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Has anyone used Reed Business School or Acorn?

Posted: Monday 10 January 2011 by JW
Replies : 11
Keywords: Acorn, BPP, kaplan, Reed, study

Hi

 

Was just wondering if anyone had used Reed or Acorn classroom courses, I will hopefully be taking the 3 stratigic papers in may and would prefer to do a classroom based tuition rather than online (used bpp online classroom and was not that impressed). 

They are both cheaper than Bpp and Kaplanc but I am worried that I will be sacrificing quality for cost.

 

Would appriciate feedback from anyone who has used either of them.

 

Thanks

Acorn or Cima global

Posted by Sharon Watts on Monday 10 January 2011 11:07

Hi

 

I am also looking to do strategic level however I live in Australia now so online is my only option anyones feedback on Acorn or Cima online would be appreciated. Thanks Sharon

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Cima Study

Posted by JW on Monday 10 January 2011 11:50

Sharon

 

I tried using Cima Study for E2, did not find it to helpful as it was just a case of reading off the screen.  I gave up using it after a few weeks. did use Bpp online classroom was not great but better than cima study.

 

Hope this helps

Reed Business school

Posted by Sara on Monday 10 January 2011 18:49

Hi JW,

I was studying via BPP home study package for managerials and failed as many times as I passed.  With 3 attempts at P5 Intergrated management and thinking I would never get there, I enrolled at Reed for the full link course (tuition, revision and QBD).  I passed with a really good mark.  I didn't hesitate using them again for all 3 strategics (passed all first time in May) and Top Cima (first time pass in September).

With any method, you have to be totally focussed and committed to succeed, but Reed certainly worked for me.

All the best with your strategics which ever provider you choose....

Thanks

Posted by JW on Tuesday 11 January 2011 09:38

Sara

 

Thanks for that it has helped alot, it is so hard to find reveiws on all the tuition providers.

 

Juliet

Reed at Little Compton

Posted by Christopher Davies on Friday 14 January 2011 16:04

Hi

I sat TOPCIMA with Reed in September last year and it was quite a big investment for me in terms of costs and time away. However, it paid off and I passed. I found that the tutor really made you think in the class room which helped me to develop my analysis skills.

The other students were very sociable and the Business School at Little Compton is set in a beautiful location. 

First Intuition

Posted by jmcd on Tuesday 18 January 2011 15:44

Hi

In the November sitting I used First Intuition online course for P2 and Acorn for E2.

I found First Intuition excellent, really well presented and first class support.

I found Acorn to be adequate enough but would probably not use them again - I know that for P1 the online "lectures" were mainly read word for word from the text which I didn't find particularly useful, for E2 though it was far more lecture like.

Hope that helps. 

Acorn

Posted by Helen Robertson on Friday 11 March 2011 15:14
I didn't do a classroom course with them, but used Acorn online and found them to be appallingly bad. Have heard similar comments from others too.

Distance learning experiences

Posted by Julia Harrison on Tuesday 19 April 2011 16:29

Hi all

I am currently writing a short article on distance learning for Velocity and wondered if any of you had any feedback on distance learning that you would like to share. The article is generic and will not refer to specific distance learning providers.

In particular I would like to know if this type of learning worked for you, and if so why? What factors made you choose the distance learning option? Would you use distance learning again? What advice would you give to other students thinking of studying via distance learning?

Any feedback would be gratefully received, if you would like to reply to me directly please feel free to do so.

Many thanks

Julia Harrison

CIMAsphere moderator.

 

Reed

Posted by Fiona Chesterton on Wednesday 27 April 2011 15:22

I went to Reed a few years ago.

 I loved it and scored my best mark of any paper so far.

 It is quite expensive though, beware all of the prices in the brochure are +VAT!

 Hope that helps

LSBF

Posted by Khalid Ibrahim on Saturday 24 September 2011 12:31

Beware of thier shining advertisement on front page of CIMA's website and FM,

 Find them complete waste of money as tutors for E3 and P3 are not experienced and are unable to provide you techniques and strengths required to pass these two papers.

 

Kaplan Live Online

Posted by Jane-Anne Spencer on Friday 28 October 2011 11:48
I can't recommend Kaplan Live online strongly enough.  They are more expensive but they are fabulous and you get brilliant support from the tutors.  I've used them for all my papers so far and am about to do stratetgic.  Contact Tanya.worsley@kaplan.co.uk for advice etc.