Effect of ACCA on Student finance eligibility

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Reply 20

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by Calum SLC

Hi az33333,
The advisors you have tagged are no longer with SFE. I have fed this back as there is no clear internal guidance on this and will update you when I have a response.
Thanks,
Calum

Thankyou very much Calum, i will be waiting for your response.

Please get back to me whenever possible, as i am deciding between whether to sit this last exam (which is next month) for Level 6 or not. And i want to keep my options open for future degree open as that is my top priority.

Remember the confusion lies because it is a professional qualification not eligible for student finance and although it is level 6 but it is said to be "broadly" equivalent to a degree.

As a side note if it helps ACCA also offers a degree BSc Applied Accounting in partnership with Oxford Brookes Uni, but that requires to submit and pass a research project on top of passing 9 exams.

So if ACCA itself were equivalent to a degree they will not need to create this program.

Regards

Reply 21

Leah SLC

Official Rep

Hi there. Professional qualifications are not considered ELQ's, therefore you would be eligible for funding to apply for an eligible course with SFE. Thanks, Leah.

Reply 22

az33333

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by Leah SLC

Hi there. Professional qualifications are not considered ELQ's, therefore you would be eligible for funding to apply for an eligible course with SFE. Thanks, Leah.

Hi @Leah SLC thanks for confirming.

So the level of qualification does not matter, the nature of qualification matters.

When applying for student finance, if one has Professional Qualification. Do they need to declare/disclose it ?

Regards

Reply 23

Graeme SFE

Official Rep

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by az33333

Hi @Leah SLC thanks for confirming.
So the level of qualification does not matter, the nature of qualification matters.
When applying for student finance, if one has Professional Qualification. Do they need to declare/disclose it ?
Regards

You don't need to declare this on the application, that's correct - we only ask you to declare previous study at degree-level.

Thanks, Graeme

Reply 24

az33333

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by Graeme SFE

You don't need to declare this on the application, that's correct - we only ask you to declare previous study at degree-level.
Thanks, Graeme

Thankyou very much @Graeme SFE .

I have read on other forums that SFE Rep's basically ask for the course one might want to study and check their databases for qualifications against that. Can you do that for me please, for one final assurance.

Cambridge: BA Economics
UCL: BA Economics
LSE: BA Economics, BSc Accounting & Finance
Warwick: BSc/BA Economics
Imperial: Economics, Finance and Data Science BSc

Can you please check these qualifications against ACCA Affiliate/ ACCA Member.

Many Thanks

Reply 25

Leah SLC

Official Rep

Hi there. We can only check the if the course you are looking to study is an eligible course on our system, we don't check it against previous courses.

I can confirm that Professional qualifications' are not classed as ELQ's. Thanks, Leah.

Reply 26

az33333

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by Leah SLC

Hi there. We can only check the if the course you are looking to study is an eligible course on our system, we don't check it against previous courses.
I can confirm that Professional qualifications' are not classed as ELQ's. Thanks, Leah.