Eligibility Questions

is f4 is becoming a CBE ??

Hi I have already passesd for the part one will be taking f4 and f5 dis june and ve opted for tbe OBU degree so I want to know if I would be affected.i already have an IELTS

Eugboadi, if you pass F4 in June, you won’t be affected by the new changes.

Deelo… F4 will be available as CBE at December 2014 exam sitting for the first time.

Hello all
Is there anyone can answer my question?

I attempted 3 papers in December 2013. And i passed F5 and F6, but failed on F4.

1. The thing make me curious is other students who i known also didn’t pass the F4 and didn’t submit the english language qualification, but they are opted into the OBU degree partnership. We all from one tuition, suddenly only two of us are not opted into the partnership and it make me so uncomfortable. Why?

2. What If i attempt 4 papers this June which are F4,F7,F8 and F9, then pass on F4 and others. Is it make me eligible to opt in OBU partnership?

@brashizo – in my article about eligibility I was citing from the current Information Pack (2013/2014):

“Providing you complete Paper F4, then this will be acceptable. Oxford Brookes University deems Paper F4 as proof of English proficiency therefore you should complete this exam and opt in with ACCA before passing Papers F7-F9”

If you have received an email from OBU to the contrary then obviously the Info Pack needs to be updated to reflect this. Perhaps you could contact the Admin Office at OBU for direct clarification on this matter? I can then correct the information I present to students.

However if your English is proficient then there is generally no problem. Although the RAP submitted to OBU, as a British university, is marked by native English speakers, they do not expect perfect English as they appreciate that as a worldwide body, ACCA students do not all have the benefit of having English as their mother tongue.

However the RAP has to communicate information effectively and occasionally there can be failures on the grounds of “Communication”, one of the assessment criteria under Graduate Skills. This is applied as following: “Meaning often unclear” and / or “Grammar and / or spelling contain frequent errors” and if significantly evident, will be construed as non-competent whereas “Language mostly fluent” and “Grammar and spelling mainly accurate” will be assessed as competent. In my experience the markers usually only fail on Communication if they really have to struggle to understand the concepts of what is being presented and overall they feel that the RAP lacks coherency to the point that they really do not understand much of what the student has written.

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Dear anna

Kindly send me also . And can u guide me how much score is required in ilets..

Hi,
Could u please let me know how could I find out whether I have opt for bsc degree on myacca

Thankz Shahbaz
Could you please tell me what other degrees/opportunities are open while studying acca?

I recently found out that i am not opted for BSC program 🙁

Is there any other way for me to get BSC degree?

@abdullahzafar Sorry but unfortunately I think if there is no way you can opt back in, the answer is no, you cannot do the OBU BSc in Applied Accounting.

We have had this question before on the Forums and I think the answer is tied up to the rules on accredited prior learning. In the UK a degree normally involves a 3 year course of study but you can be given a certain amount of prior learning credits to shorten this period however as far as I know this accreditation ( which ultimately is laid down by the body that governs UK universities not OBU itself) will not allow more than a certain amount of accreditation before you enter a degree programme and anything over and above that cannot be counted. What this means in practice is that F4, F5 & F6 give the maximum number of credits allowed and the rest has to be learning done after you have entered the programme, so if you have already done F7/8/9 these cannot be counted and therefore you would not end up with sufficient credits overall for the degree.

I know it sounds harsh, but OBU cannot do anything about this as they don’t make the rules, they just have to abide by them. To try to avoid this now, new students agree to join the programme when they register with ACCA and actually have to opt out if they don’t want to submit the RAP. If they have opted out then they can change their mind and opt back in as long as they have not passed F7/8/9

@rodz. There are plenty of other opportunities for you. To find out more, check out the links below:

https://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/qualifications/glance/acca/diplomas.html
https://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/qualifications/glance.html

Anna

@abdullahzafar. The only scenario in which you can opt back to the degree scheme is if you haven’t sat F7 – F9 papers and you prove your English language proficiency before passing F7, F8 and F9.

Anna