Daft question maybe but what do people wear on the PSC? Are we expected to dress smart now we are training to be professional or is back to student gear?
Any other tips? Is the Financial Skills exam difficult to pass?
I am booking mine atm - I spoke to a very nice lady at Altior yesterday who told me that when she was in private practice and a supervisor, she always got her trainees to do one skills elective as well as a technical elective - after all you will have the rest of your career to refine your technical knowledge but you should take something useful that you may not have done before like e.g. negotation skills, so that you can start to practice it.
Even though I put all the Altior stuff in the bin and took myself off their mailing list soon after I started here, I have to say I was really impressed with the lady I spoke to who put a lot of time into talking to me and advising me which electives to take and the best timing to do the core ones etc. (My firm leaves it all up to you to do it yourself and gives you no info whatsoever, so the help was appreciated - so a plug for Altior from me!)
My firm makes its trainees do the core bits with Altior (cost, I think, more than anything else), but pretty much gives us free reign with the electives.
I'm told the food at BPP is better than Altior , plus from what I've seen BPP have a better choice of electives, but any other advice anyone has would be gratefully received.
I am a third of my way through the PSC and have opted to go with BPP.
I have been really impressed with BPP so far. The electives have been well taught (and the food is very nice...you don't get fed with Altoir!!). They also open the electives to qualified solicitors and other professions which I think is excellent, gives a much broader view of the issues. Both of the electives I have attened so far have had partners as well as trainees.
I have just sat the financial and business skills paper, haven't had my results yet. BPP have a good pass rate, there is a lot to do in a short time, but the exam is passable, definietly on retake even if it doesn't go so well first time round.
I picked BPP because there was a wider choice of electives. Altoir require half of the time to be distance learning, where as at BPP all electives are taught face to face which means you get to do twice as many elective subjects at BPP...I guesss it is a personal choice as to how you learn best and what you want to get out of the PSC...I wanted a broad range of experience and topics and so far I have been very impressed.
Oh and I turned up the first day in a suit, everyone was very nice, but smart casual is all that is required and provided not ripped or scruffy jeans are fine.
I am booking mine atm - I spoke to a very nice lady at Altior yesterday who told me that when she was in private practice and a supervisor, she always got her trainees to do one skills elective as well as a technical elective - after all you will have the rest of your career to refine your technical knowledge but you should take something useful that you may not have done before like e.g. negotation skills, so that you can start to practice it.
Even though I put all the Altior stuff in the bin and took myself off their mailing list soon after I started here, I have to say I was really impressed with the lady I spoke to who put a lot of time into talking to me and advising me which electives to take and the best timing to do the core ones etc. (My firm leaves it all up to you to do it yourself and gives you no info whatsoever, so the help was appreciated - so a plug for Altior from me!)
I know this is way after the event, but what's wrong with Altior?
Do you mean, why did I put all the stuff in the bin? That was before I telephoned them.
They just spam you with all the PSC stuff as soon as you start your TC, and I object to being spammed before I've had a chance to decide for myself But I did telephone them afterward. However the constant follow up calls annoyed me dreadfully too.
I went with BPP in the end - for the lunch, the non-distance-learning and, mostly, because a friend was going there about the same time...
Daft question maybe but what do people wear on the PSC? Are we expected to dress smart now we are training to be professional or is back to student gear?
Any other tips? Is the Financial Skills exam difficult to pass?
wear - smart casual - dont bother wearing a suit except for the advocacy part or you'll feel an idiot
financial skills exam is definitely not hard to pass, i had nightmares about it and then when id actually done it realised id been panicking for nothing
i went with altior at manchester and enjoyed it all
Do you mean, why did I put all the stuff in the bin? That was before I telephoned them.
They just spam you with all the PSC stuff as soon as you start your TC, and I object to being spammed before I've had a chance to decide for myself But I did telephone them afterward. However the constant follow up calls annoyed me dreadfully too.
I went with BPP in the end - for the lunch, the non-distance-learning and, mostly, because a friend was going there about the same time...
Oh, I see. I'm about to do the PSC with Alitor, but it's arranged through the firm I'm going to, so I just wondered if you'd heard something bad about the course. I guess my firm must be paying for lunch then!
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, plus from what I've seen BPP have a better choice of electives, but any other advice anyone has would be gratefully received.
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