Accountancy BSc

If you want to become an ICAEW Chartered Accountant, this Flying Start Degree Programme could be your fastest way to get there. It's a collaboration between the Nottingham University Business School, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and PwC.
It's called the Flying Start Degree Programme because that's what it does: it gives you a flying start towards becoming an ICAEW Chartered Accountant. Paid work placements are embedded within the programme and it is a great way to kick start your career in accountancy.
Year one
Your first year on the BSc Accountancy programme serves as a broad foundation to the study of a range of business disciplines, including modules in financial accounting, assurance, principles of taxation, business law, microeconomics, macroeconomics, quantitative methods, organisation studies and business computing. During your first year, you will also be liaising with PwC to identify which office you will be working during the next three years.
Year two
After taking a block period of study in early September on audit and assurance, you will spend September to December on a paid placement with PwC. The office in which you will be based will be your office for the rest of the time on the programme, which will help you make friends and build lasting relationships with others who work in the same office. While on placement, you will be working on real client work, applying the knowledge you have learnt earlier in the course. You will return to your studies in January, where you will take modules on tax compliance, financial accounting and reporting, financial management and management strategy.
Year three
You will start year three undertaking another block of study in early September on business planning for taxation. Following this, you will spend September to December on a further paid placement with PwC, where you are likely to be taking on more complex work. You will return to your studies in January, where...