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This specialist diploma is designed to provide you with an understanding of the role of accounting and financial management within business and today’s society to an intermediate level. You’ll become equipped with the technical skills to practice accountancy along with a broader academic knowledge and cover topics that will instil creative and critical thinking, reasoning, and research skills. These skills and the knowledge you’ll gain from studying this diploma can be applied to a wide range of business activities and prepare you for a variety of exciting careers in accounting, finance or more broadly within business.
Key features of the course
Covers the theoretical and practical aspects of financial accounting, management accounting and financial management to an intermediate level
Develops your ability to evaluate accounting and financial information
Develops academic skills such as critical thinking and assessing arguments
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