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Thank you for all your emails and messages.

We really appreciate them and are delighted to hear your good news. We also offer tea, advice and sympathy if things go wrong! Jane


Just wanted to say a quick “Thank You” to the team at Campbells.  I was delighted with my exam results and I can definitely say the success was due to the excellent material and revision course and not to my ability!  I am all finished with study for now but I will be strongly recommending your college to my friends and colleagues.  I only wish I had discovered your college at the start of my studies and not at the end so again, many THANKS

Just wanted to drop you a quick note to say a massive thank you! Pleased to say I passed the CFM paper, and subsequently finished the Professional Level 2! I have always found anything numerical very challenging and did not expect to pass this paper any time soon! I could not have done this without the revision session held in November!! I will continue to recommend the Distance Learning and Revision Sessions to members of my team.

I am happy to be able to report that, with your help, I am now through all my ICSA exams and about to apply for Associate ICSA Membership. Your distance learning courses proved to be just what I needed to point me in the right direction and I will happily recommend them to anyone I encounter in the future looking to qualify.


Hi, just a quick note to let you know I passed my last two exams for the Diploma that I sat in June - Business Finance and Business Law In Practice. Just wanted to say thank you for all the help, great notes and support you all gave.

 

I sat the foundation level (now certificate) at another college, and decided to try a different one for the next year, and haven't looked back since. I was a bit worried about the distance learning but the resources I have received exceed any face to face tuition i received from my previous tuition provider. So just want to say thanks. I'll be sending my enrolment form for the Professional Programme part One in the next couple of days, so can start again.

 

Hi Alan, Jane, Vivien and Tony, Just a quick note to let you know that I passed both the Corporate Administration and Corporate Financial Management exams.  I am highly delighted, especially with the the CFM result.  I'm glad not to let the side down, so that Tony can achieve his 100% pass rate!

 Many thanks for all your help.  Campbell's correspondence and revision courses have really made the difference.  You have enabled me to work smart, rather than slogging up an overwhelming mountain of "stuff" contained in the unsurpassable ICSA manuals!

Just a note to let you know that I passed the ICSA Accounting for Business exam with distinction.  Many thanks for your help – I will be signing up for the Business Law course shortly.  I would be grateful if you could pass my thanks on to Jim

Hello all at Campbell's College, I just wanted to say many thanks for the beautiful flowers you sent me in congratulations for my prize in the business management exam.I couldn't have done it without your help and support.

Could you please pass on my thanks to Alan for his revision courses, which I attended in November last year.  I was very pleased to receive a Pass in Corporate Governance and a Distinction in Company Secretaryship.  As always, I found the revision courses extremely useful and feel they contributed significantly towards my results.

I will certainly be using your revision courses in the summer for my final two exams

 

Thank you so much - I finally passed my Management Accounts at the third attempt - I really don't know why I bothered with the other course providers, I should have come straight to you. I know I didn't actually speak to Jim during the last session but the notes & marking of questions were so clear and easy to understand, it was much easier this time. I am ecstatic.

 

I have just received news that I have passed my final exam - Corporate Administration. I have attended three of your revision courses over the past twelve months and passed all my exams first time. Your strategy for the Corporate Governance exam clearly worked as I gained a merit. You were also enormously helpful when I was trying to decide whether to take the ICSA route as a springboard to a second career.

 

Now that I have proved I still have brain cells, it's time to find a job! Many thanks for all you help. I wish you continued success.

I have to say that I Alan and Jim have been fantastic and the student friends I have met through Campbells have been a big factor in keeping up the spirits and have been of massive support.  It is only those who study with you that truly understand how you are feeling -  the nice thing is that all my close friends will be doing CFM in November and given we are all words people, not numbers the support from those friends, coupled with Campbells courses and revision will be absolutely priceless.

 

I hope that you are hearing from lots of happy people today and not too many sad. Tonia 

 

I have just received a certificate from you on completion of my ICSA exams.  I wanted to say thank you - it was a very lovely and thoughtful gesture.I would also like to add that I have found the courses run by Campbell's invaluable in my studying. Thank you, Marisa (Grad ICSA!!!!!)


Just wanted to drop you a line following my exam to say thanks for all your support, in particular to Jen who was a "Star".  She kept me focused through a highly pressured time  Course material was fantastic and Alan those exam tips were brill - managed to have a go at the case study and pick three questions from section B comfortably.  My gut feeling when I came out of the exam was "it could have been a lot worse".  I hope I've done enough to get through and do you all proud - if not there is always June 05!  Wendy

Received my results in the post yesterday and can confirm that I passed with distinction.  I would be grateful if you could pass my thanks on to Jim as his revision course really gave me the confidence I needed to go into the exam with the right frame of mind.  I would also say that I followed his tip to do a couple of profit & loss and balance sheet exercises a day in the run up to the exam and although at the time they frustrated me no end as I could never get my balance sheets to "balance"!!  I am certain that it really paid off as I felt I was able to "breeze" through the p & l and balance sheet question in the exam and even got it to balance!   Fiona

Dear Alan, I am very happy to inform you that I finally passed the Corporate Governance Paper. Words are not enough to thank you for everything you have done for me during my study for ICSA Qualifying Scheme. You have always been very attentive to all my requests and questions, I will surely, never forget the tremendous contribution of Campbell’s College in my success – Starting June 1999 with Jennifer Rose (Jen) among us for revision QT, IS & BE; your visit in May 2000 enabled me to pass Business Law at the first attempt and whilst it was quite difficult for you or someone from Campbell’s to come again for revision I have always been given the facility to get the revision by e-mail. Corporate Governance was the last hurdle I had to cross to reach the finishing line, which now gives me a new start. I am very thankful to you Alan, Jen, Ruma, Jane Hamilton, Jim and everybody at Campbell’s College.

The ICSA qualification is no doubt a tough discipline and going through it make you even tougher in your determination to succeed. Rajeshwar

Hey guys - i got a merit in CFM and just QUALIFIED. Yipee! thanks for all your help over the years.
Dena

I have just received news that I have passed my final exam - Corporate Administration. I have attended three of your revision courses over the past twelve months and passed all my exams first time. Your strategy for the Corporate Governance exam clearly worked as I gained a merit. You were also enormously helpful when I was trying to decide whether to take the ICSA route as a springboard to a second career.  Wendy


Hope you heard my scream cause I passed both exams and Management Accounting with a distinction!!!!! Will revert as to which subjects to attempt now.  At least there is only 2 to go before I am finished!!!

Jette

Dear Jane I’m delighted to tell say that yesterday (Friday 13th) I found out that I had passed my Management Accounting exam and qualified to boot.  Could you please pass on my thanks to Jim Skinner for his helpful revision techniques and to Alan for his unending confidence, optimism and support at the revision course. Regards Sharon

Dear Alan, I just wanted firstly to let you know I got a merit in corporate governance and a pass in corporate financial management.  I have now passed all my exams and can be let loose on the unsuspecting business community.  More importantly I wanted to say a big thank you for your unstinting support which I greatly appreciated.  You always marked my work quickly and positively and I couldn't ask for any more.  I will sing Campbell College's praises whenever I meet any budding company secretaries. I am thrilled with a merit in CG.  The subject is important but I could never work out whether the examiner would be interested in the big picture or the minutia of the code.  Thankfully that is now irrelevant!

 I am now going skiing to chill out! Best wishes to you and Jane and keep up the good work with your other students. Alison


Alan / Jim Thank you so much - I finally passed my Management Accounts at the third attempt - I really don't know why I bothered with the other course providers, I should have come straight to you.  I know I didn't actually speak to Jim during the last session but the notes & marking of questions were so clear and easy to understand, it was much easier this time - two Fail C's and finally a pass. I am ecstatic. Helena

 

Jane: Well, what can I say? Campbell's College came through for me! I got a Merit in the Financial Accounting December 2003 exam! Give my regards to Jim and the rest of the school. I really didn't expect much from a distance education programme but Jim was particularly perceptive in identifying the key issues and focusing on them. Sean

Dear Alan,

 

I would just like to say an enormous thank you to you and your team for getting me through the ICSA papers.  I have just passed my final exam, CFM, which is entirely attributable to Tony Jenkins' patience and guidance on the revision course. I don't know how he did it but it worked! I will continue recommend your winning formula to anyone prepared to listen - I really couldn't have done it without you! Many thanks and best regards Sally


Dear Alan,

Thanks to your admirable course I seem to have passed this time!  I was buying icecreams (99) for my grandson the other day and thought of you - will I ever forget it? I am still puzzled by the advice regarding Aunty Polly's parrot in your exam technique section. What was that about? John 

  

Dear Jane & Alan I am delighted to inform that I passed Corporate Governance at the December sitting. I have completed the 4 professional subjects at the last 3 sittings.

 

My sincere gratitude to you for your assistance and guidance. Your methods of teaching and subject presentation have been successful for me - I have no reservations about recommending Campbells College to anyone. It is a relief to have completed all the exams but I will miss the revision classes - they were without exception excellent. John

 


Alan, Just a quick e-mail to let you know that another of your students has completed the ICSA course.  It feels like being released from prison!!

I used to go to ...........School of Business but started to fail some of the units.  So I attended Campbell's College revision classes for 3 subjects:

Financial Accounting Professional Admin, Corporate Financial Management (this one for Nov 02 exams)

Each one I passed after the classes so I cannot thank you, Jim Skinner and Tony Jenkins enough. Hope many others did as well as me. Thanks again Jon

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Dear Alan & Jane,  Just a very quick email to say I managed to pass my Corporate Financial Management exam for the second time of sitting, which means I am delighted to say that I have now passed all of the required exams and
can use the initials GradICSA after my name, that is until I apply to become an associate member.

It is thanks to you, your study materials and support and excellent ecturers that I have achieved this.  I found the complete package offered by Campbells college second to none and would happily recommend
it to anyone. Thanks again for all the help afforded to me over the last two years.

With kindest regards Rebecca

Dear Alan, Jane and team,  A big thank you for getting me through PA with Merit (3rd time lucky).
Boy, am I glad that I won't have to re-sit the damn exam again this  June. Obviously my inclusion of Kentucky Fried Chicken did me no harm!

Unfortunately, I was not so lucky with CFM, but I was treating it more as a practice run anyway. Kind Regards, Alex

Dear Jim, Left a message with your wife, but just wanted to reiterate - a very big thank you for all your help and support during last term.  I was bowled over when I got my result - I never expected to get a Distinction - and back in August when I first spoke to Alan I knew I wouldn't even be able to pass with just the course book.  So a very big thank you for getting me over the hurdles and through the obstacles!

 

All the very best in the future - and if you need a reference/testimonial etc for future potential students don't hesitate to ask!

 

With very best wishes, and very much gratitude Blessings to you and your family Will


Hi Tony !
I hope you are OK. I got my ICSA results on Sunday and I managed to pass CFM with a merit ! I think I am still in shock ! Therefore, I am writing to say a HUGE thank you to you for all the time and assistance you gave me - I can honestly say that I couldn't have done it without you ! Thanks again. Karen

Dear All

I have had my results today along with everyone else so I am sure you are being bombarded!

I passed all three that I took in November (got MIS in May 2002):
Business Law, Management Principles, Introduction to Accounts (second time lucky - got a merit this time Jim)

Thank you all so much for you support, I know that I have not really been in contact with you very much apart from assignments but without the guidance you have provided and revision I know I would not have achieved what with trying to juggle family, full time job and study.

The revision courses have been fantastic (I will be in touch Jane for May 2003) and have got me ready for the exams as well as allowing me to meet new people who are studying as well.  I will see you at the next one Jim as I am  tackling Financial Accounting and I will also meet Alan for the first time as I am also doing SOM this time.

Thanks again - this means a pay rise for me as I have staged increases as I pass each of the four sections and will ultimately become the Group Company Secretary.

I know I have eight left but today I am ecstatic!!!!
Tonia


Dear Jane Just to let you know that I qualified!!! *scream* and another *scream*.  I would like to thank you and Alan and also the support I received whilst doing the ICSA course!

There was times I nearly thought I would never get it but today I am glad that I did not give up... its a such a wonderful feeling to know that I can now concentrate on more important things such as Arsenal winning the
'triple'?! Kind regards Am


Dear Jane,  Just a quick note to let you know that I passed CFM - with a merit !!  - and that's the last ever exam I'll have to do because now I'm qualified - yippee !!  Please do pass on my thanks to Tony who helped me through the last exam. 

 

Please also pass on my sincere thanks to Jim Skinner - I'm an absolute 'plank' when it comes to accounts, but his patience ensured that I passed my Financial Accounts first time - an absolute miracle, believe me !!

 

Many thanks to everyone at Campbells (and also especially to Alan who was so helpful / cheerful whenever I spoke to him.) Trish


Hi Alan

Just a quick note to share with you my PASS in Professional Administration. I am ridiculously pleased with myself! Thank you for the invaluable notes, emails and pep talks that really helped me on my way. The thing that really struck a cord was  your advice on the fact that this module was not about 'making the decision' but providing the 'tools/processes/practices' to enable good decisions to be made by others. This really made the difference for me (with my old MBA head on!) Thanks again - I plan to register for my next course shortly and I hope I can use Campbell's College. I'll either tackle Corporate Administration or Corporate Financial Management. Kind regards, Michele


QUALIFIED! QUALIFIED!
Dear Alan and Jane,
I am qualified!!! Just got the results for FA and CFT, and by some miracle passed them both, so I am now completely done with studying (for ever). It seemed as though it would never end at times, and I am amazed it finally has. Thanks very much for all your help over the last 2 years, and please pass on my regards to Jim Skinner and Tony Jenkins, who made me believe that I could still pass financial subjects via distance learning, even though transatlantic was probably even more distant than they were used to..
Going to the pub on the way home, I shall raise a glass for you!
Thanks, Sonia


Dear Alan & Jane,

I was on holiday in Guernsey last week and was sorely tempted to seek an internet cafe so that I could try to obtain my ICSA result on-line.  But I resisted the temptation....

Back at work today, the first thing I did was hit the ICSA website and key in my candidate number.  Hallelujah! I've passed CFT!!  I've qualified!!!  Now to download the ACIS application form....

A VERY BIG "thank you" to Campbell's College  for getting me over this last hurdle.  Mark


Tony, I don't quite know how you did it, but you managed to cram enough knowledge in my head for me to pass CFT!!!  It was my final exam, so I am done with studying for a long time. Many thanks for all you help and encouragement,
Jude

Dear Alan, I'm delighted to be able to tell you that I've now passed my last subject and have finally qualified. After four years of study, I don't know how I'm going to fill my time.....
I just wanted to thank you and your team very much for making what seemed at times an arduous task all the more achievable. I managed to pass all the exams first time and attribute that in no small part to the excellent tuition provided in all your distance learning and revision courses.
Please accept my very best wishes and grateful thanks.

Best regards Barbara


Dear Alan & Jane

Campbell's College first came to my attention via a recommendation from a fellow student during a wet and windy walk to the Underground one winter evening following a particularly dull evening class session.  I was depressed - the exams appeared to stretch beyond the horizon before me.
One call to Alan Campbell cured that; a totally professional approach to his subject matter, together  with an infectious enthusiasm for all the ICSA exam subjects and I was hooked.  Now to say that I actually enjoyed studying would put me in the certifiable category rather than the Graduate category which I have just achieved, but the encouragement you will receive from Alan, Jane and all the other lecturers who work with Alan will see you through.

If you are reading this as someone who is thinking of starting the ICSA course, or you are somewhere in the middle, I can thoroughly recommend Campbell's College to you. Sign up, work hard and succeed!

Alex


Dear Alan

Q. Whats the difference between a fail and a distinction?
A. Campbells College.

Yes the results came on Saturday and contrary to all expectation not only
did I pass PA but did so with Distinction.

B****y marvellous.

Couldn't have done it without your excellent revision course - remember the
state I was in after the nightmare months of (name of another college) study? I wholeheartedly believe that the one thing that made the difference was two very hot days in
May on your course.

With very best regards and enormous thanks. Liz


Dear Alan & Jane

Just a short note to say thank you for the courses you have provided over the past two years. I am please to say that I have now completed the ICSA professional programme after successfully passing Professional Administration & CFT this time round.

Whilst I have not completed all eight courses with you (mainly due to the need to have the discipline of attending weekly lectures so I could not hide my head in the sand when it came to issues of a financial manner) I would like to thank you both and all the course tutors for the excellent study & revision courses you have provided. Although I have preferred to work
at my own pace and not been a model student as I have not submitted essays, your
course notes allowed me to find a study mode that worked for me and was successful too - all eight exams have been passed first time with a merit in Management Practice and Management Accounting.

I would also like to thank Alan for inspiring me with his enthusiasm to follow the programme when he answered my initial telephone call about ICSA and your courses. At the time you suggested which order I should study the exams and I have duly followed your advice with success.

Thank you again, I will keep browsing the web to follow the college news.

Kind Regards Sarah


Dear Alan

Congratulations, you've finally done it!!!!!!

Yes, you've finally got me through the last of the ICSA Exams. I managed a pass in Management Practice. The threat of Tony descending on me from a great height for spoiling his statistics was all the motivation that I needed. Graduation, however is a really strange feeling, or is it a hangover from last night. On a serious note, no doubt like many others before, I could not have finished without the help and support I received from you and the other Tutors at Campbells College over the last few years. A sincere thank you to all concerned.

Thanks again Cliff

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Dear Jane

Can you pass on my thanks to Jim Skinner, I am sure it was his expert tuition that got me through the IA paper!! Despite their assurances, I have yet to receive my results from the ICSA but the IPA have confirmed that I passed. IA and Business Law which I sat in December were the only ICSA papers I needed to do so thanks to you and Alan as well for all your help and a 100% success rate!!

I shall recommend you to all my friends who may need to do the early entry
exams!

Kind regards Claire


Alan and Jane,

I was genuinely staggered when I opened up the envelope from the ICSA this evening to find that I had passed Financial Accounting !! Not because I doubted the quality of your tuition, but because of the time I had managed to put into studying !! Am not sure what visibility you get of the exam results, so thought I would let you know - as well as passing on my thanks. I will ring Jim to tell him and say thanks, but perhaps you let him know as well.

Am just starting to get into CFT, but now have a real boost to go on and get that as well !

Many Thanks Nigel

Alan!

Many thanks for your help... I had failed Law twice and was beginning to give hope of ever passing this subject. All my work colleagues are over the moon for me as they couldn't believe I was struggling with this subject...
it really was down to exam technique.

Thanks again... your notes were useful and better than reading the BPP
manual! Kind regards Am


Dear Alan

I refer to your letter of the 31 July 2000 inviting me to enrol with Campbell's College once again.

Whilst I would without hesitation enrol once more with you I am very pleased to report that I achieved a pass in both the Professional Administration and Financial Accounting papers, and these being the last two papers required, I have no more papers to sit!

My passing the two papers was in no small way due to your and Jim Skinner's excellent course work and from the support, guidance and feedback received during the courses, as well as the excellent revision courses which were in themselves invaluable.

I would recommend your college to anybody attempting the ICSA programme. Your revision courses are also a must for everybody as they not only covered the required course material but also taught the required exam technique and emphasised how the exams should be approached. They without doubt gave me the necessary confidence to enable me to tackle the exams.

Thank you to you both and I wish you and your team all the very best for the future and may your successes continue.

With very best regards Basil 

Alan
The next time you are in Jersey, it would give me great pleasure to buy you dinner if you happen to be available. The reason for such generosity -merits in Management Practice, Company Secretarial Practice and Management Accounting and a distinction in Corporate Law, all in the June, 2001sitting. Quite a surprise, all in all, but a relief to have all the exams over and done with!
Regards Daniel

Jane I thought it would be good to let you know that, having been on Jim Skinner's revision course for IA, I passed the exam with a MERIT - yippee!! That was my third attempt - the first time I got a grade c fail, the second time I got very cold feet and didn't even attend the exam hall and now this - you can't guess how delighted I am. Please pass on my thanks to Jim - he's excellent and I have recommended him to all my friends so I hope they shall be coming your way. I certainly shall be for other financial papers in the future. I will be sending in the post tomorrow registration for Management Practice distance learning and revision and Corporate Finance revision courses so shall continue my association with Campbell's. Thanks again for helping me. Nicky

Dear Alan - hooray, the exam results came at least.... I got a pass mark for
Management practice, and a distinction for PA, which I am dead chuffed about! Does
this mean I get to go on to the board of shame/fame??
Thank you for your help with the exams! Hannah


Dear Alan- Just a quick note to let you know that I managed to pass my Professional Admin exam with a merit. I've struggled with passing this exam in the past, so it felt great to finally get through and getting the merit was the icing on the cake! Thanks for all your help. Best wishes Spenta

Alan - Just to let you all know that I passed my Business Law exam. I would just like to say thank you for the help that you gave me. Your courses are superb and are an excellent way of learning - for me anyway!

Thanks especially to Alan for the words of advice and the support he gave to me.

Some would think achieving only a pass (and not a merit or distinction) is ok but at the end of the day when you are not 100% confident in passing it in the first place then a pass is superb!!

thanks again - I do honestly mean it!  Paul

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR MESSAGES - WE REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU - Jane

 

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