Advancing the quality of the OBU – OpenTuition Recommended OBU Mentors

Dear lans50,
We do not recognise this description of our services (posted above on Mar 11, 2025) nor the activity you are describing here since we have an exceedingly high rate for first time passes and also for those who come to us having failed when having previously used a different mentor.
Further evidence of Absolute Mentoring’s spectacular performance is the fact that on 3 separate occasions one of our students has won the prize independently awarded by Oxford Brookes University for the best RAP submitted worldwide.
Unlike most other Mentors, we are professional academics with years of hands-on experience of research, teaching and assessing coursework and have also been members of the Oxford Brookes RAP Marking Team, which gives us in depth insight into why RAPs fail and conversely, the approach needed to get a good grade.
You have chosen to post under the cloak of anonymity, and if you care to remove your pseudonym, we can investigate your complaint objectively. Otherwise, we must construe your comment as a malicious, potentially libellous comment and an attempt to smear our good reputation. It is of course at great variance with the experience of our many delighted and successful students all backed by our verified pass rates. We do not incentivise students to leave positive reviews either – they are all done voluntarily by very grateful genuine students.

I am delighted for you, Martin, and enjoyed working with you too. I with you well in your upcoming postgraduate studies and am sure you will continue to have great success.

I have just passed my RAP at my first attempt and I would like to take this opportunity to thank Lorraine McKechnie again. During my BSc Applied Accounting research project, she provided many constructive feedback and helped me align my work with the marking criteria. Besides, she also gave me practical recommendations on the report format and its difference with a “paper”. She demonstrated attention to detail, deep understanding of the marking criteria and professionalism throughout the process.

I truly appreciate the effort she took to help me polish my RAP and I highly recommend Lorraine to future students seeking a mentor.

I had the privilege of learning with The Learning Luminarium – Irwin for my ACCA OBU Research Project, and I am truly grateful for his support. With his guidance, I passed on my first attempt and achieved an A grade, which was one of my proudest achievements.

This was the first time I felt I had learnt so much. He set clear deadlines and a structured timeline, and despite English being my second language and my limited experience of writing outside of ACCA, he never made me feel discouraged. He guided me every step of the way, provided feedback, and was always available for questions.

Completing this research came with many challenges, and at times I felt like I would never get there as I trying to juggle life and work commitments but Irwin’s patience, encouragement, and positivity made a huge difference to my confidence and success. I highly recommend him to anyone looking for dedicated and supportive guidance.

I passed my RAP with Second Class Honors and Grade B in the first attempt and I would like to thank my mentor Lorraine McKechnie from Absolute Mentoring for her immense support and guidance throughout the process.

She was extremely helpful, supportive, motivating & respectful from the start to the finish and also accepting/understanding of the ideas I proposed for the issues at hand.

Despite being late in submission of my drafts which impacted the decided schedule, she was very accommodating and her responses to my queries were always detailed, helpful and straight to the point as she provided examples along with the needed explanation.

Her feedback on my drafts enabled me to structure my report effectively, adjust my sentences to meet the word limit and improve professionalism in my report.

Initially I felt the number of meetings offered might be insufficient, but as the OBU project progressed, my queries were answered in the meetings and through the emails, hence I felt the number of meetings (3) were sufficient as per the time available to complete the OBU project.

One of the main reasons I considered Lorraine for mentoring was for her extensive experience as a marker for a long period of time. This helped structure/improve my report and meet the marking criteria from the examiner’s POV.

Her response to my emails was within the timeframe of 3-4 days, even though there were some delays at times, the response was always satisfying and helpful as needed.

Anyone who is comfortable with the structure of mentoring offered by Lorraine McKechnie and is willing to put in the effort required along with asking questions proactively, should definitely consider Absolute Mentoring.