Resubmission Queries

Hello,

I don’t know if it’s appropriate to post my question here but I did’t find other topics about it.

In the resubmission statement form, I see the signature on the last line. Do I have to print it out, sign on it and then scan again so I have a soft copy? Can I submit a word file of the resubmission statement?

Thanks.

Hi All,

I am looking for some help…..

I failed my SLS in last submission period with below feedback

Q1: Re submission Statement ; Should I include my 4th meeting with the mentor in which he helped me access the feedback ?

Q2: Revises SLS : While answering Question 1 should I make reference of my 4th meeting ( Post Result) with the mentor or just re-write the old Original in the light of feedback ?

Q3: I need some help on Presentation, how to make it and achieved pass in it

Thanks

“Reasons for fail and advice for improvement:

Q 1 is unfortunately largely descriptive of the events that transpired at the 3 mentor meetings. What you need to do is to look at these events
and point out whether either before or after the process you were able to take advantage of strengths you already had or were able to erode
possible weaknesses you might have. What did you learn?

Q 2 you should look at specifically the initial research objectives you outlined
and seek to assess whether you were able to fully meet them in the course of completing your report. This can be both positive and negative
points of consideration. It isn’t though enough just to relate what they were without any further insights on your part. You adopt a SelfEvaluation
not achievement of Research objectives as an heading and what you cover is off the point from that point on.”

“Reasons for fail and advice for improvement:
There is no early slide that states what the project objectives actually are and the Conclusion slide is very general in terms of what it
suggests.”

“Moderator Comments
Moderator agrees with marker comments. The slides 11, 12, 14 are too dense and contain too much information to fit on the slide. “

I have failed on period 29 on Research Report. Last time, I have prepared my Appendix in Excel where annual reports were added in excel worksheets. Do I have to prepare annual report in PDf format on my resubmission?

This is what I did last time .. in a worksheet, I have prepared financial statements of both companies as to annual report. Then Ive calculated the ratio by linking the respective cells.

Ive knocked Obu official as well: his reply was more diplomatic than expected 🙁

“You just need to include the relevant extracts from the annual reports. Most students upload these in pdf format. You can upload more than one appendix. ”

I really dont have time to prepare pdf. Is it ok if my submit Excel appendix with annual reports in it.

Hello
I submitted my RAP in period 28 but failed, I applied five forces now I want to apply PEST analysis rather than five forces because I’m facing difficulty in applying five forces again. please ensure me that it is good decision and examiner will accept it?

thanks

Please Trephena , my research went to ACO in period 29 and i was asked to write on a different topic and different company. My question is that do issue a re-submission statement? i am submitting this november 2015.

@chickcynthia. As you are doing a different company and topic then there is no compulsion to write a resubmission statement. However I would advise you to read up on Evalution and Analysis and Referencing (there are articles on our homepage http://www.opentuition.com/obu
as these are the two most common reasons for failure and look at the Forum ‘Top Tips for the RAP’ as these should help you avoid some of the problems as obviously you want to be successful this time.

If you really want to give it your best shot and you have the time and as you are having to start from scratch I would suggest that you consider Topic 17. This if done properly has a high pass rate and 2 students who have followed my guidance on that forum have confirmed that they have passed with a grade B. Obviously with a resubmission you can now only achieve a C but if you read the posts on T17 and adhere to the advice you will stand a good chance of getting a pass like these students at your next attempt.

Thank you very much Trephena for your reply.

@ omerfayazz are you sure that is 2015 accounts or 2014 accounts which were finalized in 2015, if its 2015 accounts I am sure they should be half year, if that’s the case I am sure you can still use the 2012 – 2014 accounts but just highlight the issue.

@omerfayyazz – that is bad news that the main company still hasn’t published its March 2015 accounts – most companies aim to get them out in 90 days. Are really they still not out as that would now be 180 days! This is going to cause a prob because effectively for P31 they are going to be so out of date by then (about 19 months old). If they are now available somewhere use them as the 90 day OBU rule only applies to the fact they don’t want you to use old statements but really recently published ones are fine…

I don’t like advising prorating but I think you may have to consider this i.e. using the last quarterly or half year accounts they produced (I trust they did???) even if they are not audited. It would be a pain but the markers won’t accept statements that are so old as Mar 2014. Decision time:

1. Prorating OR
2. Changing main company

That’s bad luck for you but I can’t really think what else you can do…. 🙁

@maathangi – you are spared resubmitting the SLS and Presentation. No formal mentor meetings required but you will need an OBU listed mentor to sign off your work and need to put in his/her details as part of the new submission process. If not listed you won’t be able to submit at all

@faizi4422 – you should review your answers to all 4 Qs but probably significantly ‘rewrite’ Q1 & 2. The markers want you to show what you learned from going from an ACCA student just studying and sitting exams to researching independently and producing a 7,500 word report. They are not interested in what your mentor or you did and said but why and how it affected things and helped achieve objectives. In Q2 they want to know what strengths you built on what weaknesses you had to overcome and any particular challenges you encountered. They don’t want something that is idealised – just the trials, tribulations and successes and how your learning and development and skill set gained from the process