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JOIN OUR REGULAR ACCA TRAINING PROGRAMME
BECOME A LEADER IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE
Content 1. Why Choose BPP? 2. ACCA Training Program December 2013 3. BPP Approaches Your Learning Style 4. Face-to-Face 5. Online Classroom and Online Classroom LIVE 6. Your Tutors
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Why Choose BPP for ACCA? BPP is a 37-year old company. It was established in 1976 in the UK to provide high quality training and development to professionals working in different areas. In the following years the company expanded around the world. At present, BPP Professional Education is an accredited organization providing targeted courses and study materials for ACCA and other qualifications. BPP Learning Media is the only printing house worldwide, which has achieved the highest platinum publisher status approved by ACCA. BPP is the first UK private sector organisation to be recognised as a university college by the UK Government. BPP UK has also gained highly Trusted Status by the Government and a General Student Visa is issued to BPP students coming from a “visa national” country. Today, we are proud to be the trainer of choice for multinational companies and increasingly for small- and medium sized companies as well.
Each session, the pass rates of our students are consistently higher than the global average pass rates. Passing exams at first attempt helps you qualify in 2 to 3 years.
Our courses are split into taught and revision phases to allow you enough time to absorb information before practicing exam questions
The revision courses deliver exam techniques and build skills to pass from first attempt.
Access to BPP Tutor so you can obtain clarification when needed
Feedback report, prepared by your tutor and giving you hints how to progress during the days immediately before the exam
Course notes are given at each phase, so that you don’t have to write down everything the tutor says
Access to online lectures and questions debriefs so that you can make up in case of absence/ lack of concentration
Pass assurance scheme gives you the right to attend a free revision course if you have failed the real ACCA exam and if you have attended a full BPP course, sat a mock exam at BPP Centre, scored at least 30 marks and sat no more than 3 papers in the respective session.
Mock exams are performed under exam conditions to give you a sense of how prepared you are for the real exam
Attending courses allows you extra days of coached preparation. Our classes are engaging and make you grasp basics immediately, minimizing self-study time.
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ACCA Training Season to December 2013
Paper Introductory Course Revision Course
F1* Accountant in Business n/a n/a F2 Management Accounting 10, 11, 12, 13, 16 Sept F3 Financial Accounting 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 Sept F4 Corporate & Business Law (GLO) 4 - 5 Oct 14 –16 Nov F5 Performance Management 17 – 19 Oct 31 Oct – 2 Nov
F6 Taxation (UK) 14 – 16 Oct 18 – 20 Nov F7 Financial Reporting (INT) 11 – 13 Sept 6 – 8 Nov F8 Audit & Assurance (INT) 9 – 10 Sept 11 – 13 Nov F9 Financial Management 10 – 12 Oct 21 – 23 Nov P1 Governance, Risk and Ethics 19 – 21 Sept 19 – 21 Nov P2 Corporate Reporting (INT) 17 – 19 Sept 19 – 21 Nov P3 Business Analysis 23 – 25 Sept 22 – 24 Nov P4 Advanced Financial Management 7 – 9 Oct 18 – 20 Nov P5 Advanced Performance Management 26 – 27 Sept 24 – 26 Oct P6* Advanced Taxation n/a n/a P7 Advanced Audit & Assurance (INT) - Intensive Course n/a Mock Exams 24 and 25 Nov
* Due to limited demand for these papers, formal courses have not been scheduled yet. Should you be interested in enrolling students for any of these papers, please contact us.
ACCA Diploma in IFRS (DipiFR)
Phase 1 11 – 13 Sept Phase 2 17 – 18 Sept Phase 3 6 – 8 Nov Phase 4 28 – 30 Nov Mock Exams TBC
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BPP Approaches Your Learning Style
Many psychologists believe there are a number of different learning styles. People have a natural tendency to prefer one way of learning than another depending on their style. To maximize your learning you should use study techniques that suit you best that is why our ACCA courses are highly flexible, enabling you to study in the way that’s most convenient and effective for you. We at BPP address different learning styles through providing different ways of learning. We can make you a test and help you identify your personal learning style, in case you are interested please contact us.
You can study with our Face-to-Face courses, where our expert tutors bring their passion and enthusiasm to the classroom making
sessions highly engaging and motivational, or you can study in your own time via our online Classroom, which is a dynamic
study experience that combines the flexibility of distance learning with the support of a traditional classroom and
it’s ideal if you can’t, or don’t want to commit to fixed study sessions.
whichever study option you choose, we’ll keep you focused on what you need
to know to pass your exam.
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Face-to-Face
BPP’s approach to exam preparation will help you build your core skills, enhance your exam techniques and achieve higher pass marks.
The TAUGHT PHASE will give you knowledge of key subject areas and introduce you to valuable exam skills. You will benefit from:
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• Maximum support with full access to our professional tutors • ACCA approved learning materials • My Study – online lecture recordings
The REVISION PHASE develops your exam skills and techniques and teaches you how to best apply your knowledge. It will help you:
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• Write in the correct style for the exam • Simplify your explanation to answer even the most difficult technical question • Build your time management skills
The MOCK EXAM ALLOWS you to perfect your exam technique and pass with flying colours. It is designed to help you:
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• Build self confidence • Test your understanding • Practice improvement with the helpful tips and feedback received from our tutors
FULL PREPARATION FOR THE EXAM
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ONLINE CLASSROOM
Online Classroom offers you the ultimate by giving you: • All the structure of a BPP classroom course • All the flexibility of a distance learning programme
It is designed to be flexible, helping you to fit your ACCA course around your work and social commitments and an alternative if you can’t find a suitable start date or location for our classroom courses.
Benefits:
• Saves time studying It will help you manage your home study time efficiently.
Study whenever you want
Connect online with tutors and
other students
Focused study materials
• Focus on what you need to learn It will provide you with a selection of study tools which are specifically designed to focus on what you need to learn to achieve exam success.
• Replay and review key topics
The product gives you a recording of every topic in the course notes, so you can review and relearn as many times as you want.
• Practice & Revision kit Question Debriefs
You’ll be taken through key questions, seeing how to get to the correct answer quickly and avoid common pitfalls.
• Study materials available online
You will receive physical study materials - Study text, practice and revision Kit, Course notes and access to online study materials.
• Study anytime, anywhere you want
You can study at your home, in your office, in the park, on the train or anywhere you have internet access.
What’s new?
From 2012 BPP offers you Online Classroom Live for all ACCA module papers (F4-P7). You will have online real time live lectures with the convenience of attending classes from wherever you want and in case you miss any you will have access to all pre-recorded lectures for the course. With Online Classroom Live you can: • Participate in live scheduled
lectures in real time • Ask your tutor questions
as they arise • Get instant tutor feedback
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YOUR TUTORS
Georgi Kirilov FCCA, CF Georgi is a fellow of the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants (ACCA). He is a Corporate Finance (CF) qualified member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) and holds a Masters in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics (LSE). He is also part of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), the US business valuation institution. Georgi has significant professional experience in accounting, consulting and corporate finance areas, and he has worked for many years in London and Geneva, prior to returning to Bulgaria at the end of 2005, where he spent three years in the Financial Advisory Services of Deloitte Bulgaria leading due diligence, valuation, and buy and sell side advisory engagements for major international and Bulgarian clients such as EON, KBC Bank, Magyar Telecom, BTC, BBB Group, Business Park Sofia, OCK, Gorubso Madan etc. Georgi is teaching the following courses Financial Management, Corporate Finance, Finance for Non-Finance Professionals, Performance Management, Budgeting and Excel. Georgi has extensive international teaching experience in the UK, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland, Romania and Greece. He specialises in corporate finance, performance management and management accounting. This exam season Georgi is teaching F2, F5, F9, P4 and P5 Contact details Email: [email protected]
Iliya Grozdanov M. Jur.
Iliya holds a Magister Juris degree from Oxford University where he specialized in corporate finance, International Financial and European law. He also holds Legal English diploma from the University of California San Diego, a Master’s degree in law with honors from Sofia University and a certificate in US Business law. Iliya is a full-time attorney-at-law admitted for practice to the Bulgarian Bar. Prior to his return to Bulgarian in 2007, he has worked in Massachusetts and London. From 2007 until April 2009, Iliya has worked with the legal department of Ernst & Young. At present, he is part of the Dinova & Rusev Law office. He has participated in most of the major finance and energy projects that have taken place in Bulgaria for the past three years. Iliya is working mainly in the fields of Corporate, Financial and Energy law. He is one of the few lawyers in Bulgaria, specializing in climate change and carbon trading. This exam season Iliya is teaching F4. Contact details Email: [email protected]
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YOUR TUTORS
Den Davies ACMA CGMA MCMI After 5 years as a Royal Navy officer, Den qualified as a chartered management accountant whilst holding a number of finance positions in both the UK private and public sectors. He joined BPP as a tutor in 1998, and has held a number of management positions including the the Managing Director of a UK regional centre, Director of London accountancy courses and more recently the Operations Director for BPP in Ireland. Den has marked for both ACCA and CIMA, and currently he is a marking team leader for ACCA paper P1. He is also the BPP subject specialist for ACCA P1. Den teaches a broad range of subjects from strategy and governance to management accounting and financial management. This exam season Den Davies will teach P1 (Rev) and P3 (Rev). Contact details: [email protected]
Claire Harrison ACA (ICAEW)
Claire Harrison graduated from the Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College in England. In 2010 she completed her ACA studies in the ICAEW in Jersey, Channel Islands. Claire has worked as an Associate for BDO’s office in Jersey. From 2008 to 2011 she has been on the position of Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers CI LLP with a high level of responsibility. She maintained a successful balance of technical studies with busy season workload and also gained experience in coaching. In September 2011 she transferred to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Service Delivery Centre in Katowice, Poland. Since January 2013 Claire has been cooperating with BPP Poland. As a qualified Chartered Accountant with history in audit practice, mainly in financial services, she has the knowledge and practical experience of a competent lecturer. Claire’s key strengths lie in technical subjects, in particular reporting under IFRS. This session she is teaching F7 in Bulgaria.
Contact details: E-mail: [email protected]
Den Davies ACMA CGMA MCMI After 5 years as a Royal Navy officer, Den qualified as a chartered management accountant whilst holding a number of finance positions in both the UK private and public sectors. He joined BPP as a tutor in 1998, and has held a number of management positions including Managing Director of a UK regional center, Director of London accountancy courses and more recently the Operations Director for BPP in Ireland. Den has marked for both ACCA and CIMA, and currently he is a marking team leader for ACCA paper P1. He is also the BPP subject specialist for ACCA P1. Den teaches a broad range of subjects from strategy and governance to management accounting and financial management. This exam season Den Davies will teach P1 (Rev) and P3 (Rev). Contact details: [email protected]
Catherine Dale MA (Oxon), ACA, CTA Catherine graduated from Oxford University with an MA in Modern History. She gained her ACA qualification in the audit and tax departments of Coopers & Lybrand (now PWC), and, following some years at home looking after her children, gained her CTA qualification in the corporate tax department of Ernst & Young. She joined BPP in 2008 and teaches mainly tax, law and financial reporting. This session Catherine is teaching F6 in Bulgaria. Contact details: [email protected]
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YOUR TUTORS
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Rob Winstanley Rob has been teaching in BPP’s Manchester office for over 14 years. He is covering a broad range of papers which include topics on financial strategy, financial management and reporting. Rob brings a wealth of experience to his classes, conveying both technical and strategic content in an exam focussed, engaging and easy to understand way, ensuring your preparation for these papers is thorough, detailed and providing you with the best chance of exam success. This session Rob is teaching P2 in Bulgaria. Contact details: E-mail: [email protected]
Keith Moule Keith Moule is FCCA qualified and is an experienced tutor. He teaches a broad variety of papers across business words, business finance, strategy and case studies. Keith has worked in manufacturing, retail and practice before joining BPP Birmingham as a tutor in September 1997. He has a keen interest in motor bikes and enjoys spending his free time working on his bikes and driving. This session Keith is teaching P (Intro) and P3 (Intro) in Bulgaria.This session Keith is teaching P1 (Intro) and P3 (Intro) in Bulgaria. Contact details: E-mail: [email protected]
Stan Dabrowski CA (NZ) CMA (NZ) ACA (ICAEW) Stan has graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. He has over nineteen years of professional accounting experience gained in Central and Eastern Europe and New Zealand. Stan has worked for New Zealand Treasury, the New Zealand Railways Corporation in Management Accounting and Financial Accounting, Deloitte and KPMG. He possesses strong technical accounting and auditing knowledge coupled with excellent communication, presentation and facilitation skills. His expertise lies in the fields of International Standards on Auditing (Reporting), International Financial Reporting Standards, External Audit, Audit Learning and Development, Internal Audit (Including SOX), Basic and Advanced Facilitation Skills, Audit Sampling, Audit L&D Course Development and Review. Stan joined BPP Poland’s team in 2013. This session he is teaching F8 in Bulgaria. Contact details: E-mail: [email protected]
WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY ABOUT US “I am impressed by the ability of the tutor to create a positive atmosphere and to keep the subject interesting.”
“Great presentation skills, time management and organisational skills. It was very easy to understand everything. Many real life examples. Perfect!”
“The tutor was great, top drawer attitude, awesome enthusiasm. Five out of five, definitely!”
“I really liked the tutor’s enthusiasm and passion in tutoring the subject. He gave us an abundance of examples which made F4 very understandable.”
“I’m impressed by the friendly manner of teaching. The teacher gives simple, understandable, clear examples.”
“The tutor was very kind, approachable and willing to explain. Very helpful with lots of technical knowledge and examples to help you understand each question.”
“Excellent methodology”
“I particularly liked the friendly attitude of the tutor, the given explanations of the difficult and tricky moments in the exam questions. The study materials are very helpful and provide a very good preparation for the exam.”
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