Stellenbosch University students who graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce in Management Accounting or a Bachelor of Commerce in Financial Accounting may convert to a Bachelor of Accounting by completing a conversion year. The purpose of the conversion year is to meet the Bachelor of Accounting Honours admission requirements, which puts students…

As new technologies pave the way to increasingly sophisticated and academically relevant experiences, gamification of the learning process, regardless of the field of expertise, becomes more and more important. This study aims to express several constructs that explain how one can apply Game-Based Learning to education while granting motivational…

The accounting curriculum has been criticised for failing to develop accounting students' professional and generic skills for the future needs of employers. This paper describes a constructivist active learning approach, namely Team-Based Learning (TBL), to embed professional skills in a postgraduate professional writing course for accountants.…

The fourth industrial revolution (4IR) presents many opportunities and challenges in a digitised world of work. This paper draws on a systematic literature review of recent research published by accounting professional bodies outlining the impact of digital technologies on the accounting profession. By taking advantage of this work this study…

Studies have demonstrated the presence of anxiety among undergraduate students. Some causal factors are academic, but many are non-academic. The pandemic changed the way education is delivered, requiring remote learning for all. This situation disrupted students' academic routines and presented significant learning challenges, causing anxiety. The…

In this study, we explore how accounting doctoral students fared during the pandemic. We survey accounting doctoral students from Canada and the United States and perform quantitative and qualitative analyses of the responses. We situate our research within social cognitive theory, and our findings suggest that accounting doctoral students…

This study focuses on the admission criteria of a bachelor of accountancy (BAcc) degree program as one of many factors influencing students' success in graduating in the regulated time frames. The present study used constructivist learning and student engagement theories as connected lenses to explore the effect of admission criteria on…

Amid growing concerns about social mobility in Britain's higher education system, our study delves into universities' role in addressing the social gap within the financial and professional services sectors. The social reproduction theory underscores how upper-class students often benefit from greater exposure to dominant cultural and educational…

New technologies in accounting are widely regarded as crucial to building organisational success. They have, and continue, to impact on the requisite skills for graduate and early career accounting professionals. This research focuses on how well universities, employing organisations, and professional associations are preparing early career…

Purpose: This study examines the competencies delineated by the Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) in Canada and explores the gap between what universities provide, represented by the students' confidence in the knowledge acquired--and what the accounting profession in Canada requires and deems necessary. Design/methodology/approach: Using…

The purpose of this paper is to present an approach suitable for the selection of an appropriate textbook using an evaluation checklist designed to focus on the relevant topics and coverage suitable for students undertaking a first-year accounting course at university level. The resulting checklist is derived from the literature and adapted for…

This study aimed at figuring out the effect of full e-learning on the students' academic performance in accounting courses, which include multiple mathematical calculations compared with the English Language courses, which are free of mathematical calculations. A questionnaire was designed and distributed among a random sample of students during…

This study investigates the reflexive relationship between the challenges encountered during the development and teaching of the qualitative research method (QARM) program and the stories of PhD students about their experiences with the course. The study is based on a number of pedagogical issues drawn from postgraduate students combined with an…

The objective of this study is to explore the stereotypes that students have about agribusiness students. We seek to determine the nature of these stereotypes and how they compare relative to marketing and accounting students. Our intent is to reveal the degree of fit of the agribusiness major within a college of business, as personality…

Extant research on competency-based accounting education has largely ignored how competency map development is a political process. Combining interviews and documentary analysis, we explore the evolution in the Canadian Professional Accounting (CPA) Canada Competency Map, from its implementation in 2013 through its first review in 2019, to study…