University of Ulster accountancy students receive top marks from global professional body
It has just been announced that two ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) students - Hazel Bradbury and Susan Lambe - achieved two of the highest worldwide scores for the taxation and audit and assurance papers of the ACCA Qualification in the June 2008 examination sitting, which was undertaken by 28,329 students globally.
Hazel and Susan were presented with their prizes on 23 October 2008 at a special event held at Belfast Castle.
Hazel Bradbury currently works for Northern Ireland Water as a Trainee Accountant in the Corporate Governance department. She says: “I am thrilled to have passed my Taxation paper to such a high level, as this is an area that
I hope to work in when I have finished my studies.”
Susan Lambe, who currently works for United Dairy Farmers in Belfast as a commercial accountant, says: “I am delighted with winning the prize. I made a career change two years ago from being a vet to an accountant and am relishing the challenge. I look forward to my future career in accountancy.”
Keith McManus, President, ACCA Ulster Members’ Network said at the event: “Both Hazel and Susan have worked hard to achieve so much in these exams and to have achieved such high results in such a competitive environment is exceptional. We are certain that these results for the ACCA examination will give both Hazel and Susan an excellent foundation to build their future careers.”
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Notes to Editors
1. ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants. We aim to offer business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management. We have 325,606 students and 122,426 members in 170 countries worldwide.
2. ACCA believes that globalisation of business requires one set of reporting standards. We favour principles-based, not rules-based standards, which is why we support the worldwide implementation of IFRS.
3. ACCA believes that tax systems should be transparent, simplified, fair and certain.
4. Complying with regulations affects SMEs disproportionately, which is why ACCA urges governments and standard setters to ‘think small first'’
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