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Accounting

Entry requirements


Scottish HND

Pass

HND Accounting with AB in the graded unit.

T Level

M

About this course


Course option

1year

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Accounting

**OVERVIEW**
The BAcc Accounting provides thorough training for a career in accountancy - including financial and management accounting, taxation and audit.

CEOs and boards rely on accountants to help them to make informed financial decisions that contribute to the future success of their organisation – and you can play a part in this.

With an emphasis on the practical aspects of accountancy, you will gain the mix of skills, knowledge and experience needed for a stimulating and rewarding career in accountancy.

**ADVANCED ENTRY OPTIONS**
Direct entry to Year 2 (with an appropriate HNC) and Year 3 (with an appropriate HND) may be possible at our Paisley and Lanarkshire campuses.

**College Partnership - BAcc Top-up Degree**
In addition, Year 3 entry to this UWS degree is also offered at both South Lanarkshire College, New College Lanarkshire (Coatbridge Campus) and Ayrshire College under our college partnership agreements. Please note that these routes are **only open to students who have completed an HND in Accounting at those institutions**. Students on the BAcc at a partner college who wish to complete the Honours year will be required to attend either the Paisley or Lanarkshire campuses to do so.

**PRACTICAL FOCUS**
You will have the option to undertake a one-year placement during your course. This can either occur between the second and third year, or the third and fourth year. Placements provides essential practical experience and can boost your job prospects upon graduation.

Placement providers have included industrial and commercial companiues such as:

// Lenovo // BNP Paribas // TUV SUD // Chivas Brothers

**PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION**
The BAcc Accounting is accredited by all the major accountancy bodies including: 

// Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA)
// Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
// Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy (CIPFA)
// Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)
// Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW)

**CAREER PROSPECTS**
**Jobs**
UWS accountancy graduates have made careers in accountancy, finance, and general business management.

Previous graduates have gone on to work with well-known employers including:

// Chivas Brothers // HMRC // Glasgow Airport // National Australia Group // RBS // Shell // CBRE // NHS // Sainsbury’s

Graduates are currently working in roles including:

// Financial analysts // Graduate accountants // Credit operations advisers // Tax specialists

**Further Study**
Some graduates choose further study, leading to an MSc, PhD or teaching qualification.

Modules

For those joining in Year 2 at our Paisley or Lanarkshire campuses with an HNC in Accounting, you will further develop your financial and management accounting expertise and will be introduced to more specialised areas of accounting such as personal tax.
For all those joining in Year 3 (BAcc) either at our Paisley/Lanarkshire campuses or at one of our partner institutions, you will build upon your HND studies with in-depth studies of financial and management accounting are taught alongside core modules of accounting practice.

Assessment methods

You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials and workshops.

There will also be group work and independent learning to ensure you develop transferable skills such as research, presentation, communication and working as part of a team.

Our Accounting degree is mainly assessed using a variety of assessment methods including:

// Written examinations // Coursework // Practical assessment

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
EU
£16,000
per year
International
£16,000
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Republic of Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£1,820
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course locations:

South Lanarkshire College

Ayrshire College

New College Lanarkshire

Department:

Business and Creative Industries

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

86%
Accounting

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Accounting

Teaching and learning

81%
Staff make the subject interesting
89%
Staff are good at explaining things
79%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
67%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

75%
Library resources
74%
IT resources
80%
Course specific equipment and facilities
77%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

99%
UK students
1%
International students
40%
Male students
60%
Female students
62%
2:1 or above
36%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

D
D
D

After graduation


The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Accounting

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£18,500
low
Average annual salary
94%
med
Employed or in further education
66%
low
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

33%
Business, finance and related associate professionals
27%
Business, research and administrative professionals
17%
Administrative occupations: finance

You don't have to be an accountant if you take this degree, but over half of graduates take a look at the rewards on offer for accountancy trainees and go into the job. Many others go into other parts of the finance industry as advisors or book-keepers, and some go into management or marketing. London is very popular for accountancy graduates going into their first job, but it's also quite common to work in Scotland, with Glasgow a perennial hotbed of Scottish accountancy recruitment. If you want to find a job in finance as an accountancy graduates, recruitment agencies were particularly important last year, so try to get in touch with one as soon as you can to improve your chances.

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Accounting

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£19k

£19k

£21k

£21k

£23k

£23k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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