PhD

In Belfast City

£ 2,100 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    PhD

  • Location

    Belfast city (Northern Ireland)

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Overview: The accounting group is energetic and continuously strives for excellence in teaching and its scholarship. The group's research strengths range from accounting change to accounting education, and from performance measurement to financial accounting, using both quantitative and qualitative research techniques. The group has a particular interest in public sector and not-for-profit organisations. Aside from gaining close research advice and direction from their supervisors and other academics in the group, research students benefit from attending courses and tailor-made reading groups to complete their background preparation in accounting. Queen's Management School prides itself on research-led teaching and offers its research students experience as teaching assistants in a variety of undergraduate courses. Students regularly attend the School's various seminar series, which attract leading academics from around the world. Students also present their work at these events, gaining invaluable advice and preparation for the academic job market. RESEARCH STRENGTHS Particular research strengths include: Accounting and performance measurement in multinational companies Accounting quality and corporate governance Accruals accounting in public sector organisations Ethics and accounting education Governance in charities Management/accounting change in the public sector Performance measurement/management in charities Performance measurement/management in public sector organisations Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Short-termism and corporate governance Use of the case study approach in accounting education

Facilities

Location

Start date

Belfast City (County Antrim)
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University Road, BT7 1NN

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

A research degree offers you the opportunity to develop your research skills and prove yourself as a researcher. Queen's is committed to the enhancement of research training and teaching and offers postgraduate research opportunities across all fields of study. The following postgraduate research study routes for this subject area are: DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PhD) MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY (MPhil) ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS Normally a UK 2.1 Honours degree (or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University) and a UK Masters...

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Course programme

Special Features

RESEARCH EXCELLENCE

  • In its analysis of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework results, the Chartered Association of Business Schools positioned Queen's Management School at 9th place out of 101 UK business and management for research intensity.
  • Staff members are published in top-ranked academic journals, regularly attract competitive research funding, act as journal editors and sit on the editorial advisory boards of journals.
  • The School has a proven track-record of placing its PhD graduates in tenure-track research and teaching posts at top universities in the UK and elsewhere.

INTERNATIONAL ORIENTATION

  • At any one time the School can have up to 60 students undertaking a PhD.
  • The mix of international students and staff is very diverse: Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, Russia, Serbia, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, Great Britain, United States, and Zimbabwe.

OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITIES

  • Great effort is made to provide graduate students with the research competencies to undertake innovative and scholarly work in their chosen fields.
  • Students participate actively in the research seminars of the School and University, attend conferences and participate in external academic networks.
  • Teaching opportunities are commonly made available for doctoral researchers to provide further experience and learning so as to best prepare students for a career in leading higher education institutes.

WORLD-CLASS FACILITIES

  • PhD students are based in shared offices in Riddel Hall, a listed building with state-of-the-art facilities.

FUNDING OPTIONS

  • Our PhD programmes can either be self-funded or funded through various bursaries and scholarships, which will be advertised on the School's website. Last updated 21.10.15

Additional information

Queen's postgraduates reap exceptional benefits. Unique initiatives, such as Degree Plus and Researcher Plus bolster our commitment to employability, while innovative leadership and executive programmes alongside sterling integration with business experts helps our students gain key leadership positions both nationally and internationally. Find out more

Accounting

£ 2,100 + VAT