Mrs Ellen Spender

Lecturer, Accounting & Finance

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Office 231 - 231
Second Floor
School of Management
Bay Campus

About

At Swansea University Ellen is a lecturer in accounting and module co-ordinator for a number of undergraduate and postgraduate modules and also the Deputy Programme Director BSc Accounting and MSc Focus Group Lead. Ellen completed her Post Graduate Certificate of Education in 1999 and is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

During her 20 years as a qualified lecturer she has delivered a variety of subjects in a number of educational institutions.

Student engagement is her main research focusing on enhancing student experience by delivering quality teaching and engaging successfully with students to motivate them to fulfil their individual educational potential.

During her time at Swansea Ellen has been honoured to receive commendations by students for the quality of her teaching. Indeed, her career as a professional lecturer has been markedly learner-centric, and her constructivist approach to teaching is an extension of her personal-professional interest in and passion for student engagement. Student feedback at Swansea University has been both encouraging and positive, thereby affirming her teaching methodologies.

Areas Of Expertise

Financial Accounting
Financial Statement Analysis
Forensic Accounting

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Ellen teaches forensic accounting providing an overview of the role of the forensic accountant to final year undergraduates.

She delivers financial accounting to MSc accounting and finance students.

Award Highlights

Best Lecturer in Accounting and Finance 2018
Nominated for the national Inspire Tutor Award 2018

Collaborations

Currently collaborating with a colleague conducting research into Game-Based Learning Platforms.

Taught Modules

MN-3555 Forensic Accounting

The term `forensic¿ means `used in courts of law¿, and the role of `forensic accounting¿ is to provide professional accountancy support in litigation cases. The growth of forensic accounting as a discrete discipline within the accountancy profession is a reflection of today¿s increasingly litigious climate, and the proliferation of cases presented to the courts highlights the wide variety of types of fraud and other finance-related infringements, ranging from the simple to the complex. The principal focus of this module will be on the criminal aspect of forensic accounting. Other key areas include the role of forensic accounting in civil litigation, the expert witness, terrorism finance, money laundering, bribery and corruption, and the role of corporate governance in risk containment.
MN-M004 Financial Statement Preparation and Analysis

There is a limited amount of information available to external stakeholders of a company. It is therefore vital for the user to extract as much information as possible from a set of financial statements. Students on this module will learn the techniques used in financial statement analysis and will apply those techniques to evaluate company performance and to assess their value. The limitations of the techniques will be identified.

Invited Presentations, Lectures and Conferences

Technology in the Classroom

March 2020

University of York

Mrs Ellen Spender

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Areas Of Expertise

Career Highlights

Taught Modules

MN-3555 Forensic Accounting

MN-M004 Financial Statement Preparation and Analysis

Invited Presentations, Lectures and Conferences

Technology in the Classroom