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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