Oxford Brookes degree -Grading & Graduation Questions

Is the OBU graduation ceremony for Nov 2012 submission on the 21st of June 2013

Has anyone ever attended the OBU graduation and ceremony or do know anyone who has attended. I would like to know what it entails and the kind of treatment u will recieve there and also if it is worth attending

It's about an hour or so ceremony, with about 4 speeches. Everyone goes up. It's recorded if you want a video DVD of the day, professional photographs.

Not sure if you NEED robes? There were 5 out of 400 who didn't have a robe? But obviously with the robes getting the pics done is nice.

Afterwards they had a reception where we had free wine, orange juice, scones and sandwiches.

It was a good day :) And now it's just awaiting the photos!

Let me know if you want to know any more specifics

To egrek:

HI there, i graduated from the OBU receiving the letter in early April this year.

Do you have any idea on when will i be receiving the official certificate from the Uni itself? As it how long do the Uni take the despatch the certificate out?

Thanks!

Egrek,

Thanks for the reply. MWHL when did you pass the RAP and when where you invited to attend the graduation..

And also wat of the ACCA members graduation in london do u know when it will hold and is it for just ACCA UK members

My graduation ceremony is in Kuala Lampur , Malaysia and I would be attending it on 8th August this year.

cheers

Hi

I sent my dissertation in March 2009 for the April 2009 deadline.
I was told I passed in July 2009 (no grade)
Was told what I got in August 2009 (also told I'd be invited to a graduation next year).
I think the certificate was Aug/Sep 2009???
My graduation was in April 2010

My graduation was at Oxford Brookes Uni. There were a LOT of international students. Don't know of any London ones.

I believe there is one ceremony a year, so passing the August deadline is better than the April deadline as you've not got to wait a year to graduate! :)

Hi there,
I wonder if anyone could help me. I found out this month that I passed my Oxford Brookes project (hooray!) and that I will be invited to a graduation ceremony (in London) in due course. I have managed to ascertain that this will be next April, but apparently the actual date will not be available for several more months?! Talk about cutting it fine! I was just wondering if anyone who's been to a London April graduation could tell me what date it was? And was it a weekday or weekend? I realise it might not be the same next year but at least it would be a starting point!
Many thanks.

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Hi. I got my OBU certificate by mail on 20th Dec 2012. Any idea where & when graduation ceremony will be held

Hi I recently passed The Oxford Brookes RAP and received the Bsc, in Applied accounting,I am considering taking a master degree and most importantly i am planning on having my education assessed to obtain a local education equivalency for employment purposes.My concern is that i was notified OBU does not provide additional transcripts(beside the one i was given with the certificate) to credential evaluation services which is a condition to obtain a degree equivalency and to submit an application for any graduate program in most countries including mine.I would like to know if anyone of you knows anything with regards to obu transcripts, credentials evaluation and i would like to have anyone currently enrolled in a graduate program (except obu master and Acca global Mba) to share his experience with the matter...

Hi Guys! I read somewhere on here that if you passed your ACCA F4-F9 papers long time ago and your marks have been converted to "conversion pass" on the exam status, then you just get 2:1 degree disregarding what marks you had. I called ACCA to check this, and ACCA said that OBU still can obtain the pass marks and calculate average to determine degree class. Do you know which one is correct?

@lana - I think you may have to clarify this with OBU - pity you didn't raise the issue earlier as the OBU Office will now (and is likely to be for the next few weeks) swamped with submissions and problems with submissions and won't see this type of query as a priority. I suggest that you contact them about mid June when they may be able to deal with it more promptly. :-)

Therpena, I guess I'll find out for sure in September. If I pass that is :)

Yes of course @lana you will find out in the fullness of time but I would be curious too in your position :-) and as it may help other students in a similar position do contact OBU and let us all know. Imagine it is pretty manic there right now what with the system crash the other day :-( and submissions and a public holiday so just wait until the 'dust settles' and they will then be able to give you a definitive answer :-D Good luck with the submission btw :-)

@Iana - Things wil probably be calming down a bit now I imagine in the OBU Admin office after the Period 28 submissions, so if you send them your query now, you are likely to have a reply and answer to your question back fairly quickly. Do post the answer on the forum so we all know. Thanks :-)

I would like to understand how the grading system works for OBU, here are my scores, F4 - 59 F5 - 69 F6 - 55 F7 - 64 F8 - 62 F9 - 51 I guess the grading starts from F4, also what do I have to score in the project to make a good grade. The grading is a bit confusing and I am scared that my grade will be very low with the score that I have. Anyone that knows this should please break it down for me.

My average marks of papers F4 to F9 are 53%. If I apply for the degree , which grade I achieve? Thanks

@leo If your project gets A or B grade then you will get lower second class degree and if you get C then you will get third class degree. Thanks.

Hello. How do you calculate the average mark? Can you give me an example? (show me) F4: 61% F5: 66% F6: 57% F7: 62% F8: 68% F9: 64% Thanks!

@dookhan12 avg =(61+66+57+62+68+64)/6 = 63

@dookhan12 Koolp has done right calculation and you will get upper second class degree regardless of RAP grade. You just need to pass. Thanks...

Determination of class of degree for BSc (Hons.) in Applied Accounting degree will be based on both: - The ACCA average mark determined from the exam marks in the Fundamentals Skills papers (F4–F9) - The grade achieved for the Research and Analysis Project. The ACCA average mark will be calculated by taking the numerical average of the marks achieved in the Fundamentals Skills papers (F4–F9) that you have sat and passed. Where the calculated average mark is not a whole number, the calculated average will be rounded up or down accordingly. If you have been given an exemption from any of the three papers F4–F6, no mark is available and so will not be included in the calculation of the ACCA average mark. Note added by Trephena:There is Simple table provided for determination of Class of Degree on p14 of the OBU Information Pack together with some specific examples

@ibitola Your grade for the RAP itself is independent of your exam grades. However the average of your exam grades + the RAP grade will normally dictate the class of Honours that are bestowed on you when you get the BSc degree. Based on the scores that you have provided your average mark is 60 which in your particular case according to the table in the Information Pack means that regardless of your RAP grade you will get an Upper Second - usually referred to as a 2.1 A 2.1 Honours is perfectly respectable and normally means that most universities (in the UK at least) would accept you on a post-graduate course e.g. a Masters should you wish to continue your studies :-D

Ibitoye u'h a good grade averaging 60 aspar ur quoted scores. U just need to pass ur project whether A,B or C it does not affect u as u are on a strong 2.1 grade. .

I have an average of 65%, wish it was a little more than that and i would have first class. anyways is it really difficult to pass this project? my friends told me even minor mistakes can cause a failure, is this really so difficult?

@captmario The average pass rate is somewhere between 52% - 54% I believe. Most students fail on Evaluation and Referencing. Which is why I am always banging on about them - in particular about Evaluation. Do that those two things right and there is usually no problem! :-)

Hi everybody, I was just wondering, in case we fail a paper and get say 45%, then resit it and score say 65%, which of both marks will be considered for the calculation of OBU Bsc in applied accounting final grade? I haven't seen any topic about this question anywhere... Thank you in advance. Nabil

Hi No, your failed mark will not be considered at all. Your pass mark of 65% will be used for calculating the average for the BSc. I confirmed this bit of info with OBU before.