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• How to tackle audit and assurance case study questions - part 2
• 04 Nov 2009
• Audit risk
• 02 Nov 2009
• Testing, testing - one, two, three
• 13 Oct 2009
• Focus on PER - PO 9
• 01 Sep 2009
• Exam technique
• 01 Sep 2009
• Auditing in a computer-based environment
• 25 Aug 2009
• Focus on PER - PO 8
• 25 Aug 2009
• The IAASB Clarity Project
• 25 Aug 2009
• Focus on PER - PO 7
• 24 Aug 2009
• Focus on PER - PO 3
• 24 Aug 2009
• Focus on PER - PO 2
• 24 Aug 2009
• Working best with a mentor
• 24 Aug 2009
• Grade 'A' Rap
• 21 Aug 2009
• How to prepare a good Oxford Brookes University BSc Research and Analysis Project
• Massaging the figures
• 07 Apr 2009
• Earnings management - what it is, when it becomes fraud, and implications for auditors
• Focus on PER: P0 6
• 07 Apr 2009
• Use Information and Communications Technology - achieve this Performance Objective
• Risk and environmental auditing
• 11 Mar 2009
• David Campbell, examiner for Paper P1, looks at Section D1c and Section E7d of the Paper P1 study guide
• ISA 240 (redrafted), auditors and fraud
• 11 Mar 2009
• Martyn Jones, assessor for Paper F8, examines the definitions given by International Standard on Auditing (ISA) 240 (Redrafted) of fraud and error, and the historical expectations of the audit role
• The importance of financial reporting standards to auditors
• 18 Nov 2008
• Examiner for Paper P7 Lisa Weaver provides guidance on the financial reporting issues that require a detailed level of knowledge, and those for which less detailed knowledge will be expected
• The importance of financial reporting standards to the auditor
• 21 Oct 2008
• Lisa Weaver, examiner for Paper P7, provides guidance on the financial reporting matters which are examinable from the auditor's point of view - relevant to ACCA Qualification Paper P7
• Forensic auditing
• 11 Sep 2008
• Examiner for Paper P7 Lisa Weaver explores some of the key issues relevant to forensic investigations
• The business risk-based approach to an audit and audit planning
• 10 Apr 2008
• Examiner for CAT Paper 8 Brian Pine explains the business risk-based approach, and outlines the activities that are undertaken as part of audit planning
• Auditors' reports to those charged with governance
• 10 Apr 2008
• Examiner for Paper P7, Lisa Weaver, discusses the important reporting 'output' produced as a result of the audit process, that of the auditor's communication to those charged with governance
• Group audit issues
• 10 Mar 2008
• Examiner for Paper P7, Lisa Weaver, summarises some of the sections of ISA 600 (Revised and Redrafted)
• A risk-based approach to auditing financial statements
• 07 Feb 2008
• Examiner for CAT Paper 8 Brian Pine outlines the key points of a risk-based audit
• Continue to be ‘rest assured’
• 15 Oct 2007
• Lisa Weaver, examiner for Paper P7, looks at the topic of assurance, describing a framework for the classification of assurance and non-assurance engagements, and giving guidance on the practical approach required
• How to tackle audit and assurance case study questions - part 2
• 14 Sep 2007
• In the second of a two-part series Lisa Weaver, examiner for Paper P7, outlines the recommended approach to answering typical Section A case study questions
• How to tackle audit and assurance case study questions - part 1
• 01 Aug 2007
• Examiner for Paper P7 Lisa Weaver provides an insight into the recommended approach for Section A questions
• Making the right choice
• 01 Aug 2007
• ACCA qualifications development manager Gareth Owen provides guidance on making an informed choice about the Options papers you choose to study for the ACCA Qualification
• Mind the gap
• 27 Apr 2007
• Gareth Owen, ACCA qualifications development manager, provides guidance for students transferring to the new ACCA Qualification in August 2007
• Experience transfer
• 27 Feb 2007
• Guidance on what you can do in preparation to transfer to the practical experience requirements
• Audit working papers
• 23 Feb 2007
• Namasiku Liandu outlines how working papers provide evidence that an effective, efficient, and economic audit has been carried out
• Examiner's approach to Paper P7
• 30 Jan 2007
• Lisa Weaver, examiner for Paper P7, provides her approach to the advanced audit and assurance paper
• Examining evidence
• 18 Dec 2006
• Connie Richardson explains the importance of understanding audit evidence
• Money laundering
• 04 Feb 2005
• From the June 2005 session, candidates must be familiar with the international anti-money laundering standard and know the implication of its recommendations in the UK and globally, explains Kim Smith, examiner for Paper 3.1
• Audit risk in a brave new world
• 30 Sep 2004
• Auditors should understand audit risk, what it is and how to deal with it says Namsiku Liandu

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