Cass Business School

Cass Business School Cass Business School (short for the Sir John Cass Business School, City of London) is the business school of City University London.

Established in 1966 as the City University Business School, the school changed its name in August 2002 following a donation from the Sir John Cass Foundation,[1] and was officially opened under its new name by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003. The school is divided into three faculties: the Faculty of Actuarial Science and Insurance, the Faculty of Finance and the Faculty of Management.[2] It awards BSc

(Hons), MSc, MBA and PhD degrees and is one of the 54 schools globally to be triple accredited by the AMBA in the United Kingdom,[3] EQUIS in Europe,[4] and the AACSB in the United States.[5] The school’s Alumni Association has more than 31,000 members in 154 countries.[6]

Cass Business School was founded in 1966 as part of City University London. The school’s MSc in Administrative Sciences began in 1967 and became the MBA in 1979. In 2002 the school moved to new premises in the London Borough of Islington and changed its name as part of a strategy formed by Lord Currie of Marylebone, who had become Dean the year before, to compete as an international business school in a market dominated by US universities. The school had previously been spread out across the City of London’s mainly residential Barbican Centre development. Half of the £40 million funding for the new building came from the reserves of City University. The school also received a one-off gift from Sir John Cass’s Foundation.[7]

The school changed its name to reflect the support of the Foundation, which was founded in 1748 to educate children in the City of London. Sir John Cass, whose bequest formed the basis of the Foundation’s funds, was a former Sheriff of the City of London and Member of Parliament for the City. In 2012, Cass Business School's full-time MBA was 30th in the world by the Economist[8] and 32nd in the world by the Financial Times.[9]

Also in 2012, Cass Business School's MSc program was ranked 15th in the world by the Financial Times and its MSc in Management was ranked 17th in the world.[10][11]

Cass Business School is ranked 2nd in the UK for undergraduate education in business and management studies in The Guardian's Good University Guide 2013.[12]

Cass is currently the largest provider in Europe of specialist masters courses[1] geared towards the global financial services industry. With more than 18 programs including Insurance & Risk Management, Investment Management, Corporate Finance, Banking and International Finance, Quantitative finance, Shipping, Supply Chain, Energy, Trade & Finance, Property valuation, Mathematical Trading, Real Estate, Construction Management, International Accounting & Finance, Finance & Investment, and Real Estate Investment. The Cass MBA is offered full-time through a one year course, or through two years part-time Executive MBA, or two years through the modular Executive MBA. In September 2007 Cass Business School started EMBA in collaboration with DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre).

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Some really interesting and important information.

Care Home Fees & Funding Advice UK
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As our older population increases so does the number of older people who own their own homes and consequently fail the means test for care and have to pay for it themselves. In fact the most recent research by the Liberal Democrats states that 70,000 homes are sold each year to pay for care. Despite this very few people seek professional advice on what is probably one of the largest financial commitments they have ever made - paying care home fees.

If you are paying privately for your care there is much to know to ensure you get what you are rightfully entitled to in the way of local authority or NHS or welfare benefits. There are also specially designed financial products that can undertake to meet the shortfall in income to cover the cost of care at the outset often requiring just a part of your capital to be utilised to meet care costs releasing the remainder for the eventual inheritance that so many older people wish to leave.

If you are privately paying for your care, you may find it helpful to speak to a specialist care funding adviser. They will be able to analyze your financial position and the funding options available to you to help ensure you receive the state support you are entitled to and that your care is affordable and help meet the fees for the rest of your life.

Obtaining and Funding Your Care
The basic principle for the provision of community care is set out in the Governments 'White Paper' Caring for People. It states that anyone who needs health or social care because of problems associated with old age; mental illness or learning, physical or sensory disabilities should be able to obtain care services and support, tailored to their individual needs whether at home or in residential accommodation.

Instead of people having to seek out services and fit in with what is available, the services should be delivered to them and match their specific needs. Both users of services and carers should expect to be informed about services, support and options and be involved in the decisions that affect them.

The National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (NHSCCA) provides the framework for the assessment of care needs and the arrangement of services by the local authorities.

Application for an assessment can be made directly to your local social services department or through your GP or health consultant.

You are entitled to an assessment whether your care is going to be State funded or paid for privately. As a private funder, it is particularly useful to have an assessment of your needs if there is a chance that your financial resources might reduce to the level where you would be seeking funding from the council in the future. It would also, in these circumstances, be unwise to choose a care home that does not match your assessed needs as you would need to find a third party to top up your care fees if they were higher than the local authority would be prepared to pay.

The Financial Assessment
Once you have been assessed as needing a care home place you will need to undergo a financial assessment to ascertain whether or not you are entitled to financial assistance towards your care home fees from the local authority. The rules relating to this are contained within the 'Charging for Residential Accommodation Guide' (CRAG) the main points of which are covered in the section Who Pays for What?

If you are assessed as privately paying, it may be worth speaking to a specialist care funding adviser to ensure that the assessment outcome is correct and that you receive the full support available to you.

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