Articles, Tips, & Advice From Our Tutors
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Accounting and bookkeeping are popular professions. Many students wonder if they need a degree to get into the field. If you’re looking to study a course but don’t want to commit to a full-time degree, there is good news. A degree isn't needed to be an accountant or bookkeeper. Even...
Tax is a complicated matter to handle, as we are told right? Complex is probably a better word for it. The proposition of Making Tax Digital (MTD) is easy though: paper records of accounting are no longer viable. Operating using the digital form of accounting will become the norm for businesses...
The first impression to a potential employer is usually your CV. Meeting the criteria in terms of experience is one thing, but your skill-set is what usually seals the deal. The skill section of your CV is a great place to show how good you are as an accountant and...
Distance learning has become one of the fastest ways to accelerate your career through education. The ability to learn at your own pace has been key in the ever-growing battle of work/life balance. With so many learning providers arising, what is it you should look for before handing over your...
I have two questions for you... How many webpages do you have open right now? How often do you check social media? The fifty or so who watched last week’s webinar with ICB will have heard from one of our former students - Elizabeth Carter (you can watch the full video below)....
Would you try to eat soup with a fork? No. Of course you wouldn’t. But many online learning providers do exactly that when they deliver their ICB and AAT online courses using a system called Moodle. And that's because it wasn't designed to work with the type of questions you'd...
The Dreaded Journal They can be the stuff of nightmares! Are you reading this because you’re struggling with accounting journal entries? Yes? In that case, before I get started, I want to tell you something. You’re not on your own The fact that I’ve written this means one of three things. I’ve struggled with it,...
“Do you do videos?” A common question from both ICB and AAT students. We’ve already spoken about the carefully constructed educational experience offered by Training Link. And the cornerstone of this has always been our study books. Exclusive to us – and regularly improved after continuous feedback (both verbal and based...
This is the most vital part of your course package… but (bizarrely) nobody really talks about it. We touched on this in the webinar we ran with the AAT (available to watch here). But it’s worth stressing the point again - even for the hundred or so that stuck with...
Question, do you know your debits from your credits? If I were to ask my (much) younger studying self that question, the honest answer would be no. However, I was very good at learning and memorising! But this creates a problem. You can only memorise what you have been given. So how can you...
