Tag: CIMA

  • The Week Ahead – 24th October

    CIMA News The countdown for the November case study begins as it’s just two weeks until the operational level students face their exam. A reminder of the exam dates for the November case study exams listed below as well links to my recent articles on OCS: Marici Power, MCS: Portafone and SCS: ADF pre seen…

  • The Week Ahead – 10th October 2016

    CIMA News Do you read the CIMA FM Magazine? That’s probably a no. To be honest, it’s something I rarely look at myself but the September edition email arrived in my inbox this morning so thought it would be good opportunity to share and bring this up. You can find the September edition (and previous…

  • The Week Ahead – 3rd October 2016

    CIMA News Not so much news, but more of a general reminder for students to login and check their CIMA connect account every once in a while. There are tons of resources and plenty advice from students/CIMA staff that are well worth reading. Here are a few articles from CIMA connect that are worth checking…

  • The Week Ahead – 26th September 2016

    CIMA News The CIMA Salary insight 2016 was released recently and gives you a good chance to gauge your current earnings against the average for a CIMA student/member in your respective industry. Perhaps it will act as a motivation to study harder or even give you the urge to speak to your boss about a…

  • The CIMA Student Journey in Cameroon

    CIMA Student, Nkunde C Mbong, who is on the management level on CIMA and faces the MCS exam in November, shares her experience of being a CIMA student in Cameroon and the challengers she faces. Being a CIMA Student in Cameroon Cameroon is a country in the Central Region of Africa with about 25 million…

  • The Week Ahead – 19th September 2016

    CIMA News I noticed the official CIMA website has had a revamp and looks all nice, new and shiny. It feels much more like the CIMA connect interface, so it’s worth checking it out as it feels a much more user-friendly experience than the previous site. A reminder, of course, the November case study exams pre-seen…

  • The Week Ahead – 12th September 2016

    A look at the week ahead for CIMA students. New and tips on the November 2016 CIMA case study exams as well as E2 exam paper.

  • The Week Ahead – 5th September 2016

    After passing an exam, I tend to take my foot off the gas a bit with the CIMA studies and that’s also been reflected with the amount of activity on the blog over the last week or so. But it’s back to business this week as I (finally!) crack on with my E2 studies and…

  • New CIMA Self-Study Guides

    CIMA released a whole set of new self study guides for all levels of the qualification earlier this month and they look much better than the previous versions. The idea behind it remains the same i.e. it acts as a week-by-week study guide aligning the syllabus objectives with the recommended study time. However, CIMA have…

  • E2: Project Management

    What is Project Management? Project management is a topic that crops up in the E2 syllabus and the official definition from CIMA can be seen below: “The integration of all aspects of a project, ensuring that the proper knowledge and resources are available when and where needed, and above all to ensure that the expected…

  • CIMA Student Webinars

    You may think you have exhausted all of the free resources, CIMA exam tips and help available from CIMA but you’ve probably overlooked the student webinars that are held by the CIMA learning support team and tutors. What are Student Webinars? You shouldn’t get the webinars confused with the CIMA syllabus content, you won’t find…

  • The Week Ahead – 1st August 2016

    This month signals the beginning of the August case study exams – all of my resources, notes and comments have already been posted on the site – so Good Luck to those sitting case study exams this month. The CIMA Student Website This week I will be looking at an underrated tool that students perhaps…

  • CIMA Careers and Salary Advice

    Studying for CIMA is no easy task. There are countless amount of exams and each level of the CIMA qualification gets progressively harder. Throw working full-time and juggling family responsibilities into the mix makes passing your CIMA exams even harder. However, we mustn’t lose site of what lays ahead when finally becoming a CGMA member.…

  • The Week Ahead – 25th July 2016

    Fresh back from summer holidays it’s time to get back to the books. Here is what is coming up this week. CIMA News CIMA and AICPA joint venture to create a new association has been given the green light by members of both associations. Of those members who voted, around 90% of CIMA memberd endorsed…

  • The Week Ahead – 6th June 2016

    CIMA News It’s been over a week now since the last May CIMA Case Study was taken, so many of you maybe wondering when the results are? Well, here is a reminder that the results for the OCS will be released in just over two weeks time (Thursday 23rd June)! If it’s your first case…

  • The Week Ahead – 23rd May 2016

    The IC Optical CIMA management level case study was the focus last week, nevertheless it’s the final exam in the May sitting beginning this week. The strategic students have the scenario of DreemPark for which my links and resources on this exam can be found here for those needed some last minute revision! CIMA News Summer holidays…

  • Student Success: Interview with a new CGMA member!

    This is the first in a series of interviews with newly qualified CIMA members – hopefully it will act as an inspiration and a motivational tool for current and new CIMA students. Andrea Murphy recently passed her final CIMA exam (the Strategic Case Study) and was kind enough to answer a few questions for the site. twitter.com/IEZfVmYo79…

  • CIMA Masterclasses

    Studying CIMA via distance learning and self funding gives you a greater degree of flexibility when it comes to WHEN and HOW you study but it also throws up some tough questions you need to address. Trying to pass your CIMA exams at the first attempt gets tougher and tougher the further you progress in…

  • Equity Shares: Bonus Issue vs Rights Issue

    It’s easy to mixup subjects within a topic when studying CIMA and I’ve found myself making silly mistakes when it comes to mock exams for the F2 subject. One particular area I found myself tripping up on was the difference between a rights issues and bonus issues of shares. Here is a run down on…

  • The Week Ahead – 25th April 2016

    We are another week closer to the CIMA May 2016 case study exams with the operational level students having just two weeks until exam time. The MCS students have three weeks until their exam while the SCS students still have four weeks remaining to get exam ready. Last week I posted an article on the…