Category: 2019 UPDATE

  • CIMA P1: Management Accounting

    CIMA P1: Management Accounting

    It may seem odd but the CIMA P1 Management Accounting paper is the toughest exam students will face if we look at the historic pass rates. The overall pass rate for P1 is just 45% with only 50% passing it first time, to give you some context, this is much lower than the strategic level…

  • A New Beginning, A New Look.

    A New Beginning, A New Look.

    I started this blog four years ago when I was on the operational level of the CIMA ladder, it’s come a long way since then. My first blog post was discussing the merits of online study materials against the bulkier ways of studying with traditional text books and my last one was about completing the…

  • The CIMA Student UPDATE

    The CIMA Student UPDATE

    Following the recent success in passing the final CIMA exam and having my PER approved, I have had time to reflect and think about how to move “The CIMA Student” website and blog forward. As technically I am no longer a CIMA student but an associate! Nevertheless, I want to continue to write the blog…

  • My CIMA Journey

    Having passed the final CIMA exam, I have taken some time to look back over the last four years and reflect on the highs and lows I had along the way. Operational Level I actually took the E1 and F1 papers together when it was under the old 2010 syllabus, it was the old school…