paying for standards?

anniebabe · May 2011

I am being told we need to pay to transfer to new standards, does anyone know if this is correct?

SandyHood · May 2011

anniebabe wrote: »

I am being told we need to pay to transfer to new standards, does anyone know if this is correct?

Who are you being told by?

No one I have spoken to who transferred, was charged for transferring.

anniebabe · May 2011

one of the ladies from the forum has mentioned it to me, and i was not aware of this and not sure if this is true or not, i havent heard of this before. surely they cant charge us for something they are making us do? will have to make enquiries about this one.

SandyHood · May 2011

If that lady is reading this thread, please write down who charged you, and how much.
If the fee was for something else, rather than transferring, please say what it was for. You can see from Anniebabe's comments, she has interpreted your message as the AAT making a charge to transfer.

anniebabe · May 2011

I have received a confirmation email today from Premier Training to say they ARE charging us to transfer to new standards.

janwal · May 2011

I'm sure someone said in a link earlier this week that Kaplan are charging to transfer

Jan

Rinske · May 2011

Do you have to take more exams via them for swapping?

Are they sending you new books for it?

AAT is not charging you for it, so I find it very weird that providers do, as you already paid for the course, but if it's to send additional stuff like books I can understand!

anniebabe · May 2011

@Janwal, yes someone has recently mentioned to me that Kaplan are also charging to transfer. yet I believe that AAT are not charging, so I do not understand how these companies can justify the charge?

Monsoon · May 2011

anniebabe wrote: »

I do not understand how these companies can justify the charge?

Because you don't have a choice, and they know it.

Rather mean, if you ask me.

anniebabe · May 2011

I totally agree Monsoon, putting it nicely - its disgraceful, money grabbing opportunity.

welshwizard · May 2011

My local college doesn't charge (Barry College in South Wales) and, to be honest, I think any provider that does charge is out of order as the AAT have no fees for transferring from NVQ to QCF - it's just a click of a button to do and not time consuming.

amyjayne27 · June 2011

I have to pay £90 for transfer over and I am with Premier Training. It is for the new books and all new material apparently. I am so skint but really need to crack on so I havent got a choice I dont think!

Amy

pirate · June 2011

amyjayne27

Can you not buy the books seperately.
I was told I had to pay more but its because the new course is more than the old course so they just said the difference. I havent swapped yet as I am waiting for the results of my skills tests.

coojee · June 2011

amyjayne27 wrote: »

I have to pay £90 for transfer over and I am with Premier Training. It is for the new books and all new material apparently. I am so skint but really need to crack on so I havent got a choice I dont think!

Amy

£90!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's outrageous. At most you've only got one new unit to sit at Level 3 - spreadsheets and to TBH if you know your spreadsheets you don't need the book for this anyway.

Level 2 - No new material required

Unit 30 exam = Basic Accg 2 exams
Unit 34 = Basic Costing
Unit 35 = Comp A/C's (I know it doesn't exempt you but the material is the same)
Unit 36 = WEAF

Level 3 - Only spreadsheets required

Unit 5 = Accounts Prep 2 exams
Unit 6 = Costs and Revenues
Unit 15 = Cash management
Unit 32 = Professional ethics (Again, I know it doesn't exempt you but the material is the same)
New unit - Spreadsheets

Level 4 - Direct unit for unit transfer, no new material

So to charge you £90 for a spreadsheets book that you don't need is plain greedy. I hope there's someone from Premier or Kaplan reading this who can come on and explain how you justify your charge. Charging for a book if you need it is one thing but a flat charge to all students isn't on. Just a thought, does that fee include the cost of the new assessments? That would be justification as they're quite pricey.

pirate · June 2011

Hi Coojee,

On mine they are charging for the difference in the cost of the course ie was £599 now £579 but because I bought them all together and got a bit of a discount I have to pay up to the £599 (not the £579 interestingly)

then I have to pay for additional materials which she said was Spreadsheets, (although I think I would have to do Professional Ethics not mentioned) and this would be at a cost of £69 for new materials and £16 for delivery. £69 for one module Spreadsheets So a total of £125.

As I actually only had one skills test to complete I havent moved over and am hoping I pass so that I can just move to Level 4, for which I have already got 4 of the exams and only need to complete the project which they have advised me to do under trhe new standards. If I had known about the differnence in cost I would have tried to complete my project sooner. At the moment then when I move to Level 4 am not sure what I will have to pay for since I have already paid for the tutition for level 4 which I have not yet taken and I have already got the Unit 10 (project book) for the new standards.
I expect that they will charge me the difference between the price for Level 4 which is now £649 and was £599 but I got a discount for doing it all together so thats £50 without the discount, but they will charge me more and probably £69 and £16 for the P&P rip off I would say.

Anyway will cross that bridge etc

Woooof · June 2011

As you are transferring to a new qualification (QCF) the syllabus has most likely changed from the old NVQ standards, so any new materials/books for remaining units are justifiable in my opinion.

coojee · June 2011

pirate wrote: »

Hi Coojee,

On mine they are charging for the difference in the cost of the course ie was £599 now £579 but because I bought them all together and got a bit of a discount I have to pay up to the £599 (not the £579 interestingly)

then I have to pay for additional materials which she said was Spreadsheets, (although I think I would have to do Professional Ethics not mentioned) and this would be at a cost of £69 for new materials and £16 for delivery. £69 for one module Spreadsheets So a total of £125.

As I actually only had one skills test to complete I havent moved over and am hoping I pass so that I can just move to Level 4, for which I have already got 4 of the exams and only need to complete the project which they have advised me to do under trhe new standards. If I had known about the differnence in cost I would have tried to complete my project sooner. At the moment then when I move to Level 4 am not sure what I will have to pay for since I have already paid for the tutition for level 4 which I have not yet taken and I have already got the Unit 10 (project book) for the new standards.
I expect that they will charge me the difference between the price for Level 4 which is now £649 and was £599 but I got a discount for doing it all together so thats £50 without the discount, but they will charge me more and probably £69 and £16 for the P&P rip off I would say.

Anyway will cross that bridge etc

£69 for a book that you can
a) buy yourself for about £20, and
b) probably don't need anyway if you're OK with spreadsheets.

At least they're justifying the fee and not just charging all students a blanket transfer fee.

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