theres 2 accounting&finance degrees offered, one by UEL and one by UOL. I'm going to the UEL one by March/May intake ~

HELP UC (Cheap)
UEL (Expensive)
That's all.

Basically, the HELP UC programme is a homegrown programme by HELP while the UEL BAF programme is an external degree programme. I was previously from the UEL BAF programme, both programmes are able to obtain maximum exemptions for ACCA, for CPA and other accounting qualifications you better go and ask them properly to confirm about this. However in order to obtain the maximum exemptions for ACCA, in UEL BAF for the electives you gotta take the accounting subjects as electives. So this doesn't give you much flexibility and freedom to choose other subjects that you are interested in. If I were you, I would go to the HELP UC Bachelor of Business programme.  First of all the UEL BAF programme is relatively more expensive, and the quality of degree offered is not in par with the premium paid. UEL is a decent university, nothing special as well, the rankings are similar to other universities like Anglia Ruskin,Teeside, Hertfordshire. And you can get those degrees from other programmes offered by unis like SeGi for a cheaper price. Furthermore, currently the UEL department is quite desperate for students. When I was in UEL, my class only had about 10 people or less. I did not really like the environment and the lecturers as well. Many of the seniors also told me that the HELP UC programmes has higher standards compared to the UEL programmes. But in the end of the day, its up to you. Good luck!

The core subjects are always there. However, the BAF from HELP UC offers much flexibility to choose other subjects rather than just accounting subjects. UEL BAF follows the British degree structure which only has 3 subjects per semester, if you  analyzed the course structure you would realized that all the electives are mostly accounting and a small portion of finance subjects which needs to be taken in order to maximize credit exemptions for ACCA/CPA.