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New Learning Tools to Help Accounting and Finance Professionals Close the Skills Gap

AICPA® & CIMA® announced the offering of a new online learning platform to help accounting and finance professionals improve and update their skills to take advantage of a digital accelerating business environment. ...

Everything you need to know about the CGMA Finance Leadership Program

The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, representing AICPA & CIMA, has officially launched the CGMA Finance Leadership Program in the U.K., an alternative pathway to complete CIMA’s CGMA Professional Qualification and earning the CGMA designation. CGMA Finance Leadership Program candidates will study the same syllabus, sit the same case study exams and need the same practical experience requirement as those on the traditional pathway. However, it will be delivered through self-paced e-learning. ...

Worry-free exam preparation

For most people, it does not matter how long you study or how many practice questions you do, you will still have a feeling in the back of your mind that you are not quite ready to sit the upcoming exam. Here are some ways to boost your confidence and exam preparedness. ...

TIME – a pun ridden journey through the annals of time CIMA student style

Never more so than when attempting to do the impossible, succeed in a busy finance role, whilst studying CIMA and quite probably also juggling raising a family and/or trying to hold onto a social life. Yet in a strange way that awful pressure of time, the sense that it’s running away with us, is what provides motivation, the need to crack on and get things done. Without the constraints of time where would we be? ...

Tips for mastering the CIMA Case Study Exams

The CIMA® Case Study exams are the final capstone exams of each level of the CIMA Professional Qualification, which students must pass to gain the CGMA® designation. We explore four tips to help you prepare for the exams. ...

How to spend the final 24 hours before an exam

You’ve been studying for weeks. You have a solid grasp of the material. Perhaps you wouldn’t mind having a few more weeks to prepare, but you’re down to the final 24 hours. This article explores how to spend those final hours preparing for an exam. ...

5 tips for resitting your CIMA exams

It can be disheartening to miss out on an exam at the first attempt. However, I can tell you that for the vast majority this is only a minor delay on the road to achieving your career goals. Persevering with your studies despite setbacks shows a degree of resilience — a characteristic in high demand by employers. I’ve put together some tips to provide targeted advice for those of you retaking your CIMA exams. ...

Managing Exam Stress

Do you have words of affirmations on your ceiling that are the first thing you see when you wake up? “You’re amazing, you’re going to ace this exam!” Maybe you have a stress-relieving app that brings you peace when you need it. As you prepare for your CIMA exams, we encourage you to plan your strategies and tap into all positive coping techniques. ...

【CIMA會計專業資格】想一take過 pass CIMA?你需要重複操卷!

大部分考生都同意重複操練試題(操卷) 是有效的備試方法。做練習題目既時候,你除了可以測試你對不同內容既熟悉程度,還可以增強你對考試重點既記憶力。而且操卷次數越多,你對考試程序就會越駕輕就熟,有助減低考試壓力同緊張既情緒! ...

【CIMA會計專業資格】如何寫出考官的「心水」答案

CIMA有三個Case Study考試,而Case Study 最能考核到考生應用學過的理論,再用於真實的情景之中。 一般來說,考官喜歡看到考生把在書本上學到的理論應用在模擬的商業情境中,從而知道考生是否透徹了解理論。假如答案中包含個人的判斷,會更令考官留下良好的印象!要寫出考官的心水答案,要留意以下五點。 ...