Swansea University or University of Gloucestershire

Lots of universities offer maximum exemptions. Its not necessarily a good thing, or a sign of quality. Of course it is also not a sign of a lack of quality.
I'd play safe and go to Swansea because employers and the wider world have heard of it. Reading also a decent option in the broad area.

I ended up choosing Swansea!

I visited there a few years ago! Its a lovely place. Really helpful staff - they took me on a tour and gave me the contacts to recruit year in industry students. Most universities are just not that proactive.

Thank youuu!! I’ve confirmed my place and I'm really excited to study there! My late grandmother is Welsh so I'll definitely try and pick up the language when I'm there. I’ll be studying accounting, are there any textbooks you recommend for first years?

First I would say get out of the idea you need to read “text books” it’s an old myth at one point that maybe was true, but in this modern age it’s definitely the opposite. Even if a lecturer recommends it, personally I would go against it, unless they want you to actually analyse “that said text book”. If I had to recommend anything even if it’s for first years banking, finance, accounting and economics. Is that get quite familiar with the “financial terminology” such as capital, interest, tax and know them in and out. Secondly, I would definitely say especially for things like accounting learn “financial math” not “economic math” what I mean by this is don’t learn just models, focus on things like “future value, present value, capital cost, investment value, business growth etc” So I would mainly prepare “personal finance” especially in first year accounting or finance. If you have any more questions that you might want to ask, ask it I will do my best to answer it to the best of my knowledge

Writing that all down! Thank you, I’m very grateful and I didn’t know the textbook thing was a myth haha.

It’s not a “myth” per se, but it’s definitely become not the normal practice, this has been the case since like 2010s 🤣 you can find most stuff out on YouTube. The only exception I would make is medical books, law books etc. I would say, don’t stress, just be prepared for the math side of things, but also prepare for terminology as well. First year is the year where you might find it quite easy, but trust me, it gets a lot harder and it’s built on first year massively. It’s not a year that doesn’t count, it’s the year where you can decide if the subject is right for you etc

I’m really looking forward to it and I’ll keep that in mind too. I’m nervous but excited but it’s all part of the journey.