Your exam’s a month away… you’re not ready… what to do? I remember the feeling around a month away from exams. Dread was looming, guilt was rising, stress was increasing, and I felt like my study progress was like wading through cold syrup. Slow, painful and uncomfortable. My ACCA students and my PGDA students are…
DetailsI believe that Mindset will affect your studying MORE than anything else I believe that your Mindset will affect the success of your studying, almost more than anything else! This is why I now focus on Study Mindset & Strategy coaching for Accounting students instead of focussing on subject-matter. Why do Acc Students have Fixed…
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Introduction, and why we chatted Fenni Nghekevali CA(NAM) is a Chartered Accountant in Namibia. As a Professional Development Executive at ICAN (Institute of Chartered Accountants for Namibia), and from her own journey she has a wealth of experience to share. We chatted about journeys outside our comfort zones, the importance of mindset, and the opportunities…
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Introduction, and why we chatted Wiehann Olivier CA(SA) is a Partner and the Digital Asset Lead at Mazars. I chatted to him because of his specialism in cryptocurrency (sorry, ‘digital assets’!). My focus in speaking to him was not so much about the actual accounting for cryptocurrency, as the experience of starting this division for…
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Introduction, and why we chatted Tom Clendon is an online lecturer, who specialises in the SBR (Strategic Business Reporting) exam for the ACCA qualification. I chatted to him about professional qualification shifts, the challenges that our students face, and why they struggle with the things they do. Here’s Toms’ brief background: Have exams changed? If…
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Should you leave questions until AFTER you’re finished studying? (This is one of a series of articles) As part of my work with accounting students on their Study Strategy, this is a topic we discuss at length, as part of our discussion around how to make study sessions more effective, and improve exam performance. I’m…
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Should you leave questions until AFTER you’re finished studying? (This article is part of a series) As part of my work with accounting students on their Study Strategy, this is a topic we discuss at length, as part of our discussion around how to make study sessions more effective, and improve exam performance. I’m writing…
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Should you leave questions until AFTER you’re finished studying? As part of my work with accounting students on their Study Strategy, this is a topic we discuss at length, as part of our discussion around how to make study sessions more effective, and improve exam performance. I’m writing a series of articles explaining a few…
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Purpose of this chat I chatted to Mariam Motala (PGDA MAF lecturer and Programme Head) and Romaana Karodia (PGDA Tax lecturer) from Regent Business School. They’ve both been lecturing PGDA students for years, and we chatted about the struggles that we feel students face, what they should be thinking of and focussing on as they…
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Tell me about your study challenges… I’m always working to provide better support, insight and advice to students on their professional accounting qualification journey. The more info I have from more students, the better I can do this. Thus, I’ve created a survey for you to complete. Details: Approx 12 Minutes I will NOT share…
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What did we cover? Regent Business School invited me to be a guest speaker on one of their webinars dedicated to students who are considering doing their CTA / PGDA in 2022. We covered: Prof Stegen: Regent’s PGDA Programme for 2022 (0:00 – 11:16) Yvonne: Mindset and how it impacts your studying (11:16 – 41:50)…
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What is MyCAhub? Muhammed Ismail has started his own business, myCAhub. We chatted about a LOT of stuff, so I’ve separated our discussion into a few posts. In this post, we chat about his business, what it looks like, what it does, and how it helps SAICA CA(SA)’s We’ve had two other chats so far,…
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We want more entrepreneurial accountants! Muhammed Ismail is a recently qualified CA(SA) who has started his own business, myCAhub. We chatted about a LOT of stuff, so I’ve separated our discussion into a few posts. In this post, we chatted about entrepreneurship, and some specific challenges and opportunities related to accounting professionals, based on our…
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Who is Muhammed Ismail, what did we chat about? Muhammed Ismail is a recently qualified CA(SA) who has started his own business, myCAhub. We chatted about a LOT of stuff, so I’ve separated our discussion into a few posts. In this post, we chatted about his qualification journey, challenges that students face on this journey,…
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“I feel so stupid” I hear this from so many students. A lot more students will FEEL this, but not say anything, because it’s a horrible thing to admit. This breaks my heart for a few reasons: I see students quitting, or contemplating quitting, a study or qualification path they’ve put their heart and soul…
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Does this sound like you? You’ve attended your lectures for the day (face-to-face or online!), and you have your notes from the session, your textbooks, tutorials question bank, not to mention your massive stash of stationery. (If you’re anything like me!). Now, answer these questions: Do you still need to do revision and summaries before…
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What is a ‘wicked’ learning environment? Yes, I know a lot of my students will agree that accounting is a wicked environment, mainly based on the fact that they’re really stressed with their studies and struggle with all the theory, volume and complexity. But this is not what I’m talking about! Psychologists use the term…
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How do we answer questions? When we start learning at school, we learn how learning and studying works. We develop our understanding of what it means to ‘learn’ something, and what it means to be ‘competent’ with the subject matter. In a lot of cases, here’s what we believe about the learning process: When we…
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You’re writing PRACTICAL exams There’s a lot of knowledge involved in accounting. You need to ‘know’ a lot of stuff. This does NOT mean that you’re writing ‘theory’ exams. Your exams are designed to try simulate how you’d USE your knowledge to help your clients in the future. This means that you have to learn…
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