Profile
With
roots dating back to the appointment of the country's first Professor of
Accounting in 1902, the Group has a long-standing history of researching and
teaching in the area of accounting and finance. Comprising 20
academic members of staff, the Group works closely with industry in theUK and
overseas. The
School runs a number of programmes that reflect the expertise of the Accounting
and Finance Group: BSc in Accounting and Finance, MSc Investments, MSc
Accounting and Finance, MSc in Corporate Governance and Corporate Social
Responsibility, MBA International Banking and Finance and MBA European Banking
and Finance.
Specialist areas of
research include:
taxation, corporate finance, investments, risk, accounting and the financial
aspects of professional football, management accounting in small businesses,
corporate governance, and accounting in emerging economies in Europe.
Recent research
collaborations have
included: the World Bank, the United Nations, the Association of Certified
Chartered Accountants (ACCA), the Department for International Development
(DFID) and the Investor Relations Society. The group has also been given an
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) grant to explore benchmarking online
reporting with major UK companies such as BP.
The
group incorporates three specialist research centres. The Centre
for Corporate Governance Research plays a central role in the development
of corporate governance issues, both in the UK and
overseas. Recent research includes
the relationship between boards of directors and institutional investors;
directors' remuneration; compliance with corporate governance codes by both
large and small companies; and corporate governance developments in Central and
Eastern
Europe. The Centre
for Global Finance Research focuses on international finance and
financial convergence in Europe, while the Centre
for Corporate Finance Research concentrates on corporate finance and
financial markets in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
and in emerging markets, as well as hosting the ESRC Research Seminars on
'Finance and Development'.