Accounting Research Seminar – Dr Andy Holden

Title: An Eclectic Sabbatical – Messages from Abroad, Accounting for the Future and Finance from the Past

Date: 30 October 2024

Time: 14:00 – 15:00

Venue: NUBS.2.13

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An Eclectic Sabbatical – Messages from Abroad, Accounting for the Future and Finance from the Past

Speaker:  Dr Andy Holden

Dr Andy Holden is a qualified accountant and during his career to date he has worked in the accountancy profession, established and managed a franchise of a professional training company and worked at NUBS since January 2003. During his time at NUBS he gained his PhD in 2018 and has held various roles for the School including Director of Education for NUBS and DPD of BAF and for the Faculty including Faculty Programme Liaison Officer and Professional Standards Advisor. Professional interests include accounting for healthcare provision and improving the student experience.

Abstract:

The talk aims to cover the three main projects of my first sabbatical along with my reflections and lessons learned. The first project was to gain and disseminate information from our incoming international exchange and study abroad students. Focus groups were organised and ran and the results disseminated at the Newcastle Learning and Teaching conference. The outcomes have implications for future recruitment of international students, induction, our own teaching and learning practices as well as creating a cohort identity and bond. The second project, a review of UG accounting and finance provision, culminated in the delivery of a working paper at the BAFA Accounting Education conference on the evolution of the accounting curriculum post Covid-19. Publicly available information was reviewed from accounting and finance undergraduate degree programmes to see to what extent programme information articulates inclusion of concepts such as the changing world of work (technology, data analytics, hybrid working etc) as well as challenging the technical bias definition of accounting to include social and moral dimensions, as well as the usual technical dimension. Finally, the third project was to resurrect and seek publication of unpublished data from my PhD examining the changing finance of the Royal Victoria Infirmary during the 19th century. This period saw a shift away from heavy reliance on wealthy individuals financing the hospital to a more balanced approach including local workers and charitable sources. This in turn had a marked impact on the management of the hospital and the recording of its results.