AAT level 4 - Finding a college which does AAT level 4 per modules not as a whole

Hello everyone!:001_smile:
It’s long time since I haven’t written anything on this forum. In fact,in 2009 I thought I would find a different career path .Unfortunately , I was wrong so now I am back to AAT level 4.
I would really appreciate if you could share with me – some advice because I am stuck, really stuck .Many , many thanks in advance :001_smile: x

My situation:

2005 – Graduated from an overseas business studies university. However, I applied for CIMA exemptions –I got two exemptions – this happened in 2008.

2007 – I went to a college here in the UK and the teachers said that they couldn’t take my business studies diploma into account (which was wrong).In 2007 my country became EU member so that they had to recognize my studies. So,I waisted my time – doing OCR Bookkeeping, then AAT – foundation, AAT intermediate. I passed the exams without any probs, working full time in the same time …

However, I had to be enrolled in a college for my immigration status until 2009 .I took as well one module – the project unit 10 but I dropped it soon as my immigration status was finalized and got a decent job – in the airport –management.
From 2010 until 2012 I did a master hoping to work with the refugees .It was in Migration .However, my dissertation gave me a bit of headache as it required time to be prepared well and the work promotion came on top of this. I left the job in 2012 (with very good reference) to finish my school. However, once I finished my master I could not find a job…not even as a cashier !!!
It looks like you need to have serious connections if you want a job in London , a decent one – not in the restaurant or doing cleaning or low skill jobs…

In August this year, I went to a CIMA event .I spoke with some people from there and they advised me to do the last level of AAT instead of taking the last three exams from CIMA which led to the right to have the next CIMA exams …(as I had two exemptions already).In other words, to have a qualification as well.

So, I went to different colleges to find one which does AAT per modules without running all course – paying more than £1400!It’s too much for me …I can’t afford …and I am not that type of person who stays on benefits – Never !
From my previous experience with AAT I can say that I learnt more on my own than from my teachers..It was waste of time for me going to college every week during a whole year. All I need is one module – in order to be registered with a college so that I can go to do the online exams to SAM London for example…

So far , I haven’t found any college like this…In the past Kingston was doing this...I tried Richmond, West Thames College…It is not profitable for them to do it per module….

My questions are :

Do you know a college in London which does AAT Level 4 diploma pathway per module ?I am very interested in doing Unit 10 the project ….or any other module related to this level.


Is it better to do AAT level 4 instead of setting 3 CIMA exams?

I still have all my AAT level 4 books from 2009.Can I use them to study instead of buying new ones? I really want to finish AAT level 4 by the end of this year , passing the exams online but being registered with a college...as this is a require for them…seems to be a big issue for me.

Thank you so much for your help.

Andreea12345