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Bookeeping/Sage course: how to get it started?
Hi everyone,
I am willing to start a course in either Bookeeping or Sage but I don't know which one I should do first... I am working as an admin and I also deal with invoices and payroll, but I don't have any qualification. I'd like to enrol to a course.
My questions are:
1) Which one is the best to start with?
2) Where? (I live in London, so which college?)
3) Which level?
4) How long do they last?
Looking at the internet is very confusing and I'd like to get practical advice.
Many thanks in advance.
I am willing to start a course in either Bookeeping or Sage but I don't know which one I should do first... I am working as an admin and I also deal with invoices and payroll, but I don't have any qualification. I'd like to enrol to a course.
My questions are:
1) Which one is the best to start with?
2) Where? (I live in London, so which college?)
3) Which level?
4) How long do they last?
Looking at the internet is very confusing and I'd like to get practical advice.
Many thanks in advance.
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I would think that book keeping would come before Sage.
Your best bet to answer all these questions is your local college. The easiest way to find a college near you is to go to the OFSTED website (address in sources) and search for Inspection reports for colleges near your post code. This will give you a list of colleges sorted by distance from your home. You can also look at the reports to see how good the college is. OFSTED are the official inspector of childcare, schools and colleges in England.
Book keeping courses would (I think) usually be taken over a couple of years part-time, in the evenings.
You might also want to consider qualifications from the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) or the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). You can google them to find out what they offer. The AAT website is particularly helpful.
What course is appropriate will depend on several things, including your previous qualifications, what you want to do, how much time you can spend on the course, what courses are available at local colleges and how much you can afford to spend. The courses could well be free or almost free, especially if you have not studied at that level before.
Your local college will be able to help, just ring them up and tell them what you want to do. Most colleges are just finishing up enrolling for year long and full time courses about now, but if you hurry you should be able to register for a book keeping or Sage course.
Suitable colleges in London might include City of Westminster College or Westminster-Kingsway College, but both of those are (as you might guess from the names) in central London.
If your nearest college doesn't offer what you need, they should know who does.
So you have some idea what the levels mean, level 1 is a bad GCSE (D- G), 2 is a good GCSE (A* - C), 3 is A levels and 4 plus is uni.
College is nothing like school.
If you have missed the chance to enrol for courses starting this term, the next courses are probably in January.
Your best bet to answer all these questions is your local college. The easiest way to find a college near you is to go to the OFSTED website (address in sources) and search for Inspection reports for colleges near your post code. This will give you a list of colleges sorted by distance from your home. You can also look at the reports to see how good the college is. OFSTED are the official inspector of childcare, schools and colleges in England.
Book keeping courses would (I think) usually be taken over a couple of years part-time, in the evenings.
You might also want to consider qualifications from the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) or the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). You can google them to find out what they offer. The AAT website is particularly helpful.
What course is appropriate will depend on several things, including your previous qualifications, what you want to do, how much time you can spend on the course, what courses are available at local colleges and how much you can afford to spend. The courses could well be free or almost free, especially if you have not studied at that level before.
Your local college will be able to help, just ring them up and tell them what you want to do. Most colleges are just finishing up enrolling for year long and full time courses about now, but if you hurry you should be able to register for a book keeping or Sage course.
Suitable colleges in London might include City of Westminster College or Westminster-Kingsway College, but both of those are (as you might guess from the names) in central London.
If your nearest college doesn't offer what you need, they should know who does.
So you have some idea what the levels mean, level 1 is a bad GCSE (D- G), 2 is a good GCSE (A* - C), 3 is A levels and 4 plus is uni.
College is nothing like school.
If you have missed the chance to enrol for courses starting this term, the next courses are probably in January.
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