Flying Start Degree programme- FS2Fulcrum Review

My role is to support the team on audit, we are responsible for certain areas of the audit and are coached by senior team members. For Fulcrum, you mostly work remotely so your team can be in London and you are alone in the office, which is challenging to certain extent.

I have quite a few skills both on online Aura Platinum, excel and google sheets. I have encountered many formulas on excel this year which I never used and tricks on google sheets. Aura Platinum is new but similar to the original Aura, so it was not too bad to get a hang of.

The social aspect of this program is pretty decent eg the ball, people grow closer as year goes by., some are closer than other. This program taught me a lot of thing and I think it's very useful life skills, feeling ready to get into the business world after graduating.

It is quite well structure and remain very similar year upon year, I like how it exempt 12/15 exams on the ICAEW papers. However, the exams are very hard, and for Newcastle university unlike Reading we sit the ICAEW paper whereas they have their own exams. It is well organised overall.

We have support from PwC throughout the year, by visit from Charlotte and seniors even when we are not on placement we are always reminded that they are their for us. During your time on placement all team members are willing to help no matter how busy they are, they wont turn you away.

We have a week worth of training before each of our placement, it is quite useful, but I would say it is way better to learn on the job. This is because you cant see the entire picture on what they are trying to teach you. Most of the time you can apply some knowledge that you learn in university during placement.

It helps me with basic accounting background and audit awareness that I wouldn't have or missed during training. Making placement a whole lot easier and understandable. I would say it is a good course that you can apply your knowledge first hand before graduating so you know if you are suitable for the job or not.

There are social such as a football game, ball and night outs. Most people would go to the ball although it is optional. I personally don't like it so much due to monetary reasons. People who do go seem to enjoy it a lot though, so it must be fun.

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It is a good firm to work for, although sometimes you need to work long hours. But the manager and senior staffs are always understanding about your situation and mostly would try make things possible if you can according to your need, if not they will assit you as much as possible.

Go for it! It might be a long or short journey at PwC but it is worth the try. PwC is very understanding and supportive firm. Make sure you learn the 5 attributes and know them by heart with relevant examples for the interview then you should be fine. keep the positivity.