ACCA Distance Learning

paulie1981

Hi there,

Has anybody completed the ACCA exams through a distance learning system? I'm looking at BPP.

Would love to hear experiences and opinion

Cheers!

jockey#1

In completing my ACCA exams I done mainly distance learning however I did go to classes for P2 (Corporate Reporting) & P6 (Advanced Tax) as they are quite difficult subjects to study alone. I found Kaplan distance learning products better than BPP but I am sure there are others who prefer BPP.

If you have any more questions feel free to ask.

Jockey

Online01

Hi

I did a mix of class and home study

Don;t know if you have many exemptions so that may be a factor in your decision to do the whole lot home study or not

I would recommend Kaplan over BPP anyday...the layout, diagrams, flow charts etc are much more user friendly...BPP tended to be very "block sentences" . Also i thought the exam kit, had more "exam quality" questions than the BPP

You will figure out what are your particular strengths and weaknesses as you move through the course...

Best of luck,

paulie1981

jockey#1 wrote: »

In completing my ACCA exams I done mainly distance learning however I did go to classes for P2 (Corporate Reporting) & P6 (Advanced Tax) as they are quite difficult subjects to study alone. I found Kaplan distance learning products better than BPP but I am sure there are others who prefer BPP.

If you have any more questions feel free to ask.

Jockey

Online01 wrote: »

Hi

I did a mix of class and home study

Don;t know if you have many exemptions so that may be a factor in your decision to do the whole lot home study or not

I would recommend Kaplan over BPP anyday...the layout, diagrams, flow charts etc are much more user friendly...BPP tended to be very "block sentences" . Also i thought the exam kit, had more "exam quality" questions than the BPP

You will figure out what are your particular strengths and weaknesses as you move through the course...

Best of luck,

Thanks folks - I hadn't come across Kaplan in my research so thanks again!

Exemption-wise, I have a Bachelor of Business and I think it entitles me to four exemptions. My main worry with these is that they are subjects that I haven't studied in five years! Is it wise to ignore them? FInancial Accounting, management Accounting, Accountant in Business and something else.

If you don't mind my asking; do both of you work in accountancy based roles?
I don't and my principal reason for taking this on is that I feel it is a relevant, solid business qualification on top of the degree.

Carb

paulie1981 wrote: »

Thanks folks - I hadn't come across Kaplan in my research so thanks again!

Exemption-wise, I have a Bachelor of Business and I think it entitles me to four exemptions. My main worry with these is that they are subjects that I haven't studied in five years! Is it wise to ignore them? FInancial Accounting, management Accounting, Accountant in Business and something else.

If you don't mind my asking; do both of you work in accountancy based roles?
I don't and my principal reason for taking this on is that I feel it is a relevant, solid business qualification on top of the degree.

I found the theoretical papers lend themselves better to home study than the computational ones. ie audit, strategy, IS papers.

However the accounting papers are well taught in the home study courses and it would certainly be possible to do them this way. Many people do. It would depend more whether you feel it's something you can pick up relatively easiy or not. Some people are stronger in some areas than others.

Wouldn't worry too much about the exemptions and the fact it's been 5 years. The later papers cover the required knowledge in less detail but if you have done it in the past, it will come back to you.

Kaplin for me too.

jockey#1

I worked in practice for a number of years until I was made redundant a number of months ago. Working in accountancy does help with some of aspects of the exams but i wouldn't worry about it too much.

I would agree with Carb's point that the theory exams are easier to study at home. If you attend classes for theory subjects the alot of the time the lecturers are just reading from the book.

another world

Can anyone tell what they think of doing home study for P1 and P3? I'll hopefully be doing P2 aswell but I'll be doing lectures for that ad it's meant to be hard. If I could get away with it I'd prefer home study for the others.

jockey#1

another world wrote: »

Can anyone tell what they think of doing home study for P1 and P3? I'll hopefully be doing P2 aswell but I'll be doing lectures for that ad it's meant to be hard. If I could get away with it I'd prefer home study for the others.

Hey,

I done both P1 & P3 through a home study course, passed P1 first time but got 49% in P3 (Passes second time round). I would say it is very achievable to study both subjects at home and pass with a little bit of effort and discipline.

As I said in an earlier post definitely do P2 in class, very tough exam. I would highly recommend Liam Doran in independent colleges (No affiliation with them) he is a very funny guy and makes the subject more interesting if thats possible unlike other droll lecturers

Online01

Hi

What might be a good idea, its to go to the opentuition.com website and they have free BASIC course notes for all the subjects. This will give you an indication of what each subject involves , so you can see what you may have studied before etc.


I've done all the "Theory" based papers via homestudy - F4, F8, P1, and am going to do P7 this session homestudy as well. All others i went to class to. However thats because i know i struggle with computational exams much more. Tuition is very expensive - bout 750-820 is think depending on the level.

If anyone has P7 Intl Audit books for sale please PM me .

P3: I have to look into this yet but would be doing it in December if all goes to plan - how much computation was involved in it?

As for ACCA, more relevant than a BS degree - well there was a guy in my P2 Class, who had a Masters in Business/Accounting and still didn;t get an exemption for P2..so thats gotta tell you something...When i asked why he was doing the ACCA, he said everyone in "INDUSTRY" were looking for it...

R

mozattack

Courses are a waste of time and money. A lecturer reads the book and does questions which you wouldn't even consider doing until the end of the year or week before exam.

Read the book yourself. Do exam questions. Why would you need some guy there to do them for you?

I did 9 ACCA exams so far and passed all comfortably with books from Kaplan Lynch.

Prior to that I did my Institute of Tax exams without going to lectures for 2nd and 3rd years.

It is all the same.

another world

I´ll probably do P1 and P3 home study with the revision course and P2 with the full course.

I did 3 subjects home study last time around and I think they went fine but with work this time I think it´ll be a different story

paulie1981

Online01 wrote: »

Hi

What might be a good idea, its to go to the opentuition.com website and they have free BASIC course notes for all the subjects. This will give you an indication of what each subject involves , so you can see what you may have studied before etc.


I've done all the "Theory" based papers via homestudy - F4, F8, P1, and am going to do P7 this session homestudy as well. All others i went to class to. However thats because i know i struggle with computational exams much more. Tuition is very expensive - bout 750-820 is think depending on the level.

If anyone has P7 Intl Audit books for sale please PM me .

P3: I have to look into this yet but would be doing it in December if all goes to plan - how much computation was involved in it?

As for ACCA, more relevant than a BS degree - well there was a guy in my P2 Class, who had a Masters in Business/Accounting and still didn;t get an exemption for P2..so thats gotta tell you something...When i asked why he was doing the ACCA, he said everyone in "INDUSTRY" were looking for it...

R

Thank you for this - I'll have a look at opentuition. As for the degree, I find the attitude tends to be that a degree is nice but are you an accountant?

Senior positions in Ireland are held by accountants it would seem.