ACCA PROFESSIONAL ULSTER. This document contains important information on a number of issues. You will find information on:

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1 ACCA PROFESSIONAL ULSTER This document contains important information on a number of issues. You will find information on: at Page(s): Enrolment students joining the course 2-4 for the first time Enrolment - returning ACCA students 5-6 Timetable 7 Study Materials 8 Finding rooms 9 Module Codes and CRN Codes 10 1

2 ENROLMENT STUDENTS JOINING THE ACCA COURSE FOR THE FIRST TIME You are not required to attend a formal enrolment session at the University. Instead, from 12 August, you can enrol online from outside the University, for example at home or at work. Shortly after the course has commenced there will be an opportunity to review important information. Arrangements for this will be communicated by your lecturer(s). Details of how to enrol online are available on the Portal (click on Current Students at the top right hand corner of the page at ). To access this information select the My Studies tab, and click the Registration link in the Registrations and Enrolment channel. An interactive guide to the online enrolment system is available there. You should use your student ID number (which was included in the letter confirming your place on the course) as your username, and your date of birth as your password. Once your enrolment is complete, you will be able to change your password if you wish. Click onto Log into Student and Faculty Self Service and input your ID number and PIN. You can also access the enrolment facility directly at Selecting the papers you wish to study You should enrol for modules listed as S1 and also check below to find the Module code and Course Reference Number (CRN) for each module (paper) that you intend to study as this is important when enrolling online. Please note that, while the module code for a module remains the same, the CRN will be different in each teaching period. The CRN identifies uniquely the particular version of a module. The module code is made up of three letters and three digits (e.g. ACC123) while the CRN consists of 5 digits (e.g ). The Module codes and 2015/16 CRN codes for the ACCA papers are listed on page 10 below. Please note that you should only enrol for those papers which you will be studying in preparation for the next exam sitting. You will be able to re-enrol for classes and select the papers you will be sitting at subsequent exam sittings shortly before classes recommence. Each year, re-enrolment for June exams will take place in February, and re-enrolment for December exams will take place in August. If you have any questions about which papers to study, please contact Ronnie Patton (r.patton@ulster.ac.uk ) Timetable Please note that classes will commence in the week beginning 22 August. The room for each class will be added to the timetable shown below on page 7 in the week before classes commence, so please return to this URL to confirm room details. It is recommended that you check this URL and your University regularly for details of room changes or any other information that needs to be communicated in a short timescale. If you are unfamiliar with the campus layout, the Finding rooms information on page 9 below will be helpful. 2

3 When to enrol It is advisable to complete enrolment by 19 August as you will not be able to access learning materials on Blackboard Learn until you have completed online enrolment. You should also enrol with ACCA as soon as possible to ensure that you are eligible to enter for exams. ACCA has strict deadlines for entry for paper based exams and you should confirm these on the ACCA website - or through MyACCA, once you have completed your ACCA enrolment. It is likely to take a minimum of 3 weeks for your ACCA enrolment to be processed, so early enrolment is essential to ensure that you do not miss the relevant exam entry deadline. Please note that the exam entry dates apply to paper based exams. That is, all papers except F1, F2, F3 and F4. These papers are examined by Computer Based Exam (CBE) and you will enter for CBEs directly with the ACCA Approved CBE Centre, which is KT Business Skills Ltd, 2nd Floor, Andras House, 60 Great Victoria Street, Belfast, BT2 7BB. The is: courseadvisor1@pitmanbelfast.com Payment of fees At enrolment, you will need to make arrangements for your fees to be paid. If your employer is paying your fees you should supply a copy of a letter of confirmation to Lynda McClean (l.mclean@ulster.ac.uk or Room 3G02, University of Ulster, Shore Road Newtownabbey BT37 0QB). If you are paying the fees yourself, the following options are available: Credit/Debit Card (paying fees in full) The University accepts all major credit/debit cards except American Express and Laser. Paying fees in Instalments (recurring card payment) You can pay your fees in instalments by setting up a recurring card payment plan using your credit or debit card. Fees arising from enrolment in August will be paid in ten instalments which are paid on the last day of each month. Should the last day of each month fall on a weekend or a bank holiday, the DD will be collected on the next working day. Fees arising from enrolment in February will be included in any remaining instalments relating to August registration. Paying fees in Instalments (direct debit) You can set up a direct debit provided you have a UK bank or building society account (please note that savings accounts do not permit direct debit payments). To sign up online you must be the sole account holder otherwise you will need to contact the Fees Office in advance of enrolment to obtain a paper direct debit mandate form. You must complete this and return it to the Fees Office, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine BT52 1SA, prior to enrolment. Arrangements for instalments are as noted above under recurring card payment ). Student ID card A student ID card is required to use the University s library facilities. It also gives opportunities to obtain discount in a number of retailers. If you wish to obtain a student card, please provide a passport sized photograph, with your name and student ID number on the back, to Lynda McClean (contact details as noted above). This can be done in the first week or two of classes. 3

4 Other communication As the University allocated address is the only address that we can use to quickly communicate with all ACCA students, it is important that you check your university account regularly. 4

5 RE- ENROLMENT STUDENTS RETURNING TO ACCA CLASSES IN AUGUST 2016 If you are returning to the University s ACCA course you will not be required to attend a formal enrolment session at the University. Instead, you can enrol online from outside the University, for example at home or at work. Please note that re-enrolment opens on 12 August 2016, so please do not try to re-enrol before that date. Further information Details of how to enrol online are available on the Student Portal. Please log onto the portal via and clicking on the Current Students link at the top right hand corner. You will need your student ID number and network password. If you have mislaid your network password you can retrieve it by logging on to: Once logged onto the Portal, select the My Studies tab, and click the Registration link in the Registrations and Enrolment channel. An interactive guide to the online enrolment system will also be available there from mid August. Click onto Log into Student and Faculty Self Service and input your ID number and PIN. You can also access the re-enrolment facility directly at Please check below to find the Module code and Course Reference Number (CRN) for each module (paper) that you are taking as this is important when enrolling online. Please note that, while the module code for a module remains the same, the CRN will be different in each teaching period. The CRN identifies uniquely the particular version of a module. The module code is made up of three letters and three digits (e.g. ACC123) while the CRN consists of a number of digits only (e.g ). The Module codes and 2015/16 CRN codes for the ACCA papers are listed below. Please note that you should only enrol for those papers which you will be studying in preparation for the next exam sitting. You will be able to re-enrol for classes and select the papers you will be sitting at subsequent exam sittings shortly before classes recommence. Each year, re-enrolment for June exams will take place in February, and re-enrolment for December exams will take place in August. Timetable The timetable is shown below on page 7b below. Rooms will be added in the week before classes commence, so please return to this URL to confirm room details on the updated version of this document. It is recommended that you check this URL and your University regularly for details of room changes or any other information that needs to be communicated in a short timescale. When to enrol It would be appreciated if you could complete your registration by Friday 19 August. 5

6 Other communication Please remember that as the University allocated address is the only address that we can use to quickly communicate with all ACCA students, it is important that you check your university account regularly Payment of fees At enrolment, you will need to make arrangements for your fees to be paid. If your employer is paying your fees you should supply a copy of a letter of confirmation to Lynda McClean (l.mclean@ulster.ac.uk or Room 3G02, University of Ulster, Shore Road Newtownabbey BT37 0QB). If you are paying the fees yourself, the following options are available: Credit/Debit Card (paying fees in full) The University accepts all major credit/debit cards except American Express and Laser. Paying fees in Instalments (recurring card payment) You can pay your fees in instalments by setting up a recurring card payment plan using your credit or debit card. Fees arising from enrolment in August will be paid in ten instalments which are paid on the last day of each month. Should the last day of each month fall on a weekend or a bank holiday, the DD will be collected on the next working day. Fees arising from enrolment in February will be included in any remaining instalments relating to August registration. Paying fees in Instalments (direct debit) You can set up a direct debit provided you have a UK bank or building society account (please note that savings accounts do not permit direct debit payments). To sign up online you must be the sole account holder otherwise you will need to contact the Fees Office in advance of enrolment to obtain a paper direct debit mandate form. You must complete this and return it to the Fees Office, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine BT52 1SA, prior to enrolment. Arrangements for instalments are as noted above under recurring card payment ). 6

7 ACCA Timetable 2016 / 2017 Academic Year COURSE DIRECTOR: Ronnie Patton (Tel: Course Code r.patton@ulster.ac.uk) Having reviewed out timetables for the 2016/17 academic year, we are planning to offer classes for the papers shown below (subject to obtaining a minimum level of registrations for each paper). I apologise for the restricted timetable, and I hope that it will accommodate your study plans. Semester 1 Classes commence week commencing 22 August Classes finish F1 and F3: week commencing 12 December all other papers: week commencing 7 November Revision dates to be arranged Knowledge Paper Day Time Lecturer F1 Accountant in Business Tues M. Smyth F2 Management Accounting Tues D Coulter F3 Financial Accounting (INT) Tues M.Smyth Skills F5 Performance Management Wed R. Patton F7 Financial Reporting (INT) Wed A. Wilson Professional P3 Business Analysis Thurs T. Wall Semester 2 Classes commence week commencing 6 February Classes finish F2: week commencing 12 June all other papers: week commencing 8 May NB no classes in weeks commencing 10 and 17 April Revision dates to be arranged Paper Day Time Lecturer Skills F4 Corporate & Business Law (ENG) Wed V. Iyer F8 Audit and Assurance Thurs D. McWall F9 Financial Management Tues M. Pogue Professional P7 Advanced Audit and Assurance Tues D. Coulter 7

8 Study Materials The lecturer for papers F1 and F3 has selected study materials published by Kaplan for use in class. In all other papers lecturers have selected materials published by BPP. It is essential that you order your study materials as soon as possible as extensive use is made of the materials in class. Please note that you should order two items for each paper. These are referred to as Text and Exam Kit by Kaplan and Study Text and Practice and Revision Kit by BPP. Also, please note that: classes for Financial Accounting and Auditing Papers will be based on the INT variants (P2 classes will also cover the material required to sit the UK variant which is required if you wish to obtain a Practising Certificate from ACCA); Paper F4 will be based on the ENG variant; and tax papers will be based on the UK variant. The University has arranged discounts with both publishers. You can order materials at the discounted price as follows: BPP BPP offer a 40% discount through the commercial website. Please log onto and use discount code BPP40UNOU Please note that there is a 6 delivery charge per order (not per book). Kaplan 1.Go to 2.Select the ACCA qualification from the links at the bottom of the homepage 3.Select your level and books using the links provided 4.Find your books and click Buy Now/Add to Basket for each 5.When ready Proceed to Basket and add your special college Promotional Code (Red3Qek-s) 6.Click Use Code which will calculate the special offer discount 7.Continue to Proceed to Checkout to pay and complete transaction For further assistance, please call

9 FINDING ROOMS A useful campus map is available at You will see that the building has a main spine a long corridor which runs parallel to Belfast Lough. This is commonly referred to as the Mall. Officially it is block 9, floor F. There are a number of entrances to the building. Which of these you enter by will depend on how you travelled to the campus and, if you have driven, which car park you have used. (Please note that there is a charge for car parking) Once you enter the building, go to the mall in the first instance. Once on the Mall, find the block in which the room you are looking for is situated. (In this context, you should note that block 3 is not accessed directly from the Mall, but by going into either block 2 or block 3. At the end of corridor, you will see a sign directing you to block 3.) Apart from block 3 (and block 17 although no ACCA classes are scheduled in this block) all blocks are accessed from the mall. Blocks are numbered sequentially, starting at the centre of the building at the side nearer the Lough and moving in a clockwise direction. The location of each classroom is indicated on the timetable. Rooms are denoted in terms of block, floor and room number. Thus, for example, 3A06 indicates: 3 = Block A = Floor (within the block) 06 = Room number (on that floor) 9

10 Module Codes and CRN Codes ACCA Professional Scheme December 2016 exams Paper Module code CRN Code F1 - Accountant in Business ACC F2 - Management Accounting ACC F3 - Financial Accounting ACC F5 - Performance Management ACC F7 - Financial Reporting ACC P3 - Business Analysis ACC