Author: cimastudent
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CIMA BLACK FRIDAY SALE!
It’s that time of year when Astranti have a whopping 40% OFF all of their CIMA materials, it’s a great time to add to your resources or push yourself to take the next case study sitting in February 2019. To claim the 40% discount add the discount code 40BLACKFRIDAY at the checkout – offer is applicable…
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Practice Tests Academy
The good people at Practice Tests Academy are offering The CIMA Student readers 20% off ALL OF THEIR CIMA Materials!! The offer runs from Monday 19th November to Monday 26th November – to take advantage use the discount code 20thecimastudent CIMA Objective Test Materials PTA have expanded their materials from being a CIMA question bank to providing…
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Passing the CIMA P3 Exam
Good things come in three’s. 103 in fact, I’ll take that mark and happily wave bye to P3. Also, only Three to go. That’s just THREE more CIMA exams (F3, E3 and SCS) before becoming fully qualified – its nice to write those words after passing the P3 Risk Management exam this week. Here are…
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Novak Pharma: Industry Analysis
The CIMA November 2018 SCS exam is based a pharmaceutical company “Novak Pharmaceuticals” – as the exam is approaching it’s a good time to take a look at some industry analysis that you can use on exam day. Novak Pharmaceutical’s: Industry Analysis VIVA Financial Tuition have produced an insight to the pharmaceutical industry for SCS…
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CIMA Nov 18 Case Studies: Top 10 Issues
CIMA November 2018 Case Studies The November 2018 CIMA case studies will begin in around four weeks with the OCS scenario of GymFit. With the November case study session finishing just over two weeks later with the SCS scenario of Novak Pharmaceuticals. Students taking the exams next month should be well in their exam preparation and have…
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Hot Topics for the CIMA OCS
The pre-seen materials were released for the CIMA OCS November GymFit exam a few weeks ago, so your attention should be turning towards mock exam practice and revision of the syllabus areas that are likely to come up on exam day. With this in mind, our good friends at CSSC Tutition have put together some words…
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Investment Appraisal Techniques
The CIMA P2 paper introduces some basic investment appraisal techniques, that are later expanded on in the P3 Risk Management paper with some more advanced techniques. But first, let’s look at the logic and calculations behind these more basic investment appraisal techniques. NPV – Net Present Value This calculation and methodology will become a staple…
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CIMA P3: Reflections on Failing
If you follow me on twitter you would have seen that I failed the CIMA P3 Risk Management exam last week. P3 Exam Initial Thoughts Failing the exam was a bitter pill to swallow as I was full of confidence although there were nerves given the fact it was my first objective test at strategic…
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CIMA SCS Nov 18: Novak Pharmaceuticals
SCS November Important Dates The relevant CIMA SCS milestones for the November 2018 exams are listed above. As you can see (at the time of writing this blog post) there are still a few weeks until the pre-seen materials are released for the exam, so it’s a great time to start planning how you will…
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CIMA MCS Nov 18: Grapple
The CIMA MCS exam builds on the knowledge you have gained from the P2/E2/F2 papers, not too mention the experience you have from the operational level and in particular the OCS you have already passed. CIMA Gateway Students The only exception would be those students who are taking the Gateway route and this will be…
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CIMA OCS Nov 2018: Gymfit
The November 2018 OCS exam will be the first case study exam you will be taking on your CIMA journey, so it will be new in many ways. But it shouldn’t hold any fear for those students that are worried with the prospect of their first case study coming up. It seems a world ago since…
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CIMA Objective Tests: Pass them first time!
The CIMA objective tests are difficult to pass, there is no doubt about that. The computer based, 90 minute, 60 question, multiple choice exam may sound easy (in theory) – everyone seems to roll their eyes when you tell them it’s a multiple choice exam but the reality is that can be brutal to pass given…
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The Benefits of Studying CIMA
Why is CIMA becoming more and more relevant in industry today? Well, it’s a subject I have been giving lots of thought to recently as I embark on the strategic level. I say embark, the reality is I have yet to open a P3 text book but the plan is start after I’ve finished writing…
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CIMA SCS Aug 2018: Finch News Group
The CIMA SCS August 2018 case study is around a very interesting multimedia and news company called Finch News Group and the pre-seen materials were released last week. It sounds like a great case study to get stuck into as I’m sure we are all aware of the media. Whether it’s digital, newspaper or social.…
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CIMA MCS Aug 2018: Montel
The CIMA August 2018 sitting of the case study exam is only six weeks away. This means the pre-seen materials have been released and students should be analysing them from cover to cover by now! You can find the official pre-seen materials for August MCS from CIMA here. CIMA Case Studies: The Four Stages of…
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CIMA OCS Aug 2018: Thomas Fine Teas
The August 2018 Operational Case Study pre-seen materials are now available and students sitting this exam are advised to make this 29 page document your bible for the next 6 weeks!! You can find the pre-seen materials for the August 2018 OCS from CIMA website here. CIMA OCS: Pre-Seen Analysis You can find the full…
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CIMA: Getting Motivated
It’s been almost two months now since the February MCS results came out and I’ve yet to start studying for my next exam. I’m really struggling to get back on the horse, so to speak. You can probably tell as the content on the blog has as slipped in recent weeks. I was so relived…
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CIMA PER: Practical Experience Requirements
I had a request on twitter a few weeks back about the Practical Experience Requirements (PER) that are needed to obtain the fully fledged CGMA designation. So with this in mind and the fact I am beginning the strategic level myself, it seemed the perfect time for myself to delve further into this subject which…
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CIMA SCS May 2018: Couchweb
Students sitting the SCS exam May 2018 will be dreading the next few weeks ahead of them, but to honest it’s where we (as students) all want to be! One more exam!! CIMA released the pre-seen materials for the May 2018 SCS exam Couchweb a couple of weeks ago, so you should already be well…
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CIMA MCS May 2018: Menta
CIMA released the pre-seen materials for the May 2018 MCS case study last week, so with this mind here are a list of tips, resources and links you might find useful when studying for the Menta MCS case study in May 2018. You can find the official pre-seen materials for CIMA here. Menta: Pre-Seen Analysis…
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