Division of Economic and Financial Studies

Learning Enhancement and Development (LEAD) Projects 2007-2008

 

Project

Leader

Department

1

Implementation and evaluation of Virtual laboratory: using the Division laboratories remotely.

John Sims

Division IT

2

Generic skills: exploration of generic skills in Accounting

Raymond Young

Accounting

3

Developing a pool of qualified undergraduate teaching assistants

John Shepherd

Actuarial

4

The development of online quizzes for operations research

Sibba Gudlaugsdottir (Frances Griffin – maths)

Statistics

5

Approaches to learning statistics: cross cultural learning behaviour among university students

Ayse Bilgin &

Sue Crowe

Statistics

6

Evaluation of the WebStat statistics learning package

Jenny Middlethorp

Statistics

7

Development of a ‘transformed’ approach to teaching first year university statistics

Graham Wood

Statistics

8

Integrating sociological and related concepts into the study of accounting

Bill Blair, Gordon Boyce, Cindy Davids, Susan Greer

Accounting

9

Reading Accounting Theory and Research: A Guide for ACCG223 Students

Elaine Evans

Accounting

10

The effectiveness of Microsoft Excel as a tool in teaching and learning financial and actuarial mathematics

Tim Kyng

Actuarial

11

Quick Vocabulary Tool for NESB HDR students & staff

Wendy Noble

Division

12

Effective and efficient feedback to students

Anna Rowe & Leigh Wood

Division

13

Peer assisted learning

Michael Dobbie

Economics


LEAD Publications

Last year's work was published in Asian Social Science V4, No.3 March 2008

LEAD Members

 Name

Ayse Bilgin

Bill Blair

Gordon Boyce

Sue Crowe

Julian deMerrick

Cindy Davids

Elaine Evans

Michael Dobbie

Susan Greer

Frances Griffin

Sibba Gudlaugsdottir

Tim Kyng

Jenny Middlethorp

Julie Monteban

Wendy Noble

Anna Rowe

John Shepherd

John Sims

Graham Wood

Leigh Wood

Raymond Young