CIMA

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Hi all,<BR>My appraisal is due before the end of March, and I am going to be pushed to study CIMA once I have passed my remaining AAT exams this summer<BR><BR>So far, I've done the obvious things like trawling through CIMA's website, and have spoken to a friend who studies CIMA. I have also made initial enquiries with some local colleges where I could study CIMA<BR><BR>My questions are: ~<BR><BR>Does anyone have experience of studying CIMA (or any other subject) in a University environment? or a how about a private college? (such as BPP/FTC/Emile Woolf/etc). Is there much difference to 'regular' college teaching methods?<BR><BR>Also, how big is the jump to CIMA from AAT Technician?<BR><BR>Thanks<BR>Daz

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    <BR>I to have just finished AAT and going to have a gap year from study with the view to starting CIMA next year. Have a look on <BR><BR>http://www.gaapweb.co.uk<BR><BR>click on the link to the right hand side PArt Qualified that will show you and perhaps inspire you to study CIMA as the potential to earn a lot more as a CIMA studier opposed to AAT is much higher.<BR><BR>r
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    Daz<BR><BR>I can't help you as far as CIMA is concerned but I studied AAT at college on day release and have gone and done ACCA papers with BPP and uni. I have found BPP less time consuming (as babysitting is a problem for me) but you do have to put in more work off your own back. Uni is fine, i do 2 hours a week for each paper.<BR><BR>As far as ACCA goes, it takes a while to understand the examiners way of thinking and it is quite a jump from AAT (about the same as between intermediate and technician), but it is varied and interesting.<BR><BR>Good luck<BR>Annette
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    Hi, I went on to Cima from AAT, initially went to a college (won't say which one they were hopeless!) and have used BPP ever since. I think they're fab, expensive and as Annette says you do have to do a fair bit yourself, but for me I've passed everything first time with them. Although you use BPP books, they have very concise course notes so you don't actually need to use the books! They are very focused on exactly what you need to pass. Again as Annette says about ACCA, it is quite a jump but very doable and so worth it. My personal opinion for Cima as well is that AAT is actually a better preparation than Cima's own Foundation stage, because AAT is so much more in depth, I found I was better off than some who'd gone straight to Cima Foundation. Good luck.
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    I am tutor for CIMA at Chichester College as well as taking three units on AAT.<BR>The whole approach is quite different between the two courses.<BR><BR>I take the Performance Evaluation unit on CIMA over 11 evenings of 2.5 hrs which includes the equivalent of everything in the PCR unit in less than 5 hours. It is intensive and suits our students. But you do need to work hard both to consolidate and to prepare for the next class.<BR><BR>A colleague takes the Financial Analysis (consolidated financial accounting to international standards) over 4 one-day classes.<BR><BR>This is very different to the gentle build up we do on the AAT, going through examples and then practice exercises so everything is taught. Our AAT approach is the more conventional, but in the busy world that our CIMA students inhabit, coming to college for classes can be quite difficult to manage. So by having fewer, we have found we can have quite enviable success rates.<BR><BR>My advice is to think about yourself, how self-disciplined you are and how quickly you can assimilate information. If you will get on and work through the practice questions and can cope with intensive classes without fearing that your brain will explode, then Iâ??d recommend a similar approach to our own. This could be FTC or BPP or even a public sector institution such as a uni or a college â?? see the prospectus and ask the course tutor your key questions.<BR><BR><a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="mailto:sandy.hood@chichester.ac.uk">sandy.hood@chichester.ac.uk</a><BR><BR><BR>
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    I studied AAT and ACCA at BPP and found them fantastic! They are quite expensive but you do get excellent material and tuition.<BR><BR>
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    Thanks for the advice everyone...<BR><BR>I'm not afraid of hard work, but I do have lots of other time-consuming commitments (my job, an internet business, kids, and a race team...) meaning I don't have a lot of spare time for studying<BR><BR>I have attended Stoke-on-Trent College on day release for Intermediate and Technician AAT. As it says on one of earlier posts, the way AAT is taught in college is pretty steady, even to the point where I haven't even opened any of the text books I bought back in September. I am not particularly interested in staying with the same College for next year due to personal reasons, so am looking elsewhere. I have heard lots of good things about some of the private colleges, so I think I will persue that as my favoured option and see what happens<BR><BR>Thanks again, and good luck to everyone going on to CIMA or ACCA or whatever after they have finished AAT!!

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