21 April 2023: In person event

Pop-up Symposium 2023

Join us in person at Hawkwell House, Oxford

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We have exciting news. For the first time, Accounting Cafe members are meeting in person at Hawkwell House near Oxford on Friday 21 April, for “Pop-up Symposium 2023” This is Accounting Cafe’s first face-to-face gathering. We’ll be enjoying a fun-packed day of short presentations, workshops and discussions on a broad…Read more

Summary: A simple way to embrace dual coding in accounting education is to use a concept map. This “almost certainly” improves learning. Don’t reinvent the wheel: there’s a free one that you can adapt, copy and distribute. Give credit to its creators. This is the BaSIS Board. It combines words…Read more

This event was organised by Rethinking Accountancy, part of the Rethinking Economics network. This was their first live seminar in February 2023. Professor Joan Ballantine, University of Ulster Joan Ballantine outlined a historical context of accounting degrees, explaining that as their number has expanded, they’ve been shaped by increased competition…Read more

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