Eligibility Questions

I was told by an overseas student that English proficiency was being phased out, However they then came back and said this was just a possibility that OBU was consideringi.e. nothing definite has been decided.

Personally I think there needs to be some proficiency in English – markers need to be able to understand key concepts and ideas when assessing work and it is an award being made by a British University. Whilst perfection in English should not be
necessary and the language create a bar, there still needs to be a minimum Standard of written English to fulfil these requirements (in my opinion)

My advice: get your English proficiency sorted out now before attempting F7/8/9 (or their new equivalents) rather than hope the rule will be changed

Good news for all those will problems proving proficiency in English – received from Oxford Brookes today:

Changes to English Proficiency

We have some exciting news about the eligibility requirements for the BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University.

Oxford Brookes University has aligned their English Language Proficiency requirements with those of the ACCA. There is no longer a requirement for students to submit an English language qualification such as IELTS to ACCA for approval. It is hoped that this change removes a significant barrier to participation.

This change has been back-dated and so students that have already completed FR, FM or AA (papers 7, 8, 9) will still be eligible for the BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting if they are within the 10 year rule. If students have any questions regarding this, please ask them to contact acca@brookes.ac.uk

That’s good. I also have been aiming to get my study visa but the bigger challenge will be to pass my IELTS. I don’t want to fail it and that’s why would like to get the professional ielts coaching in mohali. Just creating a list of the best institutes. Hopefully will join one by the end of next week.

Where does it say you can’t have any professional papers passed before submitting RAP?

@irfanullahjan said:
Where does it say you can’t have any professional papers passed before submitting RAP?

I remember reading something like that. Maybe I misread. Thanks for clearing that up.
Also the document you linked is very helpful.

Final question— how long would I need to get through the entire thing? Period 40 RAP submission last date is 13 May. How many months prior should I start?

@danny969 said:
Final question— how long would I need to get through the entire thing? Period 40 RAP submission last date is 13 May. How many months prior should I start?

The answer is – it depends.

Information gathering, planning, writing and improving the quality of your RAP will take substantial amount of time. Therefore it will depend on your individual situation: if you are full time employed/student/unemployed, do you have any personal obligations (family, friends, community). Take into account possible interruptions (holidays, illness, sometimes you will just be too tired to write another paragraph – I know this from my own experience).

I think for full time employed person 3-4 months of solid work should be fine. Taking into account that you will spend some time after your work and most of the weekends preparing your RAP. Also if you are an ACCA student I would advise to skip March session.

As long as you have cleared all of the foundation skills papers and are still with the 10 year registration limit you are eligible fior the degree programme and may submit your work for assessment.

With the RAP you are allowed up to 3 attempts to achieve a pass subject to the 10 year limit. Once either of those limits is reached then you may not subsequently submit.

@trephena Please see my query. thank you

This is not a question that we can answer reliably and therefore you are advised to contact acca@brookes.ac.uk and they should be able to advise