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Paul Kirkwood
Head of Learning (ACCA)
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Agenda
4 weeks to go
Where are you now?
3 weeks to go
Bridging your learning gaps
2 weeks to go
Improving your core skills
1 week to go
Prepare to pass!
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Welcome & Introduction
Paul Kirkwood
At the start of his accounting career, Paul spent four years as an auditor
before moving in accountancy tuition.
With over fifteen years teaching experience, Paul’s passion is to help all
students reach their goals.
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The Challenge Ahead
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The Challenge Ahead
“
Success is no accident. It is
hard work, perseverance,
learning, studying, sacrifice
“ Success is the sum of small
efforts – repeated day in and
day out
“
Your positive action
combined with positive
thinking results in success
and most of all, love of what
you are doing or learning to
do
“
Some people dream of
success, while other people
get up in the morning and
“ There are no secrets to
success. It is the result of
preparation, hard work and
make it happen learning from failure
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The Challenge Ahead
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The Challenge Ahead
STRESS LEVEL
Too little stress Optimum Too much Burn-out
(underload) stress stress
(overload)
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Lets Prepare to Pass
4 weeks to go
Where are you now?
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4 Weeks to go – Where are you now?
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4 weeks to go – Where are you now?
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4 Weeks to go – Where are you now?
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4 Weeks to go – Where are you now?
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4 Weeks to go – Where are you now?
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3 weeks to go – Bridging your learning gaps
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3 Weeks to go – Bridging your learning gaps?
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2 Weeks to go – Improving your core skills?
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Missing link 1
I don’t know where to start when I see a question
Missing link 2
I do practice questions but don’t seem to be getting better
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2 Weeks to go – Improving your core skills?
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Missing link 1
I don’t know where to start when I see a question
• Have (quick peak) at the answer
• Ask…
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2 Weeks to go – Improving your core skills?
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Missing link 2
I do practice questions but don’t seem to be getting better
• The power of proper debriefing
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1 week to go – Prepare to Pass
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1 Weeks to go – Prepare to Pass?
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Exam week
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Top Exam Guidance
Exam day!
Don’t be afraid to take a Know your route to the exam Make sure you know your
break. If you are feeling hall – I used to do a dry run timings and keep to your
stressed, stop. Close your in the week before if it was a timings (as much as
eyes and breathe. Those few new venue. possible).
seconds to compose yourself
are better than trying to
plough on through.
Read the questions slowly Do it your way! Do the Answer everything, even if
and carefully – misreading questions in the order you you think you are wrong.
questions is a key cause of want to, not the order they
low scores. are given.
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Thank you
Any questions?
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