Staff profile

Beth joined Durham in 2015 as a Senior Teaching Fellow in the Business School following a successful career as an accountant working in the not for profit sector in Northern Ireland. With a keen interest in pedagogic practice, she completed her doctorate in Accounting Ethics Education.

As her interest in learning and teaching developed, Beth moved to a role in Durham Centre for Academic Development where she ran the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice for two years before taking on her latest role as Head of Academic Development.

Beyond the University, Beth is an active member of the British Accounting and Finance Association Accounting Education Special Interest Group Executive Board with responsibility for oversight of their scholarship blog. She also works with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, of which she is a Fellow, on disciplinary matters. Beth also works as an assessor for the Office for Students.

Qualifications

Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, Sunderland University

Doctor of Business Administration, Northumbria University

MSc Human Resource Management, Sunderland University

PGCE Post-compulsory Education and Training, Sunderland University

Postgraduate Certificate in Personnel Management, Queens University Belfast

BA (Hons) Business Studies, Ulster University

Professional Afiliations

Senior Fellow of AdvanceHE (SFHEA)

Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA)

Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (AssocCIPD)

Chartered Business and Management Educator (CMBE)

• Accounting Ethics Education
• Dialogic and Active Learning Models
• Initial Professional Development for Academics
• Leadership in Higher Education