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- March 29, 2023 at 10:37 am #681998
There are no major changes in the SBL Syllabus for September 2023 but there are major changes to the exam format. See here:
https://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/student/exam-entry-and-administration/about-our-exams/changes-to-sbl—sept-23.htmlIn summary:
1 Pre-seen material will be released by ACCA two weeks before the exam. This will give the background information about the organisation being dealt with in the case study and will reduce the amount of reading and re-reading you have to do during the exam. Some additional material will be presented in the exam.
2 The time for the exam will fall from 4 hours to 3 hours 15 minutes.
3 The exam will now have three compulsory tasks, with each task having a varying number of parts and total marks.
4 There will still be 20 marks for professional skills. All five professional skills will be covered once in the exam.Because the syllabus content has only minor changes our notes will not change significantly. You are safe studying the current notes for the September exam, though a new edition will be issued in June or July.
April 15, 2023 at 1:57 pm #682668I’m wondering what will happen to the exam fees?
April 17, 2023 at 2:10 am #682831Failed march 23 seating with a 47%. I’m contemplating on whether to retake it in June or September with the new format.
Can anyone advice?
April 19, 2023 at 6:09 am #683174In June. As your knowledge will be still fresh. I failled in December and retaked in March with 51%.
May 26, 2023 at 4:01 pm #685121are we eligible for rank when re-appearing for a subject?
May 26, 2023 at 6:54 pm #685156Welcome to the Opentuition forums. What exactly do you mean by the term “rank”?
June 7, 2023 at 12:06 pm #686340I believe you are ineligible for a prize if you have previously sat the exam.
June 7, 2023 at 12:13 pm #686341July 19, 2023 at 6:05 pm #688595Free books and material from accountancy school. I don’t need it anymore so I am giving it away. I live in Cork
July 20, 2023 at 9:54 pm #688658Happy to have them
July 21, 2023 at 1:27 am #688663For post about buying and selling books and giving away books please post on the following forum-
https://opentuition.com/forum/buy-or-sell-forums/
Please make it clear you are discussing buying, selling, giving away and receiving physical copies.
August 7, 2023 at 10:19 am #689528Hi everyone, do you think this exam is ok for self- study or is it better to get tuition?
thanksSeptember 24, 2023 at 7:28 pm #692484what you mean by SBL exam , Do they mean the strategic exam or all the 13 papers?
i will do MA paper in December is the change include MA paper ?April 5, 2024 at 4:27 pm #703696Hi,
I was looking for suggestions on how to best plan the exam answers. When I look at ACCA website, unless I didn’t find it, I only find reference to the old format re. 4 hours with 60 minutes of planning and 180 minutes for answering.
How should this approach be adjusted to the new format?
Thank you in advance and kind regards
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