色花堂

Core Units:

• Fundamentals of Business & Management:听This unit aims to develop your understanding of the business context across industry and sectors globally. You will cover the key issues and challenges facing businesses going forward and the essential role of people in dynamic, resilient and complex organisations. You will explore key functional business areas including marketing, finance, accounting, economics, people management, and organisational behaviour.听听
• Academic & Professional Practice:听You will build your confidence in both academic and professional skills. This unit will cover the academic skills which will be required at degree level study and you鈥檒l practice them throughout the unit with support from key university services including the library and study skills team. There will also be opportunity for you to reflect on and develop your own professional skills through interactions with employers, careers services and online resources.听
• Fusion Business Project:听You will undertake a business project based on a real issue or problem. The Fundamentals of Business & Management unit will support you in understanding key issues and challenges which could form the basis for your project.听 Projects will be undertaken in workplaces, community settings or part of research processes related to your chosen field of study. You will be allocated an academic mentor who will support you in developing and undertaking the project.听听

Our particular focus in the first year is to ensure that you understand diverse areas like law, economics, accounting, business management, quantitative analysis and finance in the context of how a business is run, thus focusing on the connectivity between these areas in the world of business.听

Core units:

• Law for Accounting & Finance:听You will study the aspects of Law required to operate in the finance sector. You will acquire knowledge of the sources of law in order to understand the potential impacts each source may have on financial practice.
• Economics for Accounting & Finance:听You understand the fundamental economic concepts and their applications including the way markets work and their interaction using real-world examples, as well as the impact of economic policies on businesses and society.
• Introduction to Accounting:听This unit will give you a solid foundation in the fundamentals of accounting, together with a basic understanding of the regulatory framework. You will be able to prepare financial statements and use a range of management accounting techniques to aid the business decision-making process.
• Quantitative Analysis:听This unit will develop your understanding of basic mathematical principles and how they are applied in accounting and finance. It will provide you with the essential techniques used to collect, present, analyse and interpret data and show how quantitative methods may be used to provide reliable management information.
• Introduction to Financial Markets:听As an introduction to financial markets, you will gain a level of conceptual understanding that will allow you to critically evaluate the fundamentals of finance and its implications in the current scenario.
• Business Context: This unit will equip you with the understanding of how to translate听knowledge in economics, law, statistics, finance, accounting in a business context.

The second-year emphasises on embedding subject related skills like a working knowledge of accounting software and excel skills whilst also ensuring that you learn听softer skills such as听presentation skills, assessment centre practice and CV building experience. The aim is to ensure that you听are ready to successfully engage with the placement recruitment process.

Core units:

• Management Accounting:听You will develop an understanding of basic management account concepts, techniques and practices and the quantitative skills to apply them in an organisational context.
• Business Tax Planning:听鈥嬧�楾he bottom line鈥� is perhaps the key figure in a set of accounts.听It is arrived at after deducting taxation and therefore an appreciation of the impact of taxation on business decisions is an important component in any degree in accountancy and related subjects. This unit will cover the UK taxation system as it impacts upon business decision making.
• Financial Reporting:听You will evaluate and apply the regulatory framework of accounting, prepare basic consolidated accounts in accordance with IFRS, for a simple group and analyse and appraise company performance.
• Audit & Control:听The unit will give you an insight into the modern audit process. The main emphasis will be on the statutory audit process, although the work of internal audit will also be considered.
• Accounting Information Systems:听You will progress and enhance your IT skills through the use and application of industry-standard software. The unit will also provide an understanding of the accounting profession and put the use of such software into context. You will learn how to apply business process thinking in SAP ERP Information systems as tools within financial and management accounting.听
• Corporate Financial Management:听This unit presents and discusses the importance of financial management to a corporate entity based on the relevant theories. It analyses the business environment in which the financial management decisions are taken both in the short-run and also in the long-run. Further, it demonstrates how capital and risk are linked to financial management and applies key principles, techniques, tools, and instruments to assist in corporate decision-making.

You may choose to complete an optional (minimum) 30-week work placement which can be carried out anywhere in the world. The placement year offers a chance to gain experience and make contacts for the future.

The final year will emphasise on embedding research skills, which will ensure that you are able to apply this important transferable skills to your听graduate role. We achieve this by exposing you to the impactful research conducted听by our senior academics and professors in the department, therefore enriching your听grounding in different methods of research. This will then be听applied in either听a research study context or听to the study of a live company, thus ensuring that you can demonstrate research application.

Core units:

• Advanced Accounting Theory & Practice:听You will develop an understanding of the theoretical aspects of financial reporting and apply this to technical issues.
• Contemporary Issues in Accounting & Finance Research:听You will develop an appreciation for current research in accounting and finance and become equipped with a broad range of research skills. Key topics will include听hypothesis formation; ethical procedures; questionnaire designs; and quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
• Perspectives on Business Strategy:听This unit gives you insights into the differing perspectives used to develop and implement business strategy. From its roots in finance and economics, the field of strategy has developed its own language, tools, models and methodologies, which are used throughout businesses and other organisations in many parts of the world.听 This unit introduces you to that language and gives you experience working with the toolkit and understanding its limitations.

Option units (choose two):

• Advanced Management Accounting:听This unit will cover the role of management accounting in all aspects of management control systems, particularly in the development and use of performance management systems and the strategic control of organisations.
• Company Study:听You will undertake a project and apply accounting theory to a real example as well as develop your personal skills working within a group such as time management, work-allocation, joint problem-solving, discussion, communication, negotiation, and presentation.
• Business Taxation:听The unit will cover the effects of taxation in the various stages in the expansion of a business, from sole trader to corporate group and provide you with a thorough understanding of the tax regime faced by businesses in their most common forms and of the more common tax听planning strategies that may be adopted.
• Financial Regulation:听The unit will cover the key regulatory theories, forms and rationale of regulation that are highly relevant to those seeking employment within the financial sector. You will engage with, develop and critically analyse regulatory concepts and systems that meet the needs of both the regulator and the regulated.
• Corporate Social Responsibility & Environmental Reporting:听This unit will equip you with the ability to account and report on environmental topics with emphasis on both regulatory as well as the reporting framework needed to account for environmental issues. You will gain the ability to critically appraise the usefulness of such information.听 听听
• International Taxation:听The rise of the multinational company has been one of the outstanding features in business history since the 1960s.听 It is no longer enough for a tax specialist to possess an understanding of a single country鈥檚 tax system: knowledge of the business opportunities and business risk entailed in cross-border trading and of the measures commonly taken by countries to protect their jurisdiction to tax are now essential. The unit will exam the issues in international taxation faced by multinational corporations and individuals.
• Managing Crises and Disaster Resilience:听You will be introduced听to the key concepts and theories that underpin effective crisis management and disaster resilience. The unit will develop your understanding of the necessary processes relevant to the handling of crises and disasters affecting wider stakeholders in both the public and private sector.
• Research Study:听The research study will allow you to enhance your independent learning, critical thinking and reflective skills. It will enable you to demonstrate your ability to formulate a research proposal, collect, analyse and evaluate data pertinent to the chosen contextualised research topic and to write up a report documenting the project methodology, management and outcomes.

Please note that option units require minimum numbers in order to run and may only be available on a semester by semester basis. They may also change from year to year.

Programme specifications provide definitive records of the university's taught degrees in line with Quality Assurance Agency requirements. Every taught course leading to a 色花堂 Award has a programme specification which describes its aims, structure, content and learning outcomes, plus the teaching, learning and assessment methods used.

Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme specification, the information is liable to change to take advantage of exciting new approaches to teaching and learning as well as developments in industry. If you have been unable to locate the programme specification for the course you are interested in, it will be available as soon as the latest version is ready. Alternatively please听contact us听for assistance.

A placement should be a highly rewarding experience for you and the employing company and we do our best to ensure that everyone involved feels that they have got the most that they can from the experience.

Placements provide a great opportunity to make your first career steps and enhance your employability while you鈥檙e completing your studies. You鈥檒l get the opportunity to:

• Put the theory learnt throughout the course into professional practice
• Enhance your study and help you decide on subject options (where appropriate)
• Learn a wide range of skills such as time management, problem solving and team work (all of these are important to succeed in any career)
• Make contacts, as it is not uncommon for our students to be offered permanent positions to return to after graduating
• Gain a real insight into how the industry operates in roles that would be almost impossible to achieve for an outsider
• Many of our students, during their placement, are given responsibilities normally associated with graduate trainees.

The faculty running your course will offer the support of a Placement Co-ordinator.听听

Through timetabled sessions and one-to-one appointments, they鈥檒l help support you in your placement search including advice on finding a placement, information and advice on all aspects of job searching and job applications, as well as ensuring your proposed placement meets the requirements of your course. 听

Our Careers色花堂 service is also available throughout your time at 色花堂, offering services like CV checking and careers fairs to meet employers.听

Placement Development Advisors will support you once you have started your sandwich placement 鈥� so you will be able to maintain contact with the university throughout.听

• Mazars
• IBM
• CC Young
• Charles Stanley
• GE
• FP Wealth Management
• EDF Trading
• Morgan Stanley
• JP Morgan
• Prescient
• Norwegian Cruise Lines.

Access色花堂: Access色花堂 provides you with the opportunity to tell us about your circumstances that are not always evident in your UCAS application. This widening access initiative also considers relevant criteria such as being in care or if you live in an area with a low participation rate in Higher Education - if you are eligible, your offer could be up to 16 UCAS tariff points below the published tariff.

Apprenticeships: We recognise the transferable knowledge and skills gained through apprenticeships and welcome applications from students with a Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship recognised by the Institute for Apprenticeships. Each application will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Deferred entry: We are happy to consider eligible applicants for deferred entry. If you have already submitted your application, please submit your deferral request through our website.听

Direct entry: We welcome applications from students who have previously studied at degree level at other institutions and wish to transfer onto a 色花堂 course. Our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) procedure enables credit awarded from one institution to contribute to a 色花堂 award, subject to an application process. Please visit our RPL webpage for more information.

Mature applicants: We recognise that mature applicants may have a wealth of experience rather than formal qualifications, so we鈥檒l consider your application on these merits if included in your application. You鈥檒l need to apply to 色花堂 in the usual way through UCAS and you may be invited to an interview to discuss your suitability for the course based on the experience you tell us about in your application.

We encourage applicants who have a real interest in accounting principles and concepts. Students on this course will have a proven ability to work effectively in teams as well as individually when completing assignments.

We select candidates for this course by looking at your application; there are usually no interviews or selection activities needed. For that reason, make sure your application really stands out from the crowd, and leave us in no doubt as to why you should be joining 色花堂. You can find some handy hints about filling in your UCAS form on our听how to apply web pages.

We look at individual applications and make a tailored offer based on your potential to succeed on the course considering a range of factors, including your academic achievements, work and other experience, reference and personal statement, and in some cases, your performance at an interview or a portfolio review. Typically, we make an offer at the bottom of the tariff range.

If you are unable to meet the entry requirements, we may be able to make you an offer through Access色花堂 if you meet certain criteria e.g. you have been in care or live in an area where fewer people typically progress to Higher Education. If you don't meet our published tariff, we will accept you at least 8 points below if your personal circumstances match our Access色花堂 criteria.听

Our offer-making will typically be based on your most recent qualifications, including any required subjects where applicable. We'll consider all qualifications when assessing your application, although these may not be part of our offer.

If you do not meet the criteria of your original offer, we may still offer you a place. We will review your whole application and consider all academic qualifications (including those not in the offer) to see if you have the academic potential to succeed on the course. If we feel the answer is yes, we will confirm your place.

Your learning across accounting, complemented by options to specialise in particular areas,听means this course can open up a wide variety of opportunities.

Graduates work听for a broad spectrum听of organisations, taking up roles such as:

Account Officer
Business Development Adviser
Accountant or Finance Executive
Business Analyst
Capital Management Analyst
Audit Associate.听

The skills you learn stand you in good stead for your continuing professional development too听鈥� giving you more control over your career direction.

Once you have completed an undergraduate Honours degree, you can further develop your education by studying for a postgraduate degree. Please visit our听postgraduate section听for further details about our range of Master鈥檚 degrees.

Research degrees听

If you are a 色花堂 graduate you are eligible for a听20% 鈥榣oyalty鈥� discount听on the published fees for further听programmes听with us!听听

Depending on your qualifications and experiences, you can choose to undertake a听MRes听or PhD level research degree. 色花堂 has a strong accounting research foundation within听our听Department of Accounting, Finance & Economics听through听a number of听research听centres, which explores theory, education and professional practice.听

Visit听our听postgraduate research courses听for further details about research degree options with the 色花堂 Business School听and the funding options available.听

What鈥檚 included in your tuition fee?

Your tuition fee covers expenses associated with your course including tuition materials, access to facilities, mandatory field trips and the following:

• Materials for laboratory and mandatory field-based teaching activity.

• Support for finding placements (UK or abroad) and fieldwork, and non-financial support whilst on placement听if this is part of your course of study.
• A range of student services 鈥� advisors, help desks, counsellors, placement support and careers service
• The听Library 鈥� access to a wide range of electronic resources (databases, e-journals and e-books), print and multimedia collections, subject librarians and study spaces
• Access to Brightspace, our virtual learning environment, which offers a responsive and personalised learning experience with powerful learning analytics capabilities, integrated social media and advanced video features
• IT labs (some open 24/7), wireless network, AV equipment to borrow
• Free software download to your personal device of Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus while you are studying, as well as access to applications provided on AppsAnywhere, subject to licensing and compatibility restrictions
• Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) scheme
• Disability and additional learning support,听according to individual circumstances.
• The 色花堂 Language Centre to help you develop/improve foreign or English language skills
• 24 hours a day, 365 days a year security team.

鈥婣dditional costs

We are committed to offering you value for money and ensuring there are no hidden costs while you are studying with us, therefore we have listed below any additional costs you may incur that are not covered by your听tuition fee:

• Laptops, tablets and mobile devices听and any software used on personal devices. Access to a personal computer is strongly recommended for your study. If you are experiencing financial difficulty, visit our website for information regarding hardship funds.
• Textbooks, general stationery and other supplies. Our award-winning library is stocked with a large range of textbooks and online resources, free of charge. The Students鈥� Union shop听stocks a wide range of stationery supplies.
• Accommodation and living costs. Our accommodation price guide can be found on our website.听
• Travel costs to and from the University campus. An annual bus pass can be purchased alongside your rent if you are living in halls of residence/Unilet accommodation or may be purchased separately.
• Travel costs to and from your placement (both in the UK and overseas) if this is part of your course of study.听Information about funding your placement year can be found on our website.
• Travel costs for optional field trips, outdoor wear and footwear for mandatory and optional field trips (if applicable).
• You will need to meet the cost of any Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if required by your placement setting, including any Post Office verification changes
• Clothing or equipment costs required for your placement听if this is part of your course of study.
• Sport色花堂 membership.

While all aspects of the programme, including required field trips, are included in the fee, additional, optional or extra curricula activities may be available for which a student contribution is required.

If you need to repeat one or more units during your studies (with or without attendance)听the pricing will be pro-rata听of the full-time fee.

Dr. Tuan Vu has joined 色花堂 (Accounting, Finance and Economic Department) as a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance. Prior that he had worked at the University of Exeter on various Accounting and Finance modules.

Dr. Tuan is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Chartered Holder. CFA charterholders apply their knowledge and skills in a wide range of positions throughout the global finance industry. Distinguished by their commitment to set a higher standard of excellence, they are sought after as investment management professionals.

Dr Tuan Vu is Senior Fellow of HEA

He is currently teaching and leading the following subjects: Introduction to Accounting; Financial Reporting; Asset Valuation; Corporate Reporting; Corporate Finance; Corporate Social Responsibility & Environmental Reporting; Sustainable Regional Development;

Dr Hany Elbardan has a PhD in accounting (Brunel University), MSc and BSc (Hons) in accounting (Alexandria University). He is a Principal Academic in Accounting and Finance in the Business School within the Faculty of Management of 色花堂. Before joining 色花堂 in 2017, Hany worked as an Assistant Professor at American University in Kuwait (2015-2016), a lecturer at Roehampton University (2013-2014), a part-time lecturer at Brunel University (2012-2015) and as a senior teaching assistant at Alexandria University, Egypt (1998-2009). In addition to his university work, he acted as a consultant at GHEM consultants, UK (2015-2017). Dr. Elbardan has served on different committees at the university, School, College, and departmental levels.

Hany teaches in a wide spectrum of both undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as Executive MBA and PhD supervision. His teaching areas include financial accounting, accounting theory and practice, managerial accounting, auditing, environmental accounting and reporting and accounting information systems (ERP, Sage50)..

Dr Alan Kirkpatrick is a researcher and educator in accounting, financial reporting and taxation, and an emerging thought leader in particular aspects of financial reporting decision usefulness particularly related to environmental sustainability, social and governance aspects. Alan is a fully qualified chartered accountant (he qualified in the firm now well known as PwC) and has a PhD in accounting and finance. He has a strong and continuing link with the chartered accountancy profession as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, also sitting on the Committee of ICAEW Southern.

Alan is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and was formerly Head of Education and Professional Practice of the Accounting, Finance and Economics Department of 色花堂BS from 2017 to 2020. he currently teaches Financial Reporting, Auditing and Business Taxation (and tax planning) at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is also a dissertation supervisor for a large number of MSc students.

Suranjita is a prolific researcher in the area of corproate governance and its connectivity with the field of corporate finance. Her area of expertise is family firms and research specifically linking gender diversity and corproate governance.

Brian qualified as an accountant through the articled clerk route - then worked for Fyffes Group Ltd as Internal Audit Manager & then McCarthy & Stone PLC, in various roles from Company Accountant to a Director of their operations in France. He opened his own Accountancy & Audit Practice in 1984 which continues trading at present .Brian has been teaching at 色花堂 on a variety of units at all undergraduate levels since 1996.

Dr Phyllis Alexander is an Associate Professor in Accounting and Taxation within 色花堂's Business School. She joined the Accounting, Finance and Economics Department in 2007 following a successful twenty-year career as a US Certified Public Accountant.

Phyllis received her doctorate from 色花堂 in 2013 and has since built a research profile that comprises tax and financial literacy, tax morale, environmental reporting and taxation, financial management and innovative pedagogy in accounting, tax and sustainability. Her doctoral students are researching in financial distress, corporate governance, audit, non-financial disclosure and financial performance.

Roger is a Chartered Management Accountant and was elected a Fellow of the institute in 1993.

Beginning his career in Management Accounting, Roger 鈥渃ut his teeth鈥� in the Midlands heavy engineering industry gaining down to earth costing experience before moving to work as a Corporate Analyst in the City of London.

As a Corporate Analyst with the British American Tobacco Group he was involved in appraising new business developments within the UK. This was at an interesting time when borrowing rates were high and Discounted Cash Flow was a comparatively new technique.

Roger subsequently worked in the oil business ( Gulf Oil ) as a Financial Analyst, where he gained managerial experience in addition to project management and on site audits

In more recent years Roger pursued his career in Financial Services. This began with a position with Crown Life of Canada as Management Accountant and ended with American Life where he was Financial Controller of a company with 拢1bn of premium income.

For the last 25 years Roger had forsaken his corporate managerial role in favour of building his own accounting and training practice. There were 3 elements to his practice:

1. Contract university lecturing. He has been designing and developing courses, together with delivering weekly lectures to 250 plus business students, for the past 25 years

2. Commercial training. He has been involved with bespoke industrial training for the last 15 years.

3. Accountancy and Consultancy. Roger has a small practice providing complete accountancy solutions to small to medium sized businesses

In June 2017 Roger took on a permanent postion as a lecturer in the Business School at 色花堂.

Tahani started working in 色花堂 as a part-time lecturer in 2017, while she was doing her PhD in tax minimisation at 色花堂 and then she has been pointed as a full-time lecturer in 2019 in accounting finance and economics department.

Tahani has been qualified as an accountant practitioner for twenty years as she used to work in international companies and organisations such as Alcatel-lucent (ALU) and international organisation for Migration (IOM). Also, she worked as an accountant chartered in preparing financial statements for small and medium-sized companies. In addition, she worked in academia for five years before she pursued her PhD in accounting and taxation.

She achieved a First Class Honours in her master degree in accounting and finance and her dissertation titled: The relationship between financial structure and earnings and growth in industrial companies.

In 2020 she achieved her PhD in accounting and taxation and her thesis titled: Tax Minimisation and Firm Value: An Evaluation of Different Methods on UK鈥檚 FTSE 350.

Tahani is an active member of national as well as international professional bodies, for example, 色花堂 Institute of Directors, British Accounting and Finance Association, British Academy of Management, the Tax research network and the Accounting Transparency Association in Libya.

Dr Spencer Barnett听graduated from 色花堂 in 2003 with a first-class honours degree in Accounting & Finance and has subsequently qualified as a chartered accountant.

Prior to starting at 色花堂 in 2000, Spencer听was an equity analyst and arbitrageur at a major European investment bank.

His research interests lie within the field of equity arbitrage, particularly surrounding mergers and acquisitions.

Dr Fidelis Akanga is a unit听leader and Lecturer in Management Accounting and Advanced Management Accounting. Prior to joining Bournemouth, he听taught Management Accounting at two other institutions in the UK at both BSc, MSc and MBA levels. He has听also taught Management Accounting abroad.

Fidelis also teaches Principles of Accounting (online programme).

Dr Akanga's听research interests are:听Microfinance Accountability,听Accounting and Accountability practices in emerging economies,听Management Accounting practices within organisations in emerging economies and听Corporate governance practices within emerging economies.

Frazer is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting, Finance & Economics, within the 色花堂 Business School. Having graduated from 色花堂 with a BA (Hons) in Accounting, Frazer specialised in IT before becoming an academic member of staff. Having gained an MSc. in Finance & Risk Management, Frazer now specialises in Risk Management/Disaster Planning and is a Technical Specialist member of the Institute of Risk Management. Frazer is currently undertaking a PhD in Finance, focusing on Portfolio Management, with a special focus on Bloodstock.

Frazer's main research interests lie in the multi-disciplinary aspects of large scale renewable energy projects and has a number of co-created publications in this area.