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04:08 PM, Monday 20 August 2007 .. 0 comments .. Link

Strange not to be studying just now. It's like having kids - you wonder what you did with all the spare time you must have had before you had 'em.

I've decided to do the full FTC monty for my next two, P1 & P3, but this means I won't get the books until the start of the courses in September (and apparently FTC can't allow me to pick them up early as they won't be available before then due to the syllabus changes and the first draft not being accepted by ACCA).

I'm normally almost finished a quick first read of the books by now, having registered just after my last exam was over. The plan has always been this way (home study and taught revision courses), so I can then take the resits at the same time as the new subjects by utilising the ten weeks between the exams and the results. So far I've been lucky not to fail to see how the plan works, but as I've just completed my STR, I'm keen to get finished. The motivation is waning slightly, and hopefully the full monty will mean a greater chance of success.

I've always used holidays for my revision courses. Firstly because my last manager in my old job wouldn't put me onto the official study scheme, and secondly because I thought we didn't get the time off. But we do - except it's called 'manager's discretion'. Just like all good HR policies, lots of management discretion.

So I put in a business case to my manager, to get some management discretion, so I don't have to forego almost all of my holiday time in order to attend taught courses. This year I had a week off in February, and apart from a couple of days at most, the rest of my 'holidays' so far have been to attend revision courses and qbr. I know I'm lucky that my employer will pay for all of my courses, but the policy is so fragmented in its application due to the managers discretion that I put my head above the parapet. My manager took my request to the senior manager's meeting to ensure consistency with other departments in our area, where it became apparent that my colleagues in our other location get three times as many days off for study/exams as we do! So finger's crossed!

But the lack of actual holiday time was very telling just before my holiday, so I'm now going to be very strict with myself and keep holidays mainly for me and the family, and not for study days or to attend courses unless absolutely necessary. But then we all know what Scotland's most famous poet had to say about plans like that, don't we

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