Risk and technology
Our new TPS Risk & Technology course will keep CA Students’ skills relevant and ensure that they are aware of the ever-changing needs of accountancy.
What is TPS Risk & Technology?
TPS Risk & Technology (R&T) has been developed to ensure that the skills of CA Students remain relevant and to keep them up to date with and aware of the ever-changing needs of accountancy. R&T will teach vital new skills such as preparing, discussing and analysing large datasets, and considering risk management.
It will do so in addition to these key themes:
- Business risks and risk monitoring
- Risk-management strategy
- Technology risk
- Data analysis and visualisation
- Automation
- New and disruptive technologies
- IT strategy
- Computational thinking
R & T syllabus
K - Knowledge | C - Comprehension | A - Application | An - Analysis | S - Synthesis | E - Evaluation
What makes R&T different to the existing TPS subjects?
Risk & Technology differs from the existing TPS subjects in a number of ways:
- Taught via flexible bitesize learning
- Unique totally online approach
- Co-developed with CA ANZ to share expertise
- Students will be equipped with an online Candidate Study Guide (CSG) which will be supplemented by e-learns, case studies, quizzes and video resources
- Using the study resources provided above, Risk & Technology learning will be brought to life by use of real-world examples
How is Risk & Technology assessed?
There is no final examination for Risk & Technology. This subject will be assessed through three continual assessments with incrementally rising stakes throughout (see diagram below). Assessments are representative of real-life situations and students will be required to respond to specific business scenarios.
Some key points to note about each assessment are as follows:
Assessment 1
- Students are issued a case study and resources in advance
- Assessment 1 comprises a series of objective test questions (sat on demand)
- Assessment 1 focuses on the risk elements of the R&T course
Assessment 2
- Students are issued a case study and resources in advance
- Students are required to produce a written report
- Assessment 2 features risk with elements of technology
- There will be fixed assessment release and submission dates for each R&T diet
Assessment 3
- Students are issued a case study and resources in advance
- Students are required to produce a written report (including appendices and data dashboard)
- Assessment 3 includes all areas of the R&T course
- There will be fixed assessment release and submission dates for each R&T diet
How to pass Risk & Technology?
- Each assessment has a pass mark of 50%
- The is a requirement to pass the high-stakes assessment (assessment 3) and the full course with >50%
