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About OpenTuition.com

OpenTuition is a multi-award winning website, providing accountancy students throughout the world with the resources they need to study for the major accountancy qualifications, completely free of charge.

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OpenTuition won multiple PQ Awards for the Best Accountancy Website in 2011, and the Best Study resource in 2023 and 2010.

OpenTuition.com has over 500,000 registered users, and over 20,000 students use the site every day from every corner of the globe.

The aim of all the contributors to OpenTuition is to enable dedicated students to have the study resources they need regardless of location or financial circumstances. All the material is, and will remain, completely free of charge.

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The authors of the material are all qualified accountants who have previously been full-time lecturers for accountancy training organisations in the UK, and their material is of the highest quality – equal to anything commercially available.

Many students who study for other qualifications, like CPA, ICEAW or AAT  also find our resources useful in their studies.


OpenTuition Tutors

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Graham Hambly (PQ Magazine) and John Moffat (OpenTuition)

John Moffat qualified as an accountant in the UK and has been teaching accountancy for forty years – both in the UK and throughout Europe. He held various senior positions within Financial Training (now Kaplan) including that of Managing Director of Financial Training London. He founded OpenTuition in 2008, and was awarded the “Editors Special Award 2015” by PQ Magazine.

Chris Barlow qualified as an accountant with Deloitte in Liverpool, UK. He has over 15 years of experience teaching accountants at Kaplan and LSBF, both in the UK and overseas. In his current role he lectures at the University of Liverpool at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Ken Garrett qualified as an accountant in the UK and has been teaching accountancy for over thirty years. He was a Director of Financial Training Leeds and has taught for both Kaplan and LSBF. He founded one of the first accountancy e-learning companies in the UK, which was subsequently purchased by BPP.

Kim Smith qualified as an accountant in London and first taught ACCA in Africa. She was managing director of ATC International before it was acquired by Becker. She was an ACCA examiner for seven years, and brings a wealth of experience to our audit and assurance, ethics and general forums.

Mike Little qualified as an accountant in the UK and has been teaching accountancy for over forty years. – in the UK and in many other parts of the world. He was a Director of Financial Training Manchester.

Jilly Bourne qualified as an accountant in the UK and has been teaching accountancy for many years in the UK.


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Free ACCA and CIMA lecture notes

We offer course notes for majority of ACCA Papers. You can access them from ACCA resources page, or if you need a PDF copy you can download and print your copy.

The course notes do have most of the information you need for the exams, but they are only brief, and are meant to be used with OpenTuition free lectures!

For some topics everything might be clear after reading the course notes, but for other topics it is good to have a Study Text to read in more detail. Our course notes are not meant to replace courses or study texts, but we hope that you will find them useful.

ACCA and CIMA Lectures & Tests

Our video lectures are an excellent way to study! With over 600 videos for ACCA exams  – we have the largest bank of free ACCA study materials. Study like you have never left the lecture room from the comfort of your home or office.

Ask the Tutor Forums

If you have any problems with your studies then our tutors are available to help. You should ask your question in the relevant forum and a tutor will try and sort out your problem for you


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