its a BSc honours in accountancy rather than a professional qualification.
If you take ACCA you can get one of these almost thrown in from Oxford Brookes University as a bonus after the first nine papers (you still have to do a thesis).
A degree is a lot lower down the pecking order than the ACCA qualification which is at MSc level but that said its a nice to have and some employers expect you to have a degree as well.
In money terms the degree i likely to cost more than the ACCA qualification. It would take a lot less time to do but not put you in much of a better place than you are at the moment at the end of it.
Not a big advocate of class based learning myself but I've just done a quick check and if you want to attend ACCA classes there's a Kaplan training centre in Merseyside at this address :
Cotton House Old Hall Street Liverpool Merseyside L3 9TP Phone: 0151 236 4052 FAX: 0151 236 9161
If you want BPP instead (personally I prefer Kaplan study texts) try here :
1st Floor - Merchants Court 2-12 Lord Street Liverpool L2 1TS Phone:0151 706 7470
HTH,
Shaun.
p.s. amended because I think that the degree will cost more than the ACCA qualification even though the ACCA qualification is better (and includes the same degree but from a different Uni).
-- Edited by Shamus on Monday 8th of July 2013 12:07:57 PM
__________________
Shaun
Responses are not meant as a substitute for professional advice. Answers are intended as outline only the advice of a qualified professional with access to all relevant information should be sought before acting on any response given.
I've been looking at starting ACCA this september but can't find a course provider local to me that does ACCA. I live in Merseyside.
I have had a look on the following website and found this but I'm really confused whether this would be the right one to go for. I'm also confused as to what an undergraduate is and postgraduate is.
Would this course be just as good as any other do you know? As it doesn't seem to be from a professional body.
Thanks Shaun thats helped alot. I've had a good look since posting and all the university courses seem to be full time too with no option for part time. The only part time option was a 6 year long course!
I think the distance learning is going to be best however do you know if there is financial help available such as student loans etc? I only earn £750 per month and I'm working in an Accountancy practice.
you may be able to get some sponsorship from your employer.
Their benefit from this is that you are tied into the employment and they get a resource that they can charge out at a much higher rate at the end of it.
They may expect you to sign a new, different contract if they sponsor you to ensure that you do not go into direct competition against them.
At the least they will probably give you a weeks study leave before each of the exam sittings (but you will of course need to start your revision three months before each sitting so it's really going to eat into any time that you have available. Final week is really just sitting old papers every day and going through your revision cards).
I don't think that there is much by way of financial assistance available BUT there is a shoestring option for study that should see each paper cost you less than £100 (plus exam fee's).
The kit that I advise is :
BPP I-learn course of a CD. (varies between £15 and £30 depending on the paper)
Kaplan Study text (About £31)
Kaplan or BPP exam kit (old ACCA papers brought up to date, see note at bottom of post. About £17)
Opentuition recorded lectures (around 30-40 hours of lectures per paper. Totally free)
You will also need to purchase a few other books during your studies including Exploring corporate strategy by Johnson, Scholes and Whittington and also Management and Cost accounting by Drury.
HTH,
Shaun.
p.s. With the exam kits you can look at the free ACCA answer available from their site, the BPP answer and the Kaplan one... And all three will be completely different and all three will be completely correct!
Its a whole differenty mindset to get into that its all about the arguement that you put forwards and there are often multiple correct, and seemingly opposing answers.
__________________
Shaun
Responses are not meant as a substitute for professional advice. Answers are intended as outline only the advice of a qualified professional with access to all relevant information should be sought before acting on any response given.
I don't think my employer would pay to be honest because he did say in my interview that there may not be the opportunity to move up to accountancy as I'm in the payroll role.
I've had a look on the direct.gov website and this suggests I would be eligible for a student loan/grant but I can guarantee I'm actually not :( its so confusing.
I'll have a look at the I-learn course thanks Shaun.
