Episode 3: We welcome Professor Jacqueline Birt (‘Jac’ to her colleagues and friends), Head of School | the School of Business. In this episode, Jac shares with us her insights into the importance of business schools, exciting opportunities for collaboration and research impact. We also take a look at her first 60 days as Head of School.
Topics
- Topic 1: Role of business schools in society (timestamp 04:17)
- Topic 2: Opportunities for the School of Business (timestamp 12:36)
- Topic 3: Exciting things to come for the School of Business (timestamp 16:11)
Suggested resources and links
- Prof Jac Birt recognised on the 2024 Top 50 Women in Accounting
- Read about Jac’s work on the revisions to the International Education Standards to embed sustainability throughout aspiring professional accountants’ training here.
- Access her recent research which she touches on in this episode:
- Birt, J. , Safari, M. & de Castro, V.B.(2023) Critical analysis of integration of ICT and data analytics into the accounting curriculum: A multidimensional perspective. Accounting & Finance, 63, 4037–4063. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.13084
- Agrawal, Prerana and Birt, Jacqueline and Holub, Mark and Van Zyl, Warrick, Developing professional scepticism in the accounting classroom: A case study approach (December 11, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5051746 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5051746
- Agrawal, P., Birt, J., Bayne, L., & Schonfeldt, N. (2022). The use of case studies in developing students’ understanding of the concept ‘material misstatement. Accounting and Finance (Parkville), 62(1), 1307–1338. https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12824
