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The development of accounting in UK universities : an oral history

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01/02/2018
Author
Stevenson, Lorna
Power, David
Ferguson, John
Collison, David
Keywords
University accounting education
Oral history
LSE Triumvirate
HF5601 Accounting
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Abstract
This article reports on the development of the accounting discipline in universities in England and Scotland from the 1960s. Drawing on the oral history narratives of six distinguished accounting scholars who played a significant role in the discipline, this article documents (1) the initial influences on the teaching of accounting in English universities, (2) the different influences on the teaching of accounting in Scottish universities and (3) the influence of US universities and their scholars on the development of academic accounting in the United Kingdom. With a focus on the second wave of accounting professoriate who followed the London School of Economics (LSE) ‘Triumvirate’ of William Baxter, Harold Edey and David Solomons, this article provides first-hand insights into the shape and spread of university accounting education at a crucial stage of its development. This, in turn, develops an understanding of the contemporary academic accounting discipline in the United Kingdom.
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Stevenson , L , Power , D , Ferguson , J & Collison , D 2018 , ' The development of accounting in UK universities : an oral history ' , Accounting History , vol. 23 , no. 1-2 , pp. 117-137 . https://doi.org/10.1177/1032373217733112
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Accounting History
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Peer reviewed
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https://doi.org/10.1177/1032373217733112
ISSN
1032-3732
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2017, the Author(s). This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work will be available at https://doi.org/10.1177/1032373217733112
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11670

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