NOT THE RESULT YOU HOPED FOR? WHAT CAN YOU DO NEXT?
ACCA is a challenging accounting qualification that requires aspirants to be well-equipped academically as well as mentally to ace it. This demanding qualification does not always have satisfactory outcomes; sometimes, despite the utmost hard work, aspirants fail to ace complex ACCA exams as they either couldn’t handle the pressure or face academic difficulties. Failing an ACCA exam is not that big of a deal, as you can always bounce back unless you choose to give up on your goals.
The day ACCA results in the UK are announced, aspirants face a lot of mental stress and pressure, which is natural when you are aspiring for such a prestigious qualification, but when results aren’t as expected, students tend to lose hope and give up. This happens because students are not well-trained about what could be the best next steps they can take to save their dream career if they think the results are not justified. Know that ACCA allows you to appeal for a review in the exams you fail to crack and have doubts about; the process of release, checking, and appealing regarding ACCA results in the UK is well-explained in this blog. This will allow aspirants to have insights into this important matter, and they will know what to do if such a situation happens.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACCA RESULTS IN THE UK:
You must be well aware of the fact that ACCA holds exams quarterly in March, June, September, and December; the exam dates for each exam session are announced by ACCA Global every year. Alongside ACCA exam dates, schedule, and other essential deadlines, the ACCA result release date for each session is also pre-announced.
On the date of result release, the ACCA results in the UK are available on the website of ACCA Global; you can access your results through your MyACCA portal. If you are not comfortable checking it on a portal, you can opt for receiving your results via text message, but that should be done at least seven days before the release date; once done, you will automatically receive the upcoming results through texts.
APPEALS AND REVIEW PROCESS AFTER DISSATISFACTORY ACCA RESULTS IN THE UK:
Mistakes or technical errors can be made by any prestigious academic body, be it a global qualification like ACCA. If you think your result has some issues or errors that need to be fixed, you can appeal for review. Now, the question arises, ‘How to appeal ACCA results review?’ The process is easy, but limited knowledge regarding this issue is what makes it difficult for aspirants to tackle such situations. Here is how to appeal ACCA results review without making any mistakes:
1: ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW:
The first stage of your appeal to review ACCA results in the UK is to apply for administrative review within the provided deadline (this deadline is mentioned amongst important dates in the exam session of the portal). This stage only checks if there is any error in results printing, if the paper was checked, if you received the correct marks, incorrect attendance, etc; it has nothing to do with re-checking or second marking the exam. If errors are found in printing, mark allocation, or attendance, your result might get adjusted within a short span of time.
2: APPEAL TO EXAMINATIONS/APPEALS TO COMMITTEE:
Once you receive the feedback of ‘Administrative review’ and still have doubts about the outcome, you may appeal to the examinations/committees. There is a specified deadline to appeal at this stage as well; if done within the deadline, ACCA will cater to your request. In this appeal, the aspirant is questioning the previous judgment and requesting the committee to check if the correct ACCA procedures/rules were followed throughout. Again, this stage is just to recheck if a previously correct judgment was made, and has nothing to do with rechecking the paper or passing any academic judgments; whatever decision the appeal committee gives is the final decision and can not be changed.
CONCLUSION:
Technical errors and such mistakes in ACCA results in the UK are not very common, but still, there is room for them; hence, students should be well-guided about all the possible circumstances and the best possible ways to deal with them. This knowledge helps them act wisely in such chaotic and stressful times. What students need to take care of the most in such situations is the deadlines; meeting deadlines is essential, especially when it comes to academic criticalities.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)
Q1: Give some practical tips for students appealing for a review of their ACCA results in the UK.
Ans: Some of the effective suggestions for students in such circumstances are: to meet the deadlines, save all the evidence, and be clear in your request.
Q2: Is there any fee charged by ACCA for result review?
Ans: Yes, a fee is charged for each exam you appeal to review; the fee for each paper is around £60 for either stage of reviewing, charged separately.
Q3: What is the concept of ‘ACCA mitigating circumstances’?
Ans: ACCA allows you to appeal for relaxation in serious circumstances you have no control over, such as a medical emergency, but for this process, a student is required to notify ACCA within a specified period of time.
