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Is the certificate sent separately. For the time being I have received the pass letter, award confirmation letter and the transcript.
Should I also expect a certificate?
Hi,
I am a period 38 student and passed the OBU degree in the sept 2019 results. Yesterday I received my pass letter, award confirmation and transcript by registered post. Are these three the only documents which will be sent by OBU or should I also expect a certificate which will be sent by post in the future?
Yes exactly, ACCA just takes around 1.5 months to issue the results with multiple folds of students sitting per session unlike the OBU degree which gets 4 months of time span with relatively low count of submissions than ACCA. At least they should have notified us about the delay on the 17th sep.
With regard to the graduation day I got to know that students don’t receive any certificates or at least some sort of a general medal or badge authenticating our completion of the BSc.That is pathetic. I don’t know how it is in the UK. It is discouraging for students to fly for the graduation day all the way to Dubai or Malaysia just for a handshake on the stage. I know that a decent amount of students attend the graduation, but the event can be made more pleasing if OBU provides the graduates with some sort of certificate, medal or bagde on the big day.
COMMENT BY Trephena – As has already been explained the two systems are not comparable. I am not aware that EVERY SINGLE ACCA paper that is failed is remarked for example – which is the case with the RAP. Also Degrees are regulated and all UK Universities have accreditations that mean that the work has to be reviewed by external examiners – again I do not believe that is the case with ACCA papers.
It is a graduation ceremony and not school prize giving! I will tell you exactly what it is in the UK. The numbers are huge (during graduation periods probably graduates numbers run to five figures) – so it would be logistically impossible with no shows to ensure that everyone ended up with the right certificates on the day and therefore the norm for every UK university is to send the certificate to the registered address of the student. I accept that overseas the numbers are smaller but administratively if someone didn’t turn up what then? What would happen to their certificate? If not collected it could end up being lost or mislaid – it can only be issued once so then further moans and complaints understandably would ensue if students were told ‘tough you should have collected it and you didn’t’.
The graduation ceremony is for friends and family to join with you to congratulate and share in your success and as you are not compelled to attend, I suggest you stay home if you don’t think it’s worth attending. As for a badge or medal? Oh please! The object of doing the work is to obtain a degree and you get certificate to verify this – if you want a badge or medal take up a sport and start training for the Olympics!
hi there,
I submitted my rap in May 2019 (Period 38)
The word count from the start of the title page till the end of conclusion in part 3 was 7151 words, and I have mentioned the word count on the title page as 7151 words.
However, in the Research Report file I have also included the reference list and appendices which will add up to 7640 words.
I am confused on whether:
– the markers will consider the 7151 words on the title page (word count from title page to research conclusions)
– the markers will keep checking till the word count is 7500
– or will 7640 in the MS word count will result in a faillooking forward for any reply. thanks in advance
