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I’d hold out on committing to a SQE course if it doesn’t start until September. Both UoL and BPP will still be selling/promoting that course in late August/early September, so I don’t see any need to commit to it so early.It then gives you at least 6-7 months to see how your applications go and then make a decision.Be mindful that passing the SQE assessments potentially puts you in a slightly strange situation where you technically could qualify before you even start a TC. If you didn’t secure a TC this year, it’s likely you will be applying for 2025 intakes in 2022-23. Assuming you passed the SQE in 2023, you could gain your qualifying work experience by/before 2025.This is one of the odd parts of the new qualification system. In many ways it will become a bit like some other professional qualifications, like the CFA, that you can gain without work experience. And there are lots of CFA chartered candidates who struggle to gain graduate roles, because they are sometimes deemed over qualified but under experienced. The difference between a CFA candidate is that Investment companies are not recruiting 2-3 years in advance (usually 6-12 months), and so a lot of firms may look at candidates who have passed the SQE and think “wouldn’t it be better for you to gain your QWE elsewhere and sooner than 2025?”
I’d hold out on committing to a SQE course if it doesn’t start until September. Both UoL and BPP will still be selling/promoting that course in late August/early September, so I don’t see any need to commit to it so early.
It then gives you at least 6-7 months to see how your applications go and then make a decision.
Be mindful that passing the SQE assessments potentially puts you in a slightly strange situation where you technically could qualify before you even start a TC. If you didn’t secure a TC this year, it’s likely you will be applying for 2025 intakes in 2022-23. Assuming you passed the SQE in 2023, you could gain your qualifying work experience by/before 2025.
This is one of the odd parts of the new qualification system. In many ways it will become a bit like some other professional qualifications, like the CFA, that you can gain without work experience. And there are lots of CFA chartered candidates who struggle to gain graduate roles, because they are sometimes deemed over qualified but under experienced. The difference between a CFA candidate is that Investment companies are not recruiting 2-3 years in advance (usually 6-12 months), and so a lot of firms may look at candidates who have passed the SQE and think “wouldn’t it be better for you to gain your QWE elsewhere and sooner than 2025?”
