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Admissions Office

CONFIDENTIAL REFERENCE

The candidate should complete section A, and then send a copy to each of the referees named on the application form

SECTION A (to be completed by the candidate)


Full name of candidate: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Proposed degree and field of study: …………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Proposed start date: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

SECTION B Notes for the guidance of the referee


The person named above has applied to the University of Durham as a candidate for postgraduate study, and has given
your name as a referee. I would be very grateful if you could let me have a confidential opinion on the suitability of this
candidate for the proposed course of study. The referee’s report is an important and integral part of the selection process,
and the information you give will be used to assist departmental staff in making their decision. All information provided will
be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the University’s registration with the Office of the
Information Commissioner.

To assist the University in evaluating the intellectual and academic potential of the candidate, it would be particularly
helpful if referees could cover the following aspects in their reference:

Suitability of the candidate for the course

Intellectual qualities of the candidate including:

Ability to work alone


Ability to seek and evaluate material from different sources
Ability to construct and sustain an argument
Critical discrimination
Originality

Discipline in submission of work promptly

Ability to present reports

Sense of enquiry and ability to pursue research problems

An assessment of the expected results of any pending examinations

Where the candidate is known to you professionally, an assessment of his or her personal qualities relevant to
any proposed career

If the candidate’s first language is not English, an estimate of whether he or she is sufficiently competent to
commence advanced courses or to undertake research and written work in English

PLEASE USE THE SPACE ON THE REVERSE OF THIS FORM FOR YOUR REFERENCE

Please return the reference form to the candidate in a sealed envelope, or return it directly to:

Admissions Office
Durham Business School
University of Durham
Mill Hill Lane
Durham, DH1 3LB
United Kingdom
Telephone: 0191 334 5535/5539 (from outside the UK +44 (0) 191 334 5535/539
Fax: 0191 334 5136 (from outside the UK +44 (0) 191 334 5136
CONFIDENTIAL REFERENCE

Name of referee: …Muhammad Samiullah Khan


………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Post or status: ……Chief Financial Officer
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Address: ……Financial Centre, Sheikh Zayed, Road Dubai
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
Telephone: 0971 4 350 3552 ……………………………………………………….Fax:...
………………………………………………………….……
Email: …sami@ atatrehbrothers.ae
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Name of candidate: ……Shakeel Zulfiqar
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
Should the candidate request access, under the Data Protection Act 1998, to the personal data held on them by the
University, would you wish this reference to remain confidential? No

Dear Sir/Madam,

It is my pleasure to recommend Shakeel Zulfiqar for admission to Msc Accounting and Finance at your university. I have
known Shakeel for five years as his manager and mentor.

During this time Shakeel, has showed himself as a promising Finance and Accounting specialist. Overall, Shakeel is
highly intelligent and has good analytical skills. As his mentor and manager I have had an opportunity to observe his
participation and overall progress. I would rate his overall performance as excellent, because he has almost always
achieved his assigned tasks in designated time. He is able to carry out big amount of work on his own and is always
involved in some activity. Shakeel also demonstrated good teamwork skills in group assignments.

Shakeel has excellent English written and verbal communication skills. He is very clear and concise. At a personal level,
Shakeel is a well disciplined, industrious professional with a pleasant personality. He went well beyond the Job
requirements in the quantity and quality of his work, putting in a lot of extra research .Throughout the job, Shakeel
demonstrated great perseverance and initiative. Not only was he interested in and motivated to learn the material, but he
also put great work into assimilating it to his own experience and developing his own ideas about each challenge and
assignment that we worked and discussed.

I evaluate Shakeel as intelligent, dependable, dedicated person, who is ready to achieve his goals. I am positive, that
Shakeel would be a tremendous asset to your program and I highly recommend him to you without reservation. If you
have any further questions with regard to his background or qualifications, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,
Muhammad Samiullah Khan

PLEASE CONTINUE ON AN ADDITIONAL SHEET IF NECESSARY

Signature of referee: …………………………………………………………………Date: …………………………………………


Please return to the candidate in a sealed envelope, or return direct to the address shown overleaf. Thank you.

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