Eligibility

In order to be eligible to submit a Research and Analysis Project, you must:

  • Have passed the three ACCA Applied Skills examinations Financial Reporting (was F7), Audit and Assurance (was F8) and Financial Management (was F9)
  • Have passed, or gained exemption from, the other six papers at the Knowledge Level and Skills Level. Note that conditional exemptions do not qualify you to submit the RAP.
  • Have completed the ACCA Ethics and Professional Skills module (or the previous Professional Ethics module)
  • Be up-to-date with the payment of your ACCA subscription fees.
  • Demonstrate currency of knowledge by either
    1. passing your RAP 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,
      OR
    2. if you have passed 3 ACCA (Applied Skills or Strategic Professional) examinations in the 5-year period before submission of your RAP.
      OR
    3. being a full member of ACCA of good standing (that is have an up-to-date CPD record) and who have taken their ACCA papers or received exemptions under the ACCA syllabuses in place after December 1993.

Note :

*If you are a student and hold exemptions for ACCA Applied Skills examinations Financial Reporting (was F7), Audit and Assurance (was F8) and Financial Management (was F9) you can forfeit these in order to be eligible for the BSc. Once you have forfeited your exemption you cannot reverse this decision. If you wish to do this, please contact ACCA.

Member Eligibility

If you are a member who gained exemptions from Financial Reporting (was F7), Audit and Assurance (was F8) and Financial Management (was F9) then you are not eligible for the BSc Applied Accounting.

Members must have passed papers 7, 8, 9 or equivalent no earlier than 2000.

If you have papers equivalent to 1-6 from pre-2000 please contact acca@brookes.ac.uk for advice on whether you are eligible. If, as a member, you have not completed an ethics module (professional ethics or ethics and professional skills), you must complete ethics and professional skills prior to submission. This is a programme requirement.

New members can only submit a Research and Analysis project once they have made an annual declaration of CPD compliance to ACCA. This is usually 12 months after admission to membership. For members, OBU will check your membership record with ACCA to confirm that your CPD is up to date. There is no need to provide OBU with confirmation of this.