ACCA graduation for new members Oct 2016

Nellsbells

Did anyone attend the annual graduation last year in the Aviva stadium for new ACCA members? My parents are after booking a holiday leaving the day it is on, they are so disappointed and want to change their flights. Just wondering is it worth going to and what type of ceremony is it?

ZeroThreat

Nellsbells wrote: »

Did anyone attend the annual graduation last year in the Aviva stadium for new ACCA members? My parents are after booking a holiday leaving the day it is on, they are so disappointed and want to change their flights. Just wondering is it worth going to and what type of ceremony is it?

I didn't even realise they had an ACCA graduation ceremony, in Ireland, at least.

Have you/they been to a previous college graduation?

SBWife

It's not a huge deal. There's no presentation just a everybody stand and get a round of applause.

Chivito550

I'd also be interested in knowing more about this. A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into passing those exams, so it would be nice to have a proper celebration to acknowledge the achievement. There's something a bit cold about receiving the cert in the post I must say.

ZeroThreat

Chivito550 wrote: »

I'd also be interested in knowing more about this. A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into passing those exams, so it would be nice to have a proper celebration to acknowledge the achievement. There's something a bit cold about receiving the cert in the post I must say.

Seems appropriate to me, accountants are stereotyped as cold and impersonal

Chivito550

So myself and my parents are going to this in October. They have preconceived notions that I will be presented with a cert and there will be a professional photographer there taking photos of each person to hang on the wall beside all the other graduation photos in the house.

The fact I have already received my cert in the post leads me to believe this will be the kind of thing where they spout on for awhile about how great the ACCA are.

What can I expect?

ZeroThreat

Chivito550 wrote: »

So myself and my parents are going to this in October. They have preconceived notions that I will be presented with a cert and there will be a professional photographer there taking photos of each person to hang on the wall beside all the other graduation photos in the house.

The fact I have already received my cert in the post leads me to believe this will be the kind of thing where they spout on for awhile about how great the ACCA are.

What can I expect?

They sent you your cert in the post? That's more than I expected tbh.

After I completed the F papers, I merely got the ability to print off an 'advanced diploma in accounting & finance' from the acca website.
tbh I was expecting the same thing after finishing the professional level exams.

Immy

It's been over 10 years since mine, but we were called up on stage and presented with a cert and photographs were taken etc. Just like a normal graduation