I recently completed and passed HNC Accounting at college and have been accepted into the 2nd year of the University degree starting in September. This feels like quite a while away so I would like to study during the summer for an accounts related qualification. There isn't much point in me beginning study for ACCA as I will gain exemptions for this while I am at uni. I was just wondering if anyone could reccomend a reasonably priced course that I can take on during the summer and will get me a qualification at the end of it. Something like tax, accounts payable/receivable or credit control etc.
But following your logic wouldn't it be true to say that once you have ACCA you have exemptions from most things so why study them now?
Or conversly, why go to Uni as you get a degree almost thrown in after the first nine ACCA papers anyway?
Personal view is that ACCA should not give any exemptions but they do (to my mind) in order to keep the big four happy so back to your original question.
Whatever qualifications that you can do in a summer are meaningless compared to the ACCA qualification so the best use of your time might be picking up the things that you will need and may not yet have in order to turn this into a career.
Good examples (with a good cross selection to enable working in either industry or practice) would be learning Sage, Quickbooks, VT, Excel, Access, Project, Visio, BPMN and SSADM.
I can't see any way that you would be able to gain knowledge of SAP or IRIS otherwise I would also have included them on the list.
Of course, a far better use of your time if you've got two months free is to go and sit on a beach in Thailand (or similar) for a month of it and make the most of your time before the big corporates consume every minute that you have to spare.
kind regards,
Shaun.
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Shaun
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But following your logic wouldn't it be true to say that once you have ACCA you have exemptions from most things so why study them now?
Or conversly, why go to Uni as you get a degree almost thrown in after the first nine ACCA papers anyway?
Personal view is that ACCA should not give any exemptions but they do (to my mind) in order to keep the big four happy so back to your original question.
Whatever qualifications that you can do in a summer are meaningless compared to the ACCA qualification so the best use of your time might be picking up the things that you will need and may not yet have in order to turn this into a career.
Good examples (with a good cross selection to enable working in either industry or practice) would be learning Sage, Quickbooks, VT, Excel, Access, Project, Visio, BPMN and SSADM.
I can't see any way that you would be able to gain knowledge of SAP or IRIS otherwise I would also have included them on the list.
Of course, a far better use of your time if you've got two months free is to go and sit on a beach in Thailand (or similar) for a month of it and make the most of your time before the big corporates consume every minute that you have to spare.
kind regards,
Shaun.
Yes, I see what you mean regarding ACCA exemptions but what I all I am really looking to do is continue learning and keeping my brain active in the next couple of months. I tell you something, if I had a couple of grand spare I would be in Thailand right now lol! Would love to go there :)
I was thinking about Sage actually, I completed a unit in Sage Accounts as part of my HNC course and have been trying to find a more advanced level of Sage to study. I managed to get some Sage self study books cheap on ebay and have been reading through them but finding it difficult to find somewhere I can sit some sort of assessment to prove my Sage skills. Last time I checked their website it read that by passing their own exam you are only qualified for one year?
If anyone could point me in the direction of a decent Sage or Quickbooks course where you receive a certificate upon completion, that would be great.
The IAB offer a Computerised Accounting for Business Course in association with Sage. It is available at levels 1-3 and you can study via classroom, distance learning provider or complete self study. There is no end exam, you have to submit assignments to be marked by the IAB and on successful completion you will receive certification from Sage and the IAB.
