Accounting & Finance news

13/12/17

How to transform a career - and do so with a family

Nearly twenty years ago, Amaro Gomes graduated from LUMS. Now he is a Board Member at the International Accounting Standards Board and is being honoured with an Alumni Award.
01/12/17

LUMS programmes score highly in QS rankings

A number of LUMS Masters programmes have been ranked among the top courses in the UK in the QS Business School Rankings 2018.
27/11/17

Inspiring LUMS student wins Diana Award

LUMS Accounting and Finance student, Chris Ginty, received a Diana award this month for his involvement in a project set up to help South African children.
27/11/17

Dr Robyn Remke and Dr Cynthia Forson to host caucus at a conference in Ethiopia

Dr Robyn Remke and Dr Cynthia Forson (LU Ghana) will be hosting a caucus at the prestigious African Academy of Management (AFAM) Conference in Ethiopia in January 2018. The caucus will present findings from a Lancaster University project examining leadership and entrepreneurial capacity building for women in Ghana. 
16/10/17

Students to benefit from new £5k Scholarship

Students at Lancaster University Management School can benefit from a new ‘Fitch Scholarship’ and placement after Fitch Ratings, a global leader in credit ratings and research, generously donated to its undergraduate programme.

 
27/07/17

High flyers scoop Chancellor’s medals

Two LUMS students have been awarded the prestigious Chancellor’s Medal.
06/07/17

Students and alumni supported at financial sector networking event

80 alumni, current students and guests attended LUMS’ second financial sector networking event at the Thomson Reuters building in London’s Canary Wharf, on 3rd July.
29/06/17

Accounting and Finance students compete in business simulation games

Accounting and Finance undergraduates have been putting their business skills into practice in a series of business simulation games aimed at developing employability skills.
12/01/17

Study finds ‘negligible’ link between CEO pay and good company performance

A major new study by Weijia Li and Steven Young has found that the link between CEO pay and corporate value creation in the UK remains ‘negligible at best’.
28/09/16

Top five rankings for Accounting and Finance and Business Studies

Two subject areas at LUMS have been highly ranked by The Times. 
10/08/16

Lancaster University top 10 for student satisfaction

Lancaster University is ranked amongst the UK’s best for student satisfaction in the 2016 National Student Survey.
21/07/16

CFA is breaking into business school Finance degrees — This is how

Steve Young explains how CFA exams complement Masters degrees.
01/07/16

LUMS network supports financial sector careers at London event

More than 60 alumni and current students attended a LUMS financial sector networking event at the Thomson Reuters building in London’s Canary Wharf this week.
20/06/16

MSc Finance rises to 30th in world rankings

Lancaster’s MSc Finance has risen 10 places to be ranked 30th in the world by the Financial Times.
26/05/16

Professor Igor Goncharov recognised with Best Paper Prize

A LUMS academic has received the German Academic Association for Business Research's Best Paper Award 2016.
26/05/16

LUMS academics to study expected-loss accounting for banks

Two academics have been awarded £24,000 in funding for their research project, 'Expected-loss accounting for impairment: the IASB and FASB proposals since 2009'.
26/05/16

Accounting and Finance student wins 'Selfie' project

A second year Accounting and Finance student has been crowned winner of this year’s “Selfie” Project.
23/05/16

Lancaster climbs to 8th in the Guardian University Guide

Lancaster University has risen two places to be ranked 8th in the Guardian University Guide 2017, published today.
29/04/16

LUMS academic presents research at SBC Open Innovation Summit 2016

Chris Ford, from LUMS’s Department of Accounting and Finance, was invited to present his ground-breaking work on performance management in open innovation ecosystems at one of the biggest events in the bioscience calendar.  
22/03/16

LUMS subjects rank in top 100 in QS World University Rankings 2016

Lancaster University Management School has been ranked in the top 100 worldwide in a number of subject areas.
17/03/16

LUMS’ Mark Shackleton interviews Nobel Laureate Robert Shiller

Professor Mark Shackleton was selected to interview American Nobel Laureate Professor Robert Shiller on the opening day of Surrey University’s Global Student Summit this week.
15/02/16

Text analytics mines corporate reports for fraud

Regulators are using text analytics to identify fraudulent information revealed in annual reports, Steve Young reports on the ACCA website.
11/12/15

New ACCA pathway speeds professional qualification for MSc Finance students

MSc Finance students at Lancaster will now be able to gain ACCA Professional-level qualifications more quickly, thanks to additional accreditation from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
26/11/15

Breakthrough carbon capture technique ushers in era of guilt-free gas

LUMS's Mark Shackleton discusses a new technique which might change the future of fuel.