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BSc Applied Accounting - Oxford Brookes

I noticed on the ACCA website that once you have done certain exams you can submit a project and be awarded a BSc in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes and I was just wondering:

1. Anyone currently doing the ACCA plan on submitting the project?

2. How respected would the degree be? After doing the AAT and ACCA with a small firm, 2 A levels and that degree would I be able to get a position with a top 10 accounting firm or is it not good enough?

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Reply 1
kirstinx
I noticed on the ACCA website that once you have done certain exams you can submit a project and be awarded a BSc in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes and I was just wondering:

1. Anyone currently doing the ACCA plan on submitting the project?

2. How respected would the degree be? After doing the AAT and ACCA with a small firm, 2 A levels and that degree would I be able to get a position with a top 10 accounting firm or is it not good enough?

its a mickey mouse degree you do a 2000 word or something report and then get it, but the ACCA qual is highly regarded as you will be chartered from then !!!

depends on your a level grades and your experience i guess
Reply 2
Anybody who knows anything about degrees knows its not the best degree you can get, its just a chance to stick some letters after your name for those who didn't go to Uni.

With regards to top 10 accountancy firms - you do realise there is a big shortage of qualified accountants and accountants of a good calibre in this country? With just AAT/ACCA you could easily get into a big 4 firm - you don't need to bother with the degree for that.
Reply 3
No, I didn't know that, thanks:smile:
Reply 4
By all means do the degree - but don't forget that all accountancy firms will know how you obtained that degree, and how respected it is - I imagine it'd only be useful if you were moving careers/industries and also to show the average you obtained in your ACCA exams.

As in, if you obtain a first, its obvious that you will have averaged over 66% for the first 9 modules - good exam results pack more punch than the degree itself.
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Reply 6
Hi Marcus 123 and Barny, your argugument about OBU in Applied Accounting is absolute rubbish and baseless.Have you done your research on the degree? Have you used comparisons? Well I have done that and all the accounting degrees offered by the various universities are similiar to the OBU in Applied Accounting. Don't come on this forum and talk without having the facts to support your utterances. I am sure that if you had done a degree, and you had done any form of research in it, one of the requirment is that you support your argument with facts. Therefore don't come here and mislead anyone. You may not have physically attended the University, but it does not discredit or take away the fact that it is a good degree! Saying it is not good enough is similiar to saying ACCA and the University are not good enough!
Reply 7
Get the facts, it is not 2000 words, it is 8500 words!! Additionally all the papers are similiar tothe degree papers and are tougher too!!
Reply 8
Original post by Barny
With regards to top 10 accountancy firms - you do realise there is a big shortage of qualified accountants and accountants of a good calibre in this country? With just AAT/ACCA you could easily get into a big 4 firm - you don't need to bother with the degree for that.


Oh really?
Reply 9
Original post by RichyLuckG
Hi Marcus 123 and Barny, your argugument about OBU in Applied Accounting is absolute rubbish and baseless.Have you done your research on the degree? Have you used comparisons? Well I have done that and all the accounting degrees offered by the various universities are similiar to the OBU in Applied Accounting. Don't come on this forum and talk without having the facts to support your utterances. I am sure that if you had done a degree, and you had done any form of research in it, one of the requirment is that you support your argument with facts. Therefore don't come here and mislead anyone. You may not have physically attended the University, but it does not discredit or take away the fact that it is a good degree! Saying it is not good enough is similiar to saying ACCA and the University are not good enough!

I disagree with your point. I went to uni, I got a degree. If the Oxford Brooke's degree is that well respected, why isn't it offered to normal Oxford Brooke's students?? Secondly where are the statistics modules as taught in every accounting degree from a uni?? Thirdly doing this degree doesn't give you that many transferable skills. Compared to normal degrees. Eg teamwork, as the 9 papers are soley exam based. in my opinion the Oxford Brooke's degree in applied accounting is to only give someone an academic qualification on top of Acca. You cant apply to grad schemes with it, as employers know how it was obtained.
Also you can take the Acca exams as many times as you want until you pass, but with uni it's maximum of two attempts per paper, with attempt 2 capped.
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Reply 10
Seems like a bit of a joke degree, but I would still definitely write the 8500 words to have the BSc. Better than no degree!

Wonder if there is something similar with the ACA. It seems you can get half the credits towards a Birkbeck degree with the first 12 exams, with the other half learned through evening/weekend classes. Be interesting to see if the final 3 papers contribute towards a master degrees.
Reply 11
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Reply 12
You continue to make baseless and misleading statements. The difference between you andd I, is that at I always try to get the facts. You make aspersions such as: 'if the OBU degree in applied accounrting is respected, why isn't it offered to normal OBU stundents? The answer is simple. Why would normal OBU require it when they have not done ACCCA,or never Started with ACCA? It is exclusively for ACCA students.. I think you need to go back and do your research on the degree before you give advice... To answer your second questionn go and check paper F5 and F9, and you will see the statistical elements. You can't effectively give advice when you don't have the facts. It appears to me you are not an ACCA student that is why you are so bias. Your third question is vague. The syllabus is only structured for external exams. This means there is no course work. But that does not mean ACCA and tuition providers do not encourage team work in studying. YoEvery university which offers Graduate studies will question the undergrad degree of a pundergrad degree of a applicant, and of course some will not accept you if your degree is from a certain university, but I have persolly checked, and some universities in the UK an the US do accept it. I can appreciate your biases as you cannot understand such a degree and that I quiet understand. Finally, the structure of the exams are different. Again, when you attend university you get course which goes towards your work; you don't get course work in ACCA. Therefore your course work may assist in taking you through. With ACCA, you sink or swim.
Reply 13
Don't give any advice. You can't give unbiased advice. Try telling me what is in a degree that is not in the OB degree in Applied accounting.
Reply 14
The Oxford Brookes University is a credible university, it would not be doing anything to discredit itself.
Reply 15
Original post by RichyLuckG
You continue to make baseless and misleading statements. The difference between you andd I, is that at I always try to get the facts. You make aspersions such as: 'if the OBU degree in applied accounrting is respected, why isn't it offered to normal OBU stundents? The answer is simple. Why would normal OBU require it when they have not done ACCCA,or never Started with ACCA? It is exclusively for ACCA students.. I think you need to go back and do your research on the degree before you give advice... To answer your second questionn go and check paper F5 and F9, and you will see the statistical elements. You can't effectively give advice when you don't have the facts. It appears to me you are not an ACCA student that is why you are so bias. Your third question is vague. The syllabus is only structured for external exams. This means there is no course work. But that does not mean ACCA and tuition providers do not encourage team work in studying. YoEvery university which offers Graduate studies will question the undergrad degree of a pundergrad degree of a applicant, and of course some will not accept you if your degree is from a certain university, but I have persolly checked, and some universities in the UK an the US do accept it. I can appreciate your biases as you cannot understand such a degree and that I quiet understand. Finally, the structure of the exams are different. Again, when you attend university you get course which goes towards your work; you don't get course work in ACCA. Therefore your course work may assist in taking you through. With ACCA, you sink or swim.

Err I'm doing the Acca at the moment, I know exactly what the statistical content of f5 and f9 is, in all accounting degrees you have a separate module on statistics You didn't actually read my question... I said GRADUATE SCHEMES NOT STUDIES.. If you apply to pwc graduate scheme for example with that Oxford Brooks degree they will know instantly how it was obtained. Secondly, where is the separate economics module, as taught in every accounting degree?? Having a small amount of economics and statistics doesn't make up for not studying separate modules in those disciplines. Like I said before studying for the Oxford Brookes degree doesn't make sense over going to uni and studying accounting and Finance. 6 Acca modules a year plus 6 months for the dissertation is roughly the same amount of time as a degree AND YOU GET THE SAME 9 EXEMPTIONS.


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Reply 16
How do you quantify not enough? Is PWC is the only employer around? Let me tell you, before you have completed ACCA, you will have a different outlook. A degree is a degree and again, Oxford Brookes University would not have participated in such an alliance if it were going to be discredited by doing so.
Reply 17
Please go and read Oxford Brookes Guidance Pack. It states that it had done the reviews on all 9 papers and they are equivalent to the papers contained in a UK accounting degree.
Reply 18
M1011, please do not do the degree. 'It seems like a bit of a joke degree' but you are still going to go ahead and do it! You are ignorant!!
Reply 19
Sounds as if you dont know which side to be on, so you are trying to satisfy both sides. Truly laughable!!!