Post-graduate courses for journalists
19th September, 2011
The Portuguese Banking Association (APB), along with its Bank Training Institute (IFB) and School of Bank Management (ISGB) ,will be offering two places for journalists in each ISGB post-graduate course as part of its Bank Financial Literacy Programme, as of the start of this academic year.
Journalists who usually write about financial matters in the Portuguese media and have knowledge and experience of the matters in question can apply to take these courses.
The candidates selected by the APB and ISGB can enrol and attend the post-graduate courses free of charge.
This initiative is part of a journalist training programme that began in 2010. The aim of the APB and ISGB is to help journalists achieve greater financial specialisation and therefore improve the quality of the information given to the general public.
Due to the growing need for information on the part of the media, the development of the financial sector and more sophisticated markets, the APB, IFB and ISGB have set up a number of courses to meet journalists' needs for information on certain areas and subjects in the sector , thereby helping them to better understand and interpret financial and banking matters in Portugal.
ISGB post-graduate programme
The ISGB's relevant post-graduate courses and their starting dates are indicated below. Click on the link for further information about them. Information on their syllabuses, duration, timetables and teachers is available on www.isgb.pt.
The ISGB's post-graduate courses grant ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) credit units in all subjects and are taught in the classroom after working hours (twice a week).
• Management
- Advanced Post-graduate Course in Bank Management (204 hours) – Nov. 2011 (Lisbon) *
- Post-graduate Course in Bank Management (180 hours) – Oct. 2011 (Lisbon)
- Post-graduate Course in Bank Management (180 hours) – Oct. 2012 (Porto) **
(*) In collaboration with the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences at Universidade Católica Portuguesa
(**) The 2011/12 course in Porto has already begun and so no more enrolments can be accepted.
• Finance
- Post-graduate Course in Investments and Financial Markets (176 hours) – Nov. 2011 (Lisbon)
• Marketing and sales
- Post-graduate Course in Digital Marketing in Banking (180 hours) – Nov. 2011 (Lisbon)
- Post-graduate Course in High Performance in Sales (180 hours) – Nov. 2011 (Lisbon)
• Planning and support for decision-making and auditing & compliance
- Post-graduate Course in Compliance (180 hours) – Oct. 2011 (Lisbon)
- Post-graduate Course in Financial and Information System Auditing (180 hours) – Oct. 2012 (Lisbon) ***
- Post-graduate Course in Business Intelligence in the Financial Sector (144 hours) – Oct. 2011 (Lisbon)
Applications
Applications are emailed to the APB at mariana.pires@apb.pt, with an indication of the course in question and including the applicant's CV.
