Oxford Brookes degree -Grading & Graduation Questions

Did any one knows people with only OBU degree secured a place for masters straight with accredited universities?

thanks

@hussainsabt92 – you would have to write to the OBU office (address in the Info Pack). There won’t be another UK ceremony until next Spring /Summer at the earliest whereas the Dubai graduation is normally February.

I have completed my F-level papers and I passed my f4 in December 2014. Since I completed my f4 exam after June 2014 and I did not provide ACCA any English proficiency before completing F7, 8,9 so I would not be eligible to do OBU (although OBU has been opted in myACCA )

So I was wondering if anyone could explain to me the importance and use of OBU as an advantage for employment purposes? ( Does it really affect me if I do not hold any degree and only depend on my ACCA certificate for getting employed)

Best of regards

@Jahnvi – well done for thinking ahead.

You have highlighted a problem area – the OBU degree is not recognised everywhere and neither is ACCA in the USA and most of Canada. Obviously you don’t really want to spend time and have to re-study the same subjects to just get the North American equivalent of what you already have. So this may call for an ‘out of the box’ solution.

I think you really need to stand back and ask yourself where realistically do you see yourself career-wise in 5 or 6 years time? What do you really want to do with your life and career? I don’t want to be a scaremongerer but I found the attached quite interesting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34066941
The inevitable fact is that many who are currently training as accountants will find themselves in the Western world at best struggling to find work and at worst replaced by artificial intelligence. The real survivors will be those with specialisms that artificial intelligence will find hard to replicate.

So my advice is to develop new skills and qualifications rather than mere alternatives that are basically the same as what you have or hope to have in a year’s time. The other thing to remember is that just because you intend to live in Canada doesn’ t mean you have to physically study there unless your mind is firmly set on being a CPA. Personally I think an MBA or other appropriate masters degree would advance your long term career prospects and this could be done distance learning. Choosing a distance learning Masters from a UK University solves the recognition problem. Another recommendation is going for the CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) qualification. ACCA is recognised by ACFE and if you wanted to do a Masters subsequently you could choose one that include aspects of criminology such as forensic accounting, fraud management or financial investigations. These types of specialist investigative roles are likely to increase going forward and unlikely ever (at least in the foreseeable future) to be replaced by machines

Please select an appropriate forum or give your problem a more accurate title when posting a query – this whole forum is ‘Oxford Brookes’!!

The SLS is about looking at your learning and development and Q2 should be approached by considering what the challenges were in doing your work. Reflect on what were your strengths and weaknesses and what went well, what you could have done better, what you might do differently in future or have changed with the benefit of hindsight. Was your approach appropriate what else you feel you could have done / have liked to have done? What has it taught you about project work and consider if you think your skill set was sufficient or deficient when it came to meeting your objectives

It is based on the average of papers sat and passed so rather than the normal 6 papers it will be based on the average of F5-F9. The actual class of honours can also be determined by the grade from the RAP – the higher the average exam mark the less the actual impact of the RAP grade itself though. All this is explained in the Info Pack.

Hi. I wasn’t aware of the graduation ceremony.When and where is it held??

This is covered in both the OBU Information Pack and the OBU Resubmission Guide. So please consult those

Dear Moioi,

you have to send request for your transcript. I guess you have to pay GBP 20 to get your transcript. for further information, contact OBU directly.

Regards,
ALI FAROOQ – ACCA Member USA Chapter, CPA USA & OBU Registered Mentor

@Hafsa

Please consider this page :

https://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/student/exam-entry-and-administration/oxford-brookes-bsc-hons-in-applied-accounting/oxford-brookes-bsc-celebrating-success.html

Regards,
Hammad Ahmed Qureshi – OBU BSc. RAP Mentor.

@trephena I’m just looking for a bit of confirmation here……

F1-F5 exempt
F6 81
F7 81
F8 March
F9 60

Am I correct in thinking that any pass in F8 and RAP gives me a 1st class degree?

Thanks

Dear Members,

I hope you guys are doing well, I know this question might be questioned a lot of times but as an individual I want to confirm myself.

On average of F4-F9 I will be scoring 71% which is First Class degree if I pass my RAP, so is there any student who have applied on OBU degree basis for Post graduation (Masters) in Australia and UK and was accepted without any hurdle?

On simple note will I have any disadvantage ?? or I will be seen as a normal degree holder candidate?

Regards.