Student letter sparks Level 4 re-think

Budding IFA Aleksander Slipaczek, a fourth year student taking an MA in Finance at Aberdeen University, wrote to the FSA earlier this month asking why his Masters had not been granted Level 4 status when other, less prestigious, courses have achieved the RDR minimum standard. "It has come to my attention numerous ex polytechnic degrees and the three-year finance degree at Stirling University are already RDR Level 4 compliant (with gap fill)," said Slipaczek in an e-mail to the regulator. "I am writing to enquire as to why the MA at Aberdeen University, which as at a higher standard th...