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Important changes to Oxford Brookes BSc degree eligibility criteria

Forums › OBU Forums › Important changes to Oxford Brookes BSc degree eligibility criteria

  • This topic has 13 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 3 days ago by sugi1985.
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  • December 21, 2020 at 8:01 pm #600501
    ignite – OBU Registered Mentor
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    Oxford Brookes University recognises that the pandemic may have disrupted students’ studies and so has introduced another way in which students can demonstrate currency of knowledge.

    1. There is no longer a requirement to have opted-in to the BSc Applied Accounting prior to sitting FR (was F7), FM (was F9) or AA (was F8).

    2. A student must have passed 3 ACCA examinations in the last 5 years. The examinations can either be Applied Skills or Strategic Professional examinations (or a mixture of both).

    OR

    A student must pass the RAP within 10 years of the earliest of: the date of his first ACCA examination pass, or the date of your first ACCA exemption being granted.

    Let me know if you have any queries.

    Kind regards,
    Ignite Mentoring

    December 26, 2020 at 7:34 pm #600925
    sugi1985
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    Hi,

    My 10 year period expired in June 2020. May I know if I am eligible for the OBU degree under the new rule ?

    This is where I stand – in the 10 year period since I registered as an ACCA student I sat for the Tax and FM exams once each and was unsuccessful I’m both. I didn’t attempt any other exams as I was overwhelmed with work.

    Since this pandemic began I have decided to pursue ACCA again. May I know if I complete all 9 knowledge and skills level exams in 2020/2021, if I can submit my RAP in the November 2021 submission period?

    What does completing 3 ACCA exams in the last 5 years mean – since no specific dates are given does this mean say for eg if I want to submit in the NoVember 2021 period I should have 3 passes in skills/professional level subjects in the period between November 2016 and November 2021?

    Thanks

    January 4, 2021 at 11:30 am #601416
    sugi1985
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    Should I have ALREADY passed 3 subjects or can I pass in the future as long as it’s within 5 years of submission of my RAP?

    January 6, 2021 at 1:03 pm #601730
    trephena
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    Yes

    January 13, 2021 at 5:10 pm #605733
    sugi1985
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    Please clarify what the yes is for.

    January 13, 2021 at 7:24 pm #605743
    trephena
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    Should I have ALREADY passed 3 subjects – yes

    January 13, 2021 at 9:39 pm #605746
    sugi1985
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    Where does it say ? That’s not correct. The new rule is if your 10 year period has expired, u get an extension by passing 3 skills or professional level subjects within 5 years of the Rap submission

    January 13, 2021 at 9:42 pm #605747
    sugi1985
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    And if u meet all the other eligibility criteria.

    January 14, 2021 at 8:14 am #605765
    trephena
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    Just because you don’t like the answer does not make it incorrect!

    I cite the words below from the Programme Lead – please note the use of the word BEFORE:

    “We have received several questions regarding the recent change to eligibility criteria and so I would like to clarify the position.

    Student can meet the requirement for currency of knowledge by

    · Demonstrate currency of knowledge by *either*

    o passing your RAP within 10 years of the earliest of: the date of your first ACCA examination pass, *or* the date of your first ACCA exemption being granted

    *or*

    o *passing* 3 ACCA *examinations* (Applied Skills or Strategic Professional) in the 5 year period *before *submission of your RAP

    I hope this makes things clearer.
    I have attached a revised Information Pack
    Kind regards
    Kate

    January 14, 2021 at 8:30 am #605769
    trephena
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    My interpretation of this, given that English is my mother tongue, is that you may have reached the 10 year limit but because you may for example have passed exams within the last few years, you can be granted an extension of up to 5 years – starting presumably from the first of the 3 most recently passed exams

    You don’t submit the RAP first and then pass the exams which is what you are implying by the use of the word ‘future’ in your original question

    January 14, 2021 at 11:24 am #605781
    sugi1985
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    You have misread my question. I didn’t enquire about submitting the RAP first and then passing the exams, that would be absurd given that the skills level subjects marks are used to calculate the grade.

    By future I meant if a student can pass 3 skills or strategic level exams after this new rule has been implemented and be eligible to submit the RAP – say for eg a students 10 year eligibility period has expired but he or she has only passed the knowledge level and one skills level subject. So my question is can a student pass the other skills level subject in the FUTURE and be eligible ? Hope this clears up the misunderstanding.

    January 14, 2021 at 1:02 pm #605785
    trephena
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    My understanding as per the Programme Lead’s explanation is that this is EITHER / OR

    i.e. where a student is still within the 10 years of registration then there is no issue

    or If this has been exceeded, then the 5 year rule would come into effect:

    i.e. provided they have shown currency of knowledge by having passed 3 skills or professional papers within the 5 year period before submission of the RAP, they may submit – but the implication is that this period would end after the 5 years if no further exams are passed.

    So for submissions in November 2021 this would mean having passed the 3 exams no earlier than November 2016 (otherwise it would not be before 5 years of submitting the RAP). Provided they are still eligible to sit exams then a pass/passes anytime up to and including October 2021 sounds permissible.under the new rule.

    There may though then be an issue for re-submissions as the 5 year rule implies it is rolling period and that would concur with the 10 year rule – that a student had to pass the RAP before the 10 year rule is exceeded. So papers passed in 2016 would not probably count if the RAP were failed and a resubmission were needed in 2022 (but any more recent exams would then be taken into account).

    The OBU objective seems to put the emphasis on recency/currency of skills and knowledge and anything outside of the 5 years up to submission is not eligible – though the resubmission scenario set out above has not yet been clarified (or hadn’t been when I last looked). However for the rule to make sense I would expect it to be more or less as I have outlined

    January 14, 2021 at 3:07 pm #605812
    sugi1985
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    Thank you for the clarification. I am hoping to complete all 6 skills exam by June this yr and submit in the November 2021 period. So even if I find myself in a position where I have to resubmit in may 2022 since I would have passed 6 exams in maybe a year I shouldn’t have a problem right according to what you have said ?

    Won’t ACCA or OBU update their websites to reflect this very important change ? I read about this new rule in a forum and became aware of it. If not I would have given up on attaining this degree as my.10 year registration expired.

    January 14, 2021 at 8:48 pm #605867
    sugi1985
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    Is it fair to say we decide in which submission period we are going to submit and then go back 5 years from that date and see if we have 3 passes to demonstrate currency of knowledge ?

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