Chartered Accountancy Route WITHOUT University?

[LittleSquidge]

I'm currently studying up to level 4 (AAT) at a college and I've finally found what I feel I'm supposed to be doing in life!

I'm twenty-two and have already attended University (with the wrong subject choice) and hated the entire experience incredibly. A classmate told me that her Mother had completed our course, also up to level 4 and was currently studying to become chartered at a college in our local area (Oxfordshire). The only other information I have is that her book on tax is ginormous and she's not working mean whilst doing it.
She is definitely not at a University.

I've tried browsing, but I can't find anything online to suggest that there is any way of achieving this without attending University. There is also not a course at Abingdon and Witney College (http://www.abingdon-witney.ac.uk/) or Oxford and Cherwell Valley College (http://www.ocvc.ac.uk/).

I really want to put myself in the top of this field and be desirable to employers. I'm finding the course incredibly easy and know that I will succeed within this field if the opportunity is there.

I cannot consider University again and haven't seen the classmate in some time to be able to ask for further information.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.

[boxtops]

Yes you can - although some FE college attendance might be necessary, my friend is studying accountancy through night school at our local college. Alternatively you can do it distance learning http://www.homelearningcollege.com/LP/Accounting-Courses-Online/?WT.srch=1&srchpterm=+accounting_+qualifications&srchengine=google&srchmatch=broad&cp=HLCPPC0053&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=+accounting_+qualifications&utm_campaign=HLCPPC0053&gsrc=S

I don't know what you've tried googling but there do seem to be other options

[LittleSquidge]

Thank you boxtops!
Do you know how I can go about doing it?

[LittleSquidge]

I would prefer not to go through distance learning, but I'm glad it's an option.

[boxtops]

Yes, I know people who've studied with the Home College - fill in that form on the link I've sent you, for more information

[plautus]

The first question must be; did you graduate from university or did you leave without a degree? If accountancy is anything like law, then there are conversion courses available to graduates in other disciplines which, on completion will allow you to proceed to professional qualification. If. however, you left without a degree then the evidence is that you do not possess the stamina to embark upon a purely professional course.

[boxtops]

something's happened to your post, plautus :-(

[plautus]

Er?

[boxtops]

The ends of the lines on your post have disappeared off into the advert on the right of my screen - not on anyone else's posts

[boxtops]

^^ happening to me now, too :-(

[plautus]

Oh, thank God for that. I thought I'd been zapped by the folks under the bridge!

[factor-fiction]

My screen layout hasn't ben thrown out but I recall that sometimes the problem can be caused by a long link address like the one in your post, boxtops

[Buenchico]

Start here and follow the links:
https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/privatepracticeaccountant.aspx

Chris

[LittleSquidge]

I didn't complete the course. However, I was studying photography and had no passion in it. I was young and worried too much about letting others down, so stuck it out for two years. Then how unhappy I was led to a decrease in my already difficult mental health.

I've changed so much since then (it was two years ago) and now, there is no concern in my mind whatsoever, Plautus, about whether I'd complete the necessary education required to become chartered. I don't want to attend University for other reasons.
Also, there's no need to be judgmental towards people of whom you are only aware of through a post on the Internet.