Well done! The semester’s over and you survived!
Regardless of how last semester went, take a deep breath and appreciate that it’s over, even just for a little while. The second semester is…
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On the ‘softer’ side of your skills
Think for a moment about the students around you if you’re in a class environment. If you’re working, think of your friends, colleagues, seniors or…
Substantive Procedures – Auditing Machinery
A lot of students study procedures off-by-heart so they can remember all the tests they should perform for Machinery or other items. I’d prefer students…
How do IRBA’s changes to the Auditing profession affect you if you want to qualify as a Registered Auditor or a Chartered Accountant?
There has been a lot of noise in the news and in accounting / auditing student circles about the pending changes to the path to…
Old vs New IRBA qualification path
This is an infographic I created to simplify the new path to qualification as an RA. I’ve also written an article with more detail.
Exam Technique: Do you battle with communication in Auditing?
As an Accounting student, the communication levels required in Auditing WAS NOT what you signed up for! Numbers, formulae, disclosures, calculations… that’s what this was…
Exam Technique – Risk Assessment at Overall Financial Statement Level
What do exams expect of you? Whether you’re writing Auditing for your degree, CTA, or ACCA (Audit and Assurance, F8 and P7), you need to…
Code of Professional Conduct – Fundamental Principles
Here’s some help to visualise the intentions of the Fundamental Principles of the Code of Professional Conduct… but might be a nice quick revision for…
King III – Board Committees: Functions and Composition
When students are studying the King III Code, they mostly study the functions and compositions off by heart. Here’s an explanation of why each requirement…
What I learnt in 2014
We tend to think that by the time we finish studying or we qualify, we’ll know everything, be wise and have it all worked out.…