Jamie Wells

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WBS Quality Co-ordinator, Senior Lecturer in Accountancy

Department of Management and Finance

Contact Details

email: j.wells@worc.ac.uk

Jamie has spent the past nine years working within the accounting and finance team. Areas of teaching expertise are financial management and auditing. Jamie also has a particular interest in accounting education research, developing research on the use of simulations in the teaching of auditing. Jamie has also published a paper, which looked at the role of universities in developing softer skills in accountancy.

Before working at Worcester, Jamie spent three years in practice for a large professional services firm specialising in forensic accounting and assurance. She also spent time working for HM Treasury within the Welfare to Work Team.

Teaching & Research

Teaching
Auditing
Financial Accounting
Tax

Research
Accounting Education
Auditing
Corporate Governance

Professional Bodies

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Publications

Author of a paper entitled Balancing the Yin and Yang: the role of universities in developing softer skills in accountancy. This was published in the journal Industry and Higher Education, Vol 26, No 1, Feb 2012.

Qualifications

Chartered Accountant
PGCE Secondary in Economics and Business
BSc (Hons) Economics and Politics