Garth B Review of LSBF
I attend evening classes while studying CIMA durin...
I attend evening classes while studying CIMA during 2012/13. Initially picked LSBF as it was very convenient to work and also quite a bit cheaper than Kaplan/BPP.
I think the quality of the teaching, with one or two exceptions, is high. Tutors were excellent at directing you to the material on which you would be examined and knew the syllabus extremely well. Unsurprisingly perhaps, the focus is very much on giving students what they need to pass the exam and not a great deal more. This is all most students want in any case. However, high achievers may be frustrated by the lack of ambition.
Signing up to an in class course gets you access to LSBF's online portal which includes video recordings of lectures and is very useful.
As others have said, the administration side of the college is woeful. The classrooms and campus is a little underwhelming but sufficient if you only intend to be there during teaching time. Locate itself is excellent with the tube station metres away.
Overall I would recommend LSBF for CIMA, especially if cost is a constraint. I think the teaching is the equal of Kaplan/BPP even if the facilities are not.
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