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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

From subscription fees to the latest supervisor announcements, the following pages contain important ACCA exam-related information

ACCA Connect opening hours and 2011 subscription fees

26 QUESTIONS?

27 EXAM TIMETABLE

29 IMPORTANT INFORMATION

June and December 2011 session dates and times

Explore the wide range of Student Accountant products The latest exam rules for all students taking exams in the June 2011 exam session

28 SUPERVISOR ANNOUNCEMENTS

31 EXAM REGULATIONS

Announcements made before the start of each exam session

TUITION PROVIDERS

Subscribers to ACCAs Tuition Provider Directory are not currently approved by ACCA. Visit www. accaglobal.com/students for more

EXAM RESULTS BY EMAIL

Register for your exam results by email and update your ACCA details at https://www.acca-business.org

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ACCA CONNECT

FEES

students@ accaglobal.com +44 (0)141 582 2000

Visit ACCAs website or access your myACCA to administer your ACCA details and find answers to frequently-asked questions. For other enquiries, contact ACCA Connect our global customer service centre. However you want to contact us by phone, fax, email or post one of our expert advisers will be happy to assist you. ACCA CONNECT OPENING HOURS MONDAY TO THURSDAY Open 21 hours (closed 20.00 to 23.00) FRIDAY Open 20 hours (closed 20.00 to midnight) SATURDAY Closed SUNDAY Open 09.00 to 17.00 and 23.00 to midnight (all times based on GMT/BST as appropriate) Website: www.accaglobal.com Email: students@accaglobal.com ACCA Connect 2 Central Quay, 89 Hydepark Street, Glasgow, G3 8BW UK tel: +44 (0)141 582 2000 fax: +44 (0)141 582 2222

Annual subscription 2011 Please note as a student you are required to pay an annual subscription for each year you are registered with ACCA. This is a separate fee to your initial registration fee. Your annual subscription is due on 1 January irrespective of the month you registered. For example, if you registered in December, you will still be required to pay an annual subscription by 1 January. The payment enables ACCA to provide you with services and support to assist you with your studies and training as you work towards gaining your qualification. Students who fail to pay fees when due (including exam/exemption fees) will have their names removed from the ACCA register. Students wishing to re-register are required to submit any amounts unpaid at the time of their removal in addition to the re-registration fee. No penalty fee will be charged. Confirmation of your unpaid fees can be obtained from your national ACCA office or ACCA Connect. The following fees and subscriptions apply: CAT students Initial registration Re-registration Annual subscription ACCA Qualification students Initial registration Re-registration Annual subscription *plus unpaid fee(s) Foundations in Accountancy students Initial registration Subscription 72 *72 62 72 *72 72

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Dont forget to pay your fees on time. Dates by which fees and subscriptions must be paid, and arrangements for how payment must be made, are included in your ACCA welcome pack. You can also access information about fees and subscriptions at www.accaglobal.com and by clicking in the relevant qualification and important information section.

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JUNE 2011 S M T 29 30 31 6 7 5 13 14 12 19 20 21 26 27 28

W 1 8 15 22 29

T 2 9 16 23 30

F 3 10 17 24 1

S 4 11 18 25 2 DECEMBER 2011 S M T W T F S 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Thursday 9 June 4* Accounting for Costs F9 Financial Management P4 Advanced Financial Management Friday 10 June 5* Managing People and Systems F2 Management Accounting MMA Management Accounting P5 Advanced Performance Management Monday 13 June 8* Implementing Audit Procedures F5 Performance Management P1 Governance, Risk & Ethics Tuesday 14 June 9* Preparing Taxation Computations F7 Financial Reporting P2 Corporate Reporting Wednesday 15 June 10* Managing Finances F1 Accountant in Business P3 Business Analysis *CAT exams

The following dates have been confirmed for the next two exam sessions: June 2011 Week 1 6 to 10 June Week 2 13 to 15 June December 2011 Week 1 5 to 9 December Week 2 12 to 14 December Exams will take place over an eight-day period with one session of exams each day. The exams will be held concurrently in five different time zones. The base starting times in each of these time zones will be: Zone 1 (Caribbean) 08.00 Zone 2 (UK) 10.00 Zone 3 (Pakistan and South Asia) 14.00 Zone 4 (Asia Pacific) 15.00 Zone 5 (Australasia) 17.00. Local starting times will be set falling out from these base start times for every centre. Details of local start times can be found against each centre on the Examination Centre List accompanying your Examination Entry Form.

Papers F1 to F3 are two-hour exams, and Papers F4 to F9 and P1 to P7 are three-hour exams. Monday 6 June 1* Recording Financial Transactions 6* Drafting Financial Statements F6 Taxation P6 Advanced Taxation Tuesday 7 June 2* Information for Management Control 7* Planning, Control and Performance Management F4 Corporate and Business Law P7 Advanced Audit and Assurance Wednesday 8 June 3* Maintaining Financial Records F3 Financial Accounting MFA Financial Accounting F8 Audit and Assurance

DETAILS OF LOCAL START TIMES CAN BE FOUND AGAINST EACH CENTRE ON THE EXAMINATION CENTRE LIST ACCOMPANYING YOUR EXAMINATION ENTRY FORM.

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SUPERVISORS ANNOUNCEMENTS
At the start of each exam, the supervisor will make the following announcement. BEFORE THE EXAM BEGINS 1 The exam will be conducted in accordance with the regulations and guidelines outlined in your attendance docket. 2 Please check that you are sitting at the correct desk and that you have been given the correct exam paper with the appropriate tax/ law variant. If you are in any doubt please contact an invigilator before the exam begins. 3 Do not open your question paper until you are told to do so. 4 Your answer booklet will be electronically marked. You must therefore ensure that you read the instructions on the front cover carefully and complete the details as required using the information from your attendance docket. Please do this now, as the supervisor cannot allow any time at the end of the session. 5 To complete the details, you must write the relevant information in the spaces provided. Once you have done this, you must then shade the relevant circle in the column below each number or letter using a black pen. Only one number or letter must be selected from each column. 6 Please remove all items, other than those listed on your attendance docket, from your desk now. Candidates found in possession of unauthorised materials are in breach of the exam regulations and their conduct will be reported to ACCA. If you attempt to gain an unfair advantage in the examination, you are likely to be removed from ACCAs student register following disciplinary proceedings. You are not permitted to take mobile phones or pagers to your desk under any circumstances. If you choose to leave such items in your bag they must be switched off. You are not permitted to use a calculator, personal organiser or language translator with the facility to store or display text. Please check now that you do not have such an item on your desk. Please note that you may not leave the hall permanently until the conclusion of the exam. If you need to leave your desk for any reason, you will be escorted by an invigilator. Invigilators will collect your attendance docket during the exam. Please place it on your desk ready for this validation process. Candidates sitting exams with multiple-choice questions must record their answers on page two of their answer booklet. You must complete the answer grid on this page as this is the only information processed for marking. Answers indicated on any other pages of the answer booklet or the question paper will not be marked.

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CANDIDATES FOUND IN POSSESSION OF UNAUTHORISED MATERIALS ARE IN BREACH OF THE EXAMINATION RULES.

12 Candidates attempting three-hour papers will be given 15 minutes reading time at the beginning of the exam. You must not open or write on your answer booklet until you are told to do so at the end of the 15 minutes. However, you are permitted to write on your question paper. 13 You will be told when there is one hour remaining and when there are 15 minutes left until the exam ends. 14 You must submit your answer booklet at the end of the exam. 15 You cannot keep your question paper and these will be collected at the end of the session. Your answer booklet will not be marked unless your question paper has been collected. 16 Candidates attempting two-hour papers are requested to leave the room quietly at the end of their exam as there will still be exams in progress. 17 If there is a problem during the exam, you will be escorted to the nearest emergency exit.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
STUDENT ACCOUNTANT All registered students with valid email addresses receive an alert every two weeks to inform them that a new digital issue of Student Accountant is available. Each digital issue contains a range of technical articles, as well as careers-related features and advice. The digital magazine is a Flash-based platform, and we also provide PDF downloads for students who want to read the magazine offline. In addition, each month (generally the third week of the month) we email Student Accountant Direct, which contains jobs in your region, news you can use, country/region-specific information, reminders, ACCA news, surveys and calls to action for future articles in Student Accountant. Further developments include regional Student Accountant Direct e-magazines for students in the Middle East, the Caribbean, Pakistan and Europe. We also produced paper specific microsites for Papers F5, F7 and F8 and will develop microsites for more papers during 2011. We no longer produce a monthly printed Student Accountant magazine. However, in addition to the range of digital products produced by the Student Accountant team, we also produce a printed Essential Guide magazine in April and October that is completely focused on the next exam session. If you have any queries about the Student Accountant range of products, please email the editorial team at studentaccountant@ accaglobal.com For queries relating to your ACCA administration, exams, application process and fees, please contact ACCA Connect at students@accaglobal.com or telephone +44 (0)141 582 2000. You can access your records by logging into your myACCA account, and in addition the ACCA website (www.accaglobal.com) also contains a host of information that could answer your queries. EXAM RESULTS If you want to receive your June 2011 exam results by email, you can register by ensuring you have an up-to-date email address recorded on our website at https://www.acca-business.org and then simply insert a tick in the relevant box. Once you have registered to receive your exam results by email, ACCA will continue to send exam results/status reports to you at subsequent sessions until you complete the ACCA exams or unsubscribe from the service.

OXFORD BROOKES BSc(HONS)

Students completing certain papers of the ACCA Qualification are eligible to apply for a BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University. The degree must be completed within 10 years of your initial registration on to ACCAs professional qualification; otherwise, your eligibility will be withdrawn. Check your eligibility status at www.accaglobal.com/ students/bsc/. The dates below outline the forthcoming deadlines for completing the qualifying exams and the last opportunity to submit your Research and Analysis Project (RAP): First session (1) Final session for completing the qualifying exams (2) June 2001 December 2010 December 2001 June 2011 Final date for submission of RAP May 2011 November 2011

Notes 1 First applicable exam session as confirmed at the time of your initial registration with ACCA. 2 Completion of Fundamentals level exams. Professional Ethics module Students wishing to submit their Research and Analysis Project (RAP) must complete the Professional Ethics module. For more information visit www.accaglobal.com/ students/bsc/

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EXAM REGULATIONS
Taking your ACCA exams is part of your journey towards becoming an ACCA professional accountant and you are expected to act in a professional manner when taking your exams. The following rules on conduct apply to students completing projects or sitting paper-based and computer-based exams, as well as those taking internally-assessed ACCA courses. 1 You are required to comply in all respects with any instructions issued by the registrar, exam supervisor and invigilators before and during an exam. 2 You may not attempt to deceive the registrar or the exam supervisor by giving false or misleading information. 3 If you are given reading time at the beginning of the exam, you are not allowed to open or write on your answer booklet until the supervisor tells you to do so at the end of the reading time. You are, however, permitted to write on your question paper. 4 If you are given reading time at the beginning of the exam, the exam is considered to be in progress from the start of the reading time. 5 You are not allowed to take to your exam desk any books, notes or other materials except those authorised by the registrar. These are known as unauthorised materials. 6 You are not allowed to possess any unauthorised materials while the exam is in progress (whether at your desk or otherwise). 7 You are not allowed to use, or attempt to use, or intend to use, any unauthorised materials while the exam is in progress.

THESE RULES ARE REPRODUCED ON YOUR EXAMINATION ATTENDANCE DOCKET YOU SHOULD TAKE TIME TO FAMILIARISE YOURSELF WITH THEM. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO SIT YOUR EXAMS YOU MUST SIGN YOUR DOCKET CONFIRMING YOUR AGREEMENT TO COMPLY WITH THESE RULES.
8 If you breach exam regulation 5, 6 or 7, and the unauthorised materials are relevant to the syllabus being examined, it will be assumed that you intended to use them to gain an unfair advantage in the exam. In any subsequent disciplinary proceedings, you will have to prove that you did not intend to use the unauthorised materials to gain an unfair advantage in the exam. You may not assist, attempt to assist, obtain or attempt to obtain assistance by improper means from any other person during your exams. You are required to adhere at all times to the Instructions to Candidates, which you receive with your Examination Attendance Docket. You are required to comply with the exam supervisors ruling. Supervisors are obliged to report any cases of irregularity or improper conduct to the registrar. The supervisor is empowered to discontinue your exam if you are suspected of misconduct and to exclude you from the exam hall. You may not engage in any other unprofessional conduct designed to assist you in your exam attempt. You are not permitted to remove either your script booklet or your question paper from the exam hall. All exam scripts remain the property of ACCA. 14 Once the exam has started, you are not allowed to leave the exam hall permanently until the end of the session and then only when instructed by the supervisor. 15 If you attempt to gain an unfair advantage in the exam (whether by breaching an exam regulation or otherwise) you are likely to be removed from ACCAs student register following disciplinary proceedings. These regulations are reproduced on your Examination Attendance Docket you should take time to familiarise yourself with them. In order to be eligible to sit your exams you must sign your docket confirming your agreement to comply with these regulations.

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