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I recently caught up with Jing Shen, one of our ACCA graduates. Jing shares her story of moving from engineering and linguistics in China to pursuing accountancy in the UK. Check it out below…

24th May was the night of the prestigious 2018 AAT Training Provider Awards, and we were delighted to win Distance Learning Provider of the Year! We’re immensely proud of all the members of our team who worked so hard during this past year to help make this win a reality, but even more proud of our wonderful AAT students. Everything we do is to help them achieve their qualifications and advance their careers, and thanks to them we are the most popular UK provider of online AAT courses.

We recently caught up with Thomas Brinsley who completed AAT levels 2 and 3 with AVADO. In his own words… Why finance? Well, when I was at college I thought I wanted to go into IT. It just so happened that I ended up taking Business Studies and was far more interested in Finance aspects of the course than anything else. After college, I managed to get a role at Nestle in their Financial Reporting Team before moving to Taylors of Harrogate, where I currently work as Operations Finance Analyst.

If you are preparing to sit ACCA F6 in June 2018 and need a bit of extra support, try AVADO’s brand new specialised four week revision course. With our F6 pass rates up to 15% higher than ACCA averages*, you can be confident we will get you ready to pass.

We recently caught up with AAT graduate, Christopher Holness, on why he chose to study with AVADO and where his learning journey has taken him. Now on to AVADO’s AAT Level 3 Advanced Diploma in Accounting, there’s no stopping him!

Every week in the run-up to the ACCA exams in December, Caron Betts will be guiding us through exam preparation from a tutor’s point of view.  

Every company is required by law to “keep the books” and record all of its transactions, which means an AAT bookkeeping qualification can teach you in demand skills and open up a wealth of potential roles in all kinds of different industries. But many bookkeepers prefer the flexibility of being self-employed, and choose to become freelance bookkeepers instead.

Whether you’re a Student looking for a rewarding career you can train for, whilst also working—avoiding the ominous burden of university debt—or a mature individual looking to start a second career, seeking a qualification with the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) could be just the road to financial freedom you’re looking for.

A lot of our students start studying towards an AAT qualification in order to either progress their existing career or start a new one in an accounting role. It’s important to remember that a qualification won’t guarantee you a certain role or pay check, but it can give you a serious helping hand towards reaching your goal. So what kinds of job are available after you qualify at each level, and what do they pay? Money isn’t everything (in fact we find it tends to rank relatively low in students’ priorities when enrolling), but you might want to have some kind of plan mapped out for your career, or maybe you’ve qualified and need inspiration on what jobs to search for? That’s why we’ve compiled a list of a few roles and potential salaries you might be eligible for upon completing each stage of the AAT Accounting pathway.