Richard M.S. Wilson

Accountancy and Academic/Professional Inter-dependency (or Mutual Exclusivity?)

This paper is a report on an Accounting Education Symposium held during the 2009 Annual Congress of the EAA in Tampere, Finland. This was the fourth occasion on which there has been an Accounting Education Symposium (or similar) within an EAA Annual Congress. Previous events were as follows: 2005 (Gotenburg, Sweden) EAA Accounting Educators Forum 2006 (Dublin, Ireland) ‘Universities and Professional Bodies: Complementary or Colliding Roles in Educating and Training Future Accounting Practitioners?’ (sponsored by the Irish Accountancy Educational Trust) 2008 (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) ‘Accounting Education: The Common Content Project’ (sponsored by Royal NIVRA).

Non-invasive detection and chemical mapping of trace metal residues on the skin

Residual traces of the metals copper and lead on an individuals skin may be elucidated by reaction of rubeanic acid with a gelatine lift taken from the target area in question, yielding intensely coloured reaction products. This non-invasive technique has been shown to offer promise in chemically mapping the distribution of the minute metal residues across an individuals hand deposited through touching metal items, a technique with potential forensic significance.

Personal transferable skills in accounting education

1. Introduction: Personal Transferable Skills in Accounting Education Kim Watty, Beverley Jackling and Richard M.S. Wilson 2. Generic Attributes in Accounting: The Significance of the Disciplinary Context Anna Jones 3. The Expectation-Performance Gap in Accounting Education: An Exploratory Study Binh Bui and Brenda Porter 4. Accounting Students Expectations and Transition Experiences of Supervised Work Experience Louise Gracia 5. A Whole-of-program Approach to the Development of Generic and Professional Skills in a University Accounting Program Lesley Willcoxson, Monte Wynder and Gregory K. Laing 6. Development of Generic Competencies: Impact of a Mixed Teaching Approach on Students Perceptions Anne Fortin and Michele Legault 7. Embedding Generic Employability Skills in an Accounting Degree: Development and Impediments Greg Stoner and Margaret Milner 8. Knowledge and Skills Development of Accounting Graduates: The Perceptions of Graduates and Employers in Ghana Joseph Y. Awayiga, Joseph M. Onumah and Mathew Tsamenyi 9. The Acquisition of Generic Skills of Culturally-diverse Student Cohorts Monica Keneley and Beverley Jackling