BSc in Applied Accounting is open for everyone who wishes to take an undergraduate degree. It can be also completed while you prepare for ACCA.

An ACCA student can apply for Bsc in Applied Accounting after successful completion of applied Knowledge & applied Skills  level of ACCA.

To be awarded the Oxford Brookes BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting you must submit Research and Analysis Project (RAP) and complete the ACCA Ethics and Professional Skills module.

To submit a RAP you must:

Be registered with Oxford Brookes University i.e. have opted-in to the BSc degree scheme.

Complete all ACCA Applied Knowledge and Applied Skills exams (9 Papers)

Have completed the ACCA Ethics and Professional Skills module

Be within 10 years of the earliest of: the date of your first ACCA examination pass, or the date of your first ACCA exemption being granted.

Be up-to-date with the payment of your ACCA subscription fees. You cannot submit a RAP if your ACCA account is suspended.

Step 1 -Ensure that you have completed F1-F9 papers of ACCA.

Step 2 – Pay tuition fees through our website.

Step 3 -Receive invitation to join online live interactive class as per schedule.

Step 4-Receive invitation to our virtual classroom

Research and Analysis Project Assessment

The Research and Analysis Project consists of two separate documents; a 7,500-word Research Report (RR) and a 2,000-word Skills and Learning Statement (SLS).

You are also required to give a presentation on the project to your Mentor and to submit the accompanying slides used for your presentation with your RAP.

The RAP assignment brief

1)The research report

Conduct an investigation and write a report of at most 7,500 words, which addresses one of the following 20 topics (Note that the 7,500 word count includes everything from the start of the title page, to the end of the conclusions but does not include appendices or the list of references.)

1) An analysis and evaluation of an organisation’s budgetary control system and its links with performance management and decision making.

2) An evaluation of how the introduction of a new technology can assist an organisation in achieving its business objectives.

3) An assessment of the potential impact of an aspect of impending legislation on the operations and financial position of an organisation.

4) A review of the business management and accounting issues of environmental costs of an organisation.

5) An evaluation of the use of short term and long term Islamic financial instruments and their impact on the financial statements of an organisation.

6) A critical review of key factors or indicators in the motivation of employees in an organisation.

7) A critical evaluation of the restructuring of an organisation’s operational activities and the effect on the organisation’s financial performance.

8) An analysis and evaluation of the business and financial performance of an organisation over a three year period.

9) A critical evaluation of the planning and implementation of an information system in an organisation.

10) A review of the effectiveness of the use of costing techniques within an organisation.

11) An investigation into the financial and operational costs and benefits of the internal audit / internal review activities within an organisation.

12) An investigation into the possible effects of a proposed accounting standard on the financial statements and business activities of an organisation.

13) An evaluation of the contribution made by human resource activities to the attainment of business and financial objectives.

14) An appraisal of the business and financial objectives of a strategic investment decision made by an organisation and its impact on key stakeholders.

15) An analysis and evaluation of the management of an organisation’s working capital over a three year period and its impact on the organisation’s funding strategies.

16) A critical evaluation of the financial and operational risk management within an organisation.

17) Select an organisation that has been identified as having weak corporate governance structures within the past 5 years. Critically evaluate their corporate governance practices including an assessment of the origins of the corporate governance issue(s) and the organisation’s response.

18) A review of the marketing strategy of an organisation and its effectiveness.

19) An analysis and evaluation of the financial and operational consequences of a merger between two organisations or of the acquisition of one organisation by another.

20) Select an organisation that has been identified as having weak social responsibility practices within the past 5 years. Critically evaluate their social responsibility practices, including an assessment of the origins of the problem(s) and the organisation’s response and the impact of this on the organisation’s key stakeholders

2) Work with a Mentor

Mentors must have successfully completed the Oxford Brookes Online Mentoring course and become Registered Mentors for the BSc in Applied Accounting.

It is your responsibility to find an Oxford Brookes Registered Mentor to act as your Mentor and to arrange at least three meetings with him or her.

The Mentor meetings are an opportunity for you to develop skills in listening, questioning and presenting your findings.

During the third meeting you are required to deliver a 15-minute PowerPoint presentation to the Mentor and possibly other students as well. The PowerPoint presentation must contain no more than 20 slides.

3) The Skills and Learning Statement (SLS)

Write at most 2,000 words addressing the following four questions:

1. Reflect on what you have learnt from the meetings with your Mentor, including the presentation that you gave to your Mentor?

2. To what extent do you think you have achieved the RAP research objectives you set?

3. How have you demonstrated your interpersonal and communication skills during the project work?

4. Reflect on how undertaking the RAP helped you in your accountancy studies and/or current employment role?

4) How to submit your RAP

Your project must be submitted online at the Oxford Brookes University submissions portal by the latest submission date.

Information about the submission process is available at https://www.brookes.ac.uk/acca/

Use the Checklist in Appendix 10 to check that you have everything ready to upload. Please note that you do not have to upload the checklist. It is for your guidance only.

All projects submitted will be processed through TURNITIN. (please see Appendix 6 for more information)

Files to submit

Please ensure that all of the files you want to upload and submit online are less than 10MB. Please ensure that the Word document containing your SLS is less than 250Kb. You should submit:

The Research Report as a Word document; your ACCA number and the word count must be on the front cover;

The Reference list as a Word document;

Any financial statements can be uploaded as pdf documents in the Appendices;

The SLS as a Word document;

The presentation slides as a PowerPoint document (max 20 slides);

At least one Excel spreadsheet (xls or xlsx) if you have other spreadsheet files they can be uploaded as general appendices. The spreadsheet(s) MUST demonstrate use of appropriate formulae. Screenshots or PDF files of a spreadsheet are NOT acceptable.

Ethics and Professional Skills module

Complete the ACCA Ethics and Professional Skills module according to the Research and Analysis Project submission dates.

Features of Bradford Learning mentor

Mentor support your preparation of the RAP, by providing advice and feedback to you at appropriate times.

Mentor confirms to Oxford Brookes University that he or she has been your Mentor and that the RAP submitted is your own work.

Your on-line RAP submission will require you to enter the Mentor’s registered email address and they will be required to confirm that they undertook your mentoring.

You will have four meetings with the Mentor and these meetings provide your Mentor with the opportunity to guide your RAP work and provide feedback to you. The meetings also provide you with the opportunity to develop your personal skills including questioning, listening and giving a presentation.

The mentor will provide all support to improve your dissertation and review the report for reasonableness at the end of session.

The 4th meeting will be a review class to analyze the student’s dissertation and confirm rest of required documents.

Mentor encourages you to think about what you propose to do in your RAP work, challenge you to demonstrate that you are meeting your project objectives and that you will be able to meet the timetable for submission of your RAP to Oxford Brookes University.

Qualities of our mentor

Is approachable and has genuine interest in helping students to succeed

Listens and actively questions

Respects confidentiality and is trustworthy

Acts as a sounding board to explore ideas and issues arising from research

Remains neutral and not judgmental

Is knowledgeable and competent

Other benefits

Complete guidance shall be provided on registration with OBU, submission of research paper and obtaining the degree certification.

Recordings of every live session will be shared with the students

Course completion certificate from Bradford Learning Global, UK.

Short notes prepared by the mentor

1) Fees to Bradford Learning

Tuition Fees:         AED 3,500

15% discount:      (AED 500)

Net fees payable : AED 3,000

2) Fees to ACCA

Submission fee £380 GBP (payable online when submitting project)

There are two submission periods for the OBU Research and Analysis Project – May and November.

Exam registration:

Registering with the ACCA automatically registers the student with Oxford Brookes University.

Exam result:

Bsc degree results will be released within 5 months from the latest date of receipt of project at OBU

You will be given one of three Pass grades (A, B or C) or a Fail grade (F) for the performance in the RR. You will be given either a Pass grade or a Fail grade for the performance in the SLS.

If you achieve one of the three Pass grades for the RR and the Pass grade for the SLS, then a pass in the RAP will be awarded.

What do I need to do to be awarded the BSc degree?

To be awarded the BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting you must:

be registered with Oxford Brookes University ie have opted in to the BSc degree scheme before starting work on the Research and Analysis project

successfully complete all nine Applied Knowledge and Applied Skills exams

complete the ACCA Ethics and Professional Skills module

complete and pass the Oxford Brookes University Research and Analysis Project.

To submit the Research and Analysis Project in the May and November submission periods, please refer to RAP submission dates

The degree must be completed within 10 years of the earliest date of your first examination pass or the date of your first ACCA exemption being granted otherwise your eligibility will be withdrawn.

Log on to myACCA, to find out if you have opted in to the degree scheme and whether you are eligible to do so.

Find further information about the Oxford Brookes University BSc degree.

Why am I not eligible for the Oxford Brookes degree programme?

If you are not eligible for the degree programme, then it will be for one of the following reasons:
You enrolled with ACCA before the BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting degree was introduced.

When the degree programme was introduced in 2000/2001, all eligible registered students were asked to opt into the degree scheme by November 2001. Any student who did not do so would have been automatically withdrawn.

If you registered with ACCA prior to November 2001, have yet to complete the Financial Reporting (FR), Audit and Assurance (AA) or Financial Management (FM) exams  and are within 10 years of the earliest date of your first examination pass or the date of your first ACCA exemption being granted’, please contact ACCA Connect to opt into the degree programme.

You ticked the box on your ACCA registration form stating you did not wish to join the Oxford Brookes University degree programme.

If you are yet to complete the (FR), (AA) or (FM) exams, you may opt back in to the BSc degree by contacting ACCA Connect.

If you have already passed any of the exams, then unfortunately it is now too late to opt back into the degree programme.

If you hold exemptions for any of these exams, then you may contact ACCA Connect to forfeit these in order to remain eligible. Once you have forfeited your exemption, you cannot reverse this decision.

If you are exempt from any Applied Knowledge or Applied Skills exam based on a qualification more than 10 years old, you would be required to forfeit all of the exemptions in order to opt in to the degree programme.

You enrolled with ACCA over 10 years ago.

The BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting degree has a 10-year deadline starting from a student’s first examination pass or the date of first ACCA exemption being granted. If this has expired in your case, we regret that you are no longer eligible to complete the degree with us.

If you wish to enquire about your eligibility to complete the BSc degree, please contact ACCA Connect. Please include your ACCA student registration number in any correspondence.

Can I apply for Oxford Brookes after I have registered?

Students can opt in to the Oxford Brookes BSc degree after they have registered. However, they must do so before attempting the (FR), (AA) or (FM) exams.

How will I be able to work out my Oxford Brookes degree classification?

The BSc degree classification will be based on both:

The ACCA average mark determined from the exam marks in the Applied Skills exams

The grade achieved for the Research and Analysis Project.

The ACCA average mark will be calculated by taking the numerical average of the marks achieved in the Applied Skills exams that you have sat and passed.

Where the calculated average mark is not a whole number, the calculated average will be rounded up or down accordingly. If you have been given an exemption from any of the Corporate and Business Law (LW), Performance Mangement (PM) or Taxation (TX) exams, no mark is available and so will not be included in the calculation of the ACCA average mark.

The class of degree for each combination of ACCA average mark and Research and Analysis Project grade is shown below.

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