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Rethinking Accountancy is part of the Rethinking Economics Network campaigning to transform the accountancy education and profession.

We seek to give rise to critical professionals that sufficiently address the world’s current and future challenges of socioeconomic inequality and climate injustice, fostering sustainable futures.

What is Rethinking Accountancy?

Rethinking Accountancy is part of the Rethinking Economics International Network. We are a group of students, academics, community-based individuals, and professionals campaigning for the transformation of the accountancy education and profession.

We believe that the current accountancy education system is narrow, culturally uniform and insufficiently responsive to the ethical challenges of the profession. This perpetuates the social, economic, and environmental injustice that we witness daily.

We are calling for socioeconomic and environmentally responsive pedagogies and epistemologies in accountancy and finance education that will give rise to critical professionals that address the world’s current and future challenges of socioeconomic inequality and climate injustice and foster sustainable futures.

Meet the steering committee

Prof Atul K Shah

Visiting Lecturer in Finance
City, University of London

Prof Susan Smith

Prof of Accounting Education
UCL

Mr Khaya Sithole

Chartered Accountant in South Africa

Dr Alice Bryer

Reader in Accounting
University of Bristol

Prof Adam Leaver

Chair in Accounting & Society
University of Sheffield

Our Research

We’re busy investigating accountancy education and practice in the UK and you’ll find our reports here when they’re ready.

Photograph of a City Financial District

Events

Abolish or Reform Accountancy Degrees?

28th February 2023 – 16:00 (GMT)
With Sneha Shah, Richard Murphy, Ian Thompson, Joan Ballantine, Atul K Shah and Susan Smith

Watch the webinar

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Our Partners

Rethinking Economics International

If you would like to work with us as a partner institution, please contact us at: rethinkingaccountancy@rethinkeconomics.org

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Our Funders:

Joffe Charitable Trustjoffetrust.org