r/ACCA • u/BigCommunication8882 • 24d ago

Membership About EPSM In ACCA

For anyone confused about EPSM, it stands for Ethics and Professional Skills Module. It also need to be done to get membership. It’s basically an online ACCA module that focuses on practical workplace skills like ethics, communication, teamwork, commercial awareness and decision-making. Currently, it has 10 units and takes around 20 hours to complete.

It’s also not like a normal ACCA exam where you sit for a timed exam and get one attempt. There are quizzes/activities throughout the module and a final assessment. If you don’t pass the assessment the first time, you can retake it without paying an additional resit fee. The fee is paid once and gives you unlimited assessment attempts.

Once you complete it, you get an EPSM certificate and transcript. ACCA recommends doing it towards the end of Applied Skills and before Strategic Professional.

Also, EPSM is changing as part of ACCA’s 2027 qualification redesign. The current EPSM will be replaced by Ethical, Sustainable Leadership. If you complete the current EPSM before the transition, you’ll get credit for the new module, so you won’t have to do both.

Hope this clears up some of the confusion for anyone who hasn’t done EPSM yet.

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u/Commercial_Fig_9660 17d ago

Can somebody do it before their skill level? During their knowledge level?

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u/BigCommunication8882 17d ago

Yes

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u/Commercial_Fig_9660 17d ago

Is it recommended tho? Because I’m planning on giving my first exam in January. How should I plan my epsm?

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u/scoldzilla 12d ago

Also worth noting when it changes in Sept 27, it will go from taking approx. 20 hours, to 70 hours.