Staff profile

Gavin, an Associate Professor in Accounting and Chartered Management Accountant, joined the Business School in September 2012 following several years as a Senior Lecturer at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University. 

Currently Programme Director for MSc Accounting for Durham University Business School, Gavin has held accounting examiner positions for the Association of International Accountants (AIA), the Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountants (CIPFA) and Sheffield University Management School. Gavin has previously enjoyed a career spanning audit and financial management with NatWest Bank plc, The Legal Services Commission and the National Health Service. Gavin's main teaching areas comprise business law and financial reporting.

Mini Biography

Gavin, an Associate Professor in Accounting and Chartereed Management Accountant, joined the Business School in September 2012 following several years as a Senior Lecturer at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University.

• Budgeting/performance management in the National Health Service
• Accounting education
• Linguistic analysis of corporate reporting

Conference Paper

• D'Northwood, G. (2015). A comparative linguistic analysis of statements by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in BP plc’s published annual report of 2010.

Journal Article

• D'Northwood, G. (2017). BP plc 2010 – a case of linguistic legitimation?. Journal of Applied Accounting Research, 18(4), 480-495. https://doi.org/10.1108/jaar-02-2016-0022

Presentation

• D'Northwood, G. (2019, July). A phenomenographic study of critical thinking and assessment in higher education. Paper presented at Imagining Better Education Conference 2019, Durham University, PGR Education
• D'Northwood, G. (2019, July). The highs and lows of phenomenographic research. Paper presented at Imagining Better Education Conference 2019, Durham University, PGR Education
• D'Northwood, G. (2022, May). PeerWise as a mechanism for collaborative learning and formative assessment. Paper presented at British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA) Accounting Education SIG Annual International Conference 2022
• D'Northwood, G. (2019, May). A phenomenographic study of critical thinking: conceptualisation and operationalisation in assessment practices. Paper presented at British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) Accounting Education SIG Annual Conference 2019., Ghent, Belgium
• D'Northwood, G. (2022, May). Business school academics and critical thinking – a practical concept. Paper presented at British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA) Accounting Education SIG Annual International Conference 2022, Glasgow, Scotland
• D'Northwood, G. (2017, December). A phenomenographic study of critical thinking: conceptualisation and operationalisation in assessment practices. Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Newer and Early Career Researchers Conference 5th December 2017, Newport, Wales