The Vocational Skills Gap in Accounting Education Curricula: Empirical Evidence from the UK

International Journal of Management in Education, Forthcoming

34 Pages Posted: 7 May 2019

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Ibrahem Alshbili

The Libyan Audit Bureau,Department of Corporate Governance, Dahra Squire, Tripoli, Libya

Ahmed A. Elamer

Brunel University London - Brunel Business School; Department of Accounting, Faculty of Commerce, Mansoura University

Date Written: April 16, 2019

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the relative importance of a set of vocational skills and the extent to which accounting educators in the UK incorporate these skills into their accounting education curricula so that students can run a successful accounting career upon their graduation. Using a questionnaire method, the data was collected from two major stakeholders; namely accounting educators and final-year accounting students. The findings indicate that there is a degree of overall agreement between the two groups opinions’ that vocational skills required by accounting employers encompass not only technical and cognitive skills but also transferable skills such as communication, self-reflection, teamwork and organisational skills. The results of this paper should be of interest to accounting educators, curriculum designers and faculty who are responsible for reviewing and updating accounting curricula.

Keywords: vocational skills; accounting education curricula; accounting educators; accounting students; UK

Suggested Citation

Alshbili, Ibrahem and Elamer, Ahmed Ahmed, The Vocational Skills Gap in Accounting Education Curricula: Empirical Evidence from the UK (April 16, 2019). International Journal of Management in Education, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3373034

Ibrahem Alshbili

The Libyan Audit Bureau,Department of Corporate Governance, Dahra Squire, Tripoli, Libya ( email )

Department of corporate governance
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Ahmed Ahmed Elamer (Contact Author)

Brunel University London - Brunel Business School ( email )

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Department of Accounting, Faculty of Commerce, Mansoura University ( email )

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Egypt

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