Alicia N

Why offer an Advanced Diploma with no Clear Honours Pathway?

Disappointed with Regent Business School and limited progression opportunities available after completing an Advance Diploma in Financial Management. I was informed that a Bcom degree is required for admission into their Bcom honours programme, despite other intuitions such as Unisa accepting an Advanced Diploma in Financial Management for Honours admission. What is frustrating is that students complete these advanced qualifications expecting there to be clear academic progression routes within the same field. Instead, there seem to be very limited(one or two) finance-related Honours options available afterwards. I was advised to apply for various postgraduate diplomas and even unrelated fields such as Human Resource Management instead. This defeats the purpose of specializing in Financial Management. Institutions should ensure that qualifications they offer have meaningful and relevant pathways for further studies, especially in the same discipline