'The School's aim is to educate, motivate and inspire by example. It is to nuture and unleash creative talent and to equip students with the skills and knowledge that enhance their employability and their contribution to society. Through our distinctive mix of expertise in our approaches to learning and teaching, allied to rigorous research, our goal is to inform, illuminate and enhance lives and society. By these means, and through our engagement with the accountancy profession, our aspiration is to provide tomorrow's leaders, in Scotland, the UK and the wider world'.