July 2008 Student E-newsletter

The July 2008 edition of the students E-newsletter is now available online.

In this issue:

• NSF Conference
• Have you paid your annual subscriptions?
• CIPFA Education and Training Centre Launch New CETC “Essentials” Courses
• December 2008 Exam Course Dates Announced
• Student Society News
• Study Support
• Exam results

New Chair of CIPFA National Student’s Forum

Judith Savage of Trafford Council has been elected as the new Chair of the CIPFA National Student Forum at the NSF Conference in Manchester.

The aim of the NSF is represent students at all levels within the Institute and support students through to full CIPFA membership. This year the NSF has worked on supporting students with the introduction of online learning. The NSF feeds back the collected comments and concerns of students directly to CIPFA.

A graduate of Manchester University, Judith works as Trafford’s Children and Young People’s Service Senior Assistant Accountant.

Judith said:

“I…

A Student’s Guide to International Financial Reporting Standards

What this book doesn’t tell you about accounting standards you probably don’t need to know.

Clare Finch has produced a remarkable book, extremely well written and concise which brings to life in full colour the otherwise drab subject of accounting standards. A quick review shows why this book is an ESSENTIAL for all students sitting accountancy exams to international financial reporting standards.

From the moment you pick it up you can sense that this is something different from traditional books on the same subject.

Firstly, the colour coded pages group standards on a ‘need to…

Additional Revision Presentations

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Additional Revision Presentations available:

Economics

Business Strategy Revision Presentations

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Business Strategy Revision Presentations available:

Introduction to Business Strategy

Ansoff’s Matrix