠️The deadline shown on the mail does not affect CIFS. Your deadline for enrollment is 17th August.⚠️ ⛔️ Moreover, do not touch "Module Registration" or "Apply to Course". You should NOT complete them. 📌 As CIFS Student, you only need to: 1. Pass Induction lessons 2. Finish Enrollment 3. Connect Outlook 🗓 before 17th August Questions? Feel free to contact @woomann_03 ✏

Enrolment instructions for Continuing students 2026-2027AY.pdf

Dear LVL4 students, do you also need such breakdowns?

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Dear LVL4 students, do you also need such breakdowns?

📚 CIFS 2026/2027 Core and Optional Modules Breakdown (part 5) ⚖️ 3FNCE001C Understanding Finance or 'UF' - OPTIONAL - Semester 2 (pp. 67-72) 👤 Module Leader: Feruza Yodgorova (f_yodgorova@wiut.uz) 💬 Summary of the module: This introductory module offers a gentle entry into finance, covering the financial environment, monetary system, and the roles of banks and financial institutions. Students explore savings, investment, interest rates, and the time value of money, alongside bond and stock characteristics, financial return and risk, and the use of financial data in business. It equips students with practical tools for managing personal finances and serves as an introduction to the BSc Finance course. ⏳ Lecture hours: 12h | Seminar hours: 24h | Workshop hours: 12h | Independent study: 152h 🗂 Assessments: 🗣 1. In-Class Test - 40% The first assessment is a 1-hour In-class Test evaluating students' understanding of fundamental finance concepts - the financial environment, monetary systems, financial institutions, savings and investment, and the time value of money. It tests individual knowledge and problem-solving skills while reinforcing key concepts that prepare students for the Project Presentation and developing financial strategies. ✅ 2. Project Presentation - 60% The second assessment is a 20-minute Group Project Presentation, including Q&A, where students collaboratively develop and present financial strategies. It tests students' ability to interpret financial data, evaluate business performance, analyze return and risk, and apply theoretical concepts and strategic thinking to real-world scenarios - while building the communication and teamwork skills essential to the finance profession. So overall, in Semester 2, you will study 2 Core (CTC/ACS) and 2 optional modules you have chosen ⚠️ Disclaimer ⚠️ All information was gathered from the COURSE HANDBOOK 2026/27 Certificate in International Foundation Studies. For more details please follow the pages indicated near each module (pp. xx-xx) Some summaries of the modules and the descriptions of the assessments were shortened using AI to fit the length of the Telegram messages Details of the assessments might change in future, and it's better to always check Coursework Details once they are published This information is just for getting acquainted with the upcoming modules

📚 CIFS 2026/2027 Core and Optional Modules Breakdown (part 4) ⚖️ 3LLAW001C Fundamentals of Commercial Law or 'FunCL' - OPTIONAL - Semester 2 (pp. 56-60) 👤 Module Leader: Meyirbek Abdikadirov (mabdikadirov@wiut.uz) 💬 Summary of the module: This module introduces the fundamentals of law, its sources, and general legal principles, enabling students to distinguish between major legal families. It covers core areas of commercial law — including company law and the law of obligations (contract and tort) — and compares English and Uzbek approaches across private, public, substantive, and procedural law. Alongside theoretical and practical legal concepts, the module builds students' writing, analytical, debating, and mooting skills. ⏳ Lecture hours: 24h | Seminar hours: 24h | Independent study: 152h 🗂 Assessments: 🗣 1. Debate - 50% An oral argumentation carried out in-group with a written brief outline of the arguments. It will enable students to develop legal research, communication and argumentation skills in academic English (L01,2,3). Duration 16-25 minutes. ✅ 2. FunCL Exam - 50% The second assessment is an Exam which covers the full syllabus. This assessment will ensure that students have a comprehensive understanding of the subject and can apply key legal principles to solve complex problem cases (LO1,4,5). Duration 2 hours. 💸 3BUSS007C Introduction to Business and Economics or 'IBE' - OPTIONAL - Semester 2 (pp. 61-66) 👤 Module Leader: Alisher Ismailov (a.ismailov@wiut.uz) 💬 Summary of the module: This module introduces key economic principles and their application to business and entrepreneurship (SDG 4.3, 4.4), exploring how scarcity, choice, and resource allocation shape decision-making, alongside demand, supply, and market equilibrium applied to pricing and profit decisions. It also covers business structures and competitive environments (SDG 8.5), macroeconomic concepts like GDP, growth, unemployment, and inflation (SDG 9.5), and fosters an entrepreneurial mindset centered on opportunity recognition and value creation (SDG 8.3). ⏳ Lecture hours: 24h | Seminar hours: 24h | Independent study: 152h 🗂 Assessments: 👥 1. Group Presentation - 40% Assessment 1 is a 16–20 minute group presentation (MLO1, MLO2, MLO3) building foundational understanding of business and economic concepts. Groups select a core concept — e.g., demand and supply, elasticity, costs and profit, organizational structure, or competitive advantage — explain it with real business examples, and develop and present a business idea. The task develops communication, teamwork, and research skills alongside theoretical knowledge. ✅ 2. Computer Based Test - 60% Assessment 2 is designed to evaluate students’ understanding of key economic and business concepts covered in the module through an individual, computer-based test. It assesses students’ ability to recognise, explain, and apply fundamental principles such as demand and supply, elasticity, costs and revenue, and basic macroeconomic concepts. Duration of the exam: 2 hours. (MLO4; MLO5; MLO6.)

🥸 Dear CIFS 2026/2027 Students The message all students got from the Outlook does not affect your course 🔔 You are not supposed to do anything right now except enrolment and Outlook sign in ⚠️ Module registration is for continuing students only(lvl4+). If you have already enrolled and connected your Outlook, just wait for your studies to begin. You will have to choose your optional modules in the end of the first semester, not now 💬 If you have any questions feel free to leave them in comments

📚 CIFS 2026/2027 Core and Optional Modules Breakdown (part 3) 🗓 Starting from Semester 2, students will be able to choose 2 optional modules out of 5 💻 3COSC001C Visual Programming or 'VP' - OPTIONAL - Semester 2 (pp. 46-50) 👤 Module Leader: Shirin Primkulova (sprimkulova@wiut.uz) 💬 Summary of the module: This module aims to provide an accessible and engaging entry point into the basic principles of algorithms and sequences, programming concepts, enabling students to grasp fundamental coding principles while fostering creativity and problem-solving skills in a visually intuitive manner. ⏳ Lecture hours: 12h | Seminar hours: 24h | Workshops: 12h | Independent study: 152h 🗂 Assessments: 💻 1. PC Lab Test - 40% It is a time-constrained test held in a computer lab. It requires students to develop program’s mechanics or object interaction logic using a visual, graph-based system in the corresponding development environment. The duration of the PC lab test will be 1 hour. 👨‍💻 2. Working programme and a written report - 60% Coursework is an individual assignment. Students will be given a case study to articulate a solution and to develop a program in an appropriate development environment. They will be tasked to propose a gameplay/program scenario, articulate the choice of algorithm and sequence of steps to be taken to implement the scenario and provide a report which articulates technical concepts related to proposed and developed solution. (1,200 words.) 🕸 3COSC002C Essential Web or 'EW' - OPTIONAL - Semester 2 (pp. 51-55) 👤 Module Leader: Shirin Primkulova (sprimkulova@wiut.uz) 💬 Summary of the module: This module provides students with a foundational understanding of essential web technologies and concepts necessary for creating basic static web pages or simple web applications. The focus is on HTML, CSS, and introductory JavaScript, laying the groundwork for more advanced web development concepts in subsequent levels. It covers all aspects of the process starting from planning, information gathering, design principles up to publishing and SEO. ⏳ Lecture hours: 12h | Seminar hours: 24h | Workshops: 12h | Independent study: 152h 🗂 Assessments: 💻 1. PC Lab Test - 40% The PC lab test assesses LO2 and LO3 - a time-constrained test held in a computer lab. It requires students to create webpages according to a given design. The duration of the PC lab test will be 1 hour. 🎨 2. Website Design - 60% Website design is an individual assignment. Students will be given a case study to develop a design and corresponding website in an appropriate programming environment. They will be tasked to publish it in open domain, having applied web analytics tracking functions. Website should contain at least 5 pages of similar design. Last 2 parts dropping tomorrow 🏕

📚 CIFS 2026/2027 Core and Optional Modules Breakdown (part 2) 👨‍💻 3ACHE006C Professional Skills and Employability or 'PSE' - CORE - Semester 1 (pp. 41-45) 👤 Module Leaders: Ra’noxon Rozikova and Albina Fakhrutdinova (r.rozikova@wiut.uz / a.fakhrutdinova@wiut.uz) 💬 Summary of the module: this module helps students identify their skills and aptitudes while building essential competencies for professional success across diverse workplace settings. It provides insight into employability skills needed to secure jobs and stay competitive, encouraging students to gain a career edge through applying their skills and reflecting on their experiences ⏳ Seminar hours: 48h | Online study: 52h | Independent study: 100h 🗂 Assessments: 👥 1. Group Presentation - 60% 16–25 minute group presentation in which students explore their future career choices by researching university courses, job market trends, and employment opportunities. The task also builds understanding of professional standards and organizational expectations to support strategic skills planning, while developing students' oral communication, presentation, and public-speaking abilities through a realistic simulation of professional presentation scenarios 📁 2. Professional LinkedIn Profile - 40% This individual written assessment requires students to create a professional LinkedIn profile, evaluating their understanding and application of employability concepts while reflecting on their personal and professional growth. The task prepares students for the job market by building skills in self-marketing, personal branding, and professional networking, offering an authentic, career-relevant assessment experience. It aligns with SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth) and SDG 4 (quality education and lifelong learning) 💭 3ACHE005C Critical Thinking and Citizenship or 'CTC' - CORE - Semester 2 (pp. 34-40) 👤 Module Leaders: Shahzaib Ahmed Khan and Alisher Kosimov (ksahmed@wiut.uz / al.kosimov@wiut.uz) 💬 Summary of the module: this module develops students' critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, and digital literacy skills, enabling them to analyze and critically evaluate contemporary local and global social, economic, and environmental issues. Through exploring these challenges, students build competencies to become active, engaged citizens, fostering civic responsibility and awareness of how their actions can contribute to their communities and the realization of UN SDGs ⏳ Seminar hours: 48h | Independent study: 152h 🗂 Assessments: 💬 1. Community Problem Identification - 40% It is a written task. Students will be required to identify a local problem in their community, relating to UNSDGs. The task involves the following key components: identify a problem, relation to SDG, stakeholder analysis, problem statement, root cause analysis and argumentation The task will allow students to empathize with representatives of their community and identify root causes that affect the problem. This will allow students to practice problem identification and argumentation. (Word count: 1,200 words.) 👥 2. Group Community-Based Problem Solving - 60% A community-based group project, where students will engage in the production of a project that addresses a local problem of their choice. Students will work in groups, in which they may decide to choose a problem that they identified in the first assessment, or may choose to change their problem entirely. The task involves several key components: selection of a local problem, investigation of causes, identification of user needs and proposal of solutions along with justification the proposed solutions. In addition, students will be required to complete a peer evaluation component, as the assessment is designed to measure not only problem-solving outcomes but also effective group working skills. The task also allows students to demonstrate their digital literacy skills as they engage in production of their final project that can be presented to stakeholders. (Duration: 16-25 minutes.) Part 3 dropping tomorrow ✏

📚 CIFS 2026/2027 Core and Optional Modules Breakdown (part 1) Overall, during the Course, CIFS students will study 6 modules (4 core and 2 optional) 🗓 Semester 1 (September 7 2026 - December 25 2026, including exam periods) - 3 core modules 🗓 Semester 2 (January 11 2027 - April 30 2027, including exam periods) - 2 core and 2 optional modules So in Semester 1, CIFS will have ACS/PSE/QM only ✏️ 3ALDS004C Academic Communication Skills or 'ACS' - CORE - Semester 1&2 (year-long)(pp. 21-27) 👤 Module Leaders: Umida Abdurakhimova and Gulnoza Kamilova (uabdurakhimova@wiut.uz / gu.kamilova@wiut.uz) 💬 Summary of the module: the module builds students' academic English proficiency through individual and group tasks, developing study and transferable skills alongside academic conventions like citation, summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting. It strengthens persuasive writing, listening, critical reading and thinking, and vocabulary, while equipping students to communicate effectively using appropriate academic language conventions in both writing and speaking ⏳Seminar hours: 96h | Independent study: 104h 🗂 Assessments: 💻 1. Computer-based exam - 30% Students are required to take a computer-based examination during Semester 1 with duration 1h 30 min consisting of: Task A: Students will listen to an academic lecture and produce a summary based on the content Task B: Students will select one key idea from the lecture and develop a well-supported argumentative written piece 💬 2. Integrated Speaking - 40% This individual oral assessment is a 6–7-minute academic presentation based on students' prior reading, requiring them to identify main ideas and details, distinguish differing viewpoints, form their own stance, and support it using ideas from multiple sources. A formative component reviews students' progress in preparing their presentations. The assessment takes place during Semester 2 ✏️ 3. Group Written Project - 30% Students are expected to produce written work based on the outcomes of a project they do in small groups. The formative assessments involve draft submissions for teacher feedback. The word range is 1,300-1,500. This assessment is conducted during Semester 2 🧮 3BUSS001C Quantitative Methods or 'QM' - CORE - Semester 1 (pp. 28-33) 👤 Module Leaders: Gulomjon Kosimjonov and Khilola Dushamova (gkosimjonov@wiut.uz / k.dushamova@wiut.uz) 💬 Summary of the module: this module builds students' confidence in processing and analyzing data, introducing numerical and statistical concepts relevant to business, economics, and social and environmental fields. It strengthens their ability to manage, evaluate, and interpret quantitative data across these diverse disciplines ⏳ Lecture hours: 12h | Seminar hours: 24h | Workshops: 12h | Independent study: 152h 🗂 Assessments: 💻 1. In-class test - 40% The timed, 1-hour in-class test promotes consistent engagement, regular review, and deeper understanding of module concepts by assessing students' ability to accurately apply quantitative methods and analyze real-world problems under time constraints, while also providing ongoing formative feedback (should cover topics 1-5) ✅ 2. End of module examination - 60% The 2-hour end-of-module examination assesses students' ability to apply statistical and mathematical techniques to complex, time-constrained business problems, mirroring real-world decision-making pressures and testing both theoretical knowledge and practical application of quantitative methods in business scenarios (should cover topics 1-11 and true/false questions) Part 2 dropping tomorrow 🍉

CIFS 2026/2027, are you ready for some important information about your future modules? 🏕

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📢 Important Information for Level 3, Level 6, and Level 7 Students (Without Referral/Deferral Assessments) Dear Students, the Official Digital Certificate and Transcript have now been made available through the University of Westminster Student Portal ✅ To access your documents, please: 🔹 Visit: https://student.westminster.ac.uk/ 🔹 Register with the University of Westminster Online Verification Service 🔹 Use your personal email address (not your WIUT email) 🔹 Enter your UoW Student ID number, which can be found in your SRS profile 📄 Please refer to the attached instructions for step-by-step guidance on the registration process. If you experience any difficulties accessing the portal or your documents, please contact: 📩 studentcentre@westminster.ac.uk ⚠️ Important Reminder Digital certificates and transcripts can only be released once all outstanding financial obligations to the University have been fully settled. You can check your payment status through the Student’s Check List on the Intranet: 🔗 http://intranet.wiut.uz/OneWindow/OneWindowList Please note that after all debts have been cleared and confirmed by the Financial and LRC Departments, your digital documents will be released within 10 working days. For further information regarding awards and classifications, please refer to the attached materials and University of Westminster guidance. Best regards, SU Education & Welfare

Dear CIFS Students, 📌 The Quantitative Methods Referral / Deferral Computer-Based In-Class Test will take place on Tuesday, 09 June 2026 🔗 Please check the attached Excel file for your allocated examination room and session time. Allocations are based on Student ID numbers. ✏️ Before the Exam - Ensure you can log in to your university account on any university desktop - Resolve any login issues with IT Services before your exam - Arrive 30 minutes early for ID verification, login, and exam setup ⚠️ Examination Details 🖥 Platform: assessment.wiut.uz (or exam.wiut.uz) 🔜 Start Time: 13:00 💡 Duration: 60 minutes ✏️ Draft paper and calculators are permitted 🔒 Verify your Student ID on the screen before starting. 🔖 Important Rules - Bring your University ID Card (mandatory for entry) - No unauthorized materials or electronic devices (phones, smartwatches, earphones, etc.) - Late arrivals of more than 30 minutes will not be admitted. - Students may not leave during the first 30 minutes or final 15 minutes of the exam. - Restroom breaks are not permitted. Please ensure full compliance with all examination regulations All data was collected from the Outlook mail shared by module leaders and received by all CIFS students Good luck with your examination! Questions? @woomann_03 📱 Toward Distinction, 🌟 EXAM COOK 💙

Dear CIFS QM Referral/Deferral Students, Please read the mail received from QM MODULE LEADERS in your Outlook 📌 As per the official examination schedule, the referral/deferral in-class test will be conducted on: 🗓 Date: Tuesday, 9 June 2026 💬 Time: 13:00–14:00 🚩 Venue: ATB212 and ATB214 📌 The referral/deferral final examination for the module will be held on: 🗓 Date: Monday, 15 June 2026 💬 Time: 10:00–11:45 🚩 Venue: WIUT Sports Hall 🔈 To support your preparation, there will be an online revision session on: 🗓 Date: Friday, 5 June 2026 💬 Time: 14:00 🎙 Mode: Online 🔍 During this session, you will be provided a general information regarding both the in-class test and final examination, including: - The overall examination structure; - Expected level of difficulty; - Broad topics and areas that may be assessed; - General guidance on how to prepare effectively; - Guidance on using the Assessment Portal and mock test materials 🤫 Please note that specific examination questions, answers, or any information that could compromise the integrity of the assessment will not be provided on the session 🔗The link to the session is also provided on the mail 🔖 Please ensure that you arrive on time and check your university email regularly for any additional instructions regarding the assessments For more details, please refer to the mail received in your Outlook Questions? @woomann_03 🧛‍♀ Toward Distinction, 🌟 EXAM COOK 💙

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Dear STUDENTS, 📢 Kindly be informed that the Enrolment Procedure is now open and you must ENROL in the Student Record System (SRS) via https://srs.wiut.uz/ for the 2026/2027 academic year. The deadlines for the Enrolment Procedure are as follows: - For students with NO REFERRAL / DEFERRAL assessments from the 2nd of June till 10th of August 2026                      - For students with REFERRAL / DEFERRAL assessments from 20th of July till 10th of August 2026  📋 Enrolment instructions are attached.  ⚠️ Please note that you should clear any outstanding tuition fee debts in order to enrol for the 2026/2027 academic year. Access to the Enrolment Procedure in the Student Record System (SRS) will remain unavailable until all debts are settled. For any questions or assistance regarding outstanding payments, please contact the Financial Department at wiutfindep@wiut.uz 📧 Note: Failure to enrol will result in the termination of your studies for the 2026/2027 academic year. #RegistrarsNews Ask.WIUT Information