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Accounting, Finance, Business and Economics are crucial to the functioning of organisations, the global economy and to the development of societies. We are at the leading edge of Accounting, Finance and Economics developments within the school and this innovation is reflected in our research and in our teaching. The research of the School covers a number of important areas such as financial markets, emerging markets, international financial reporting standards, social & environmental accounting More

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Student News

Prize for Superior Academic Performance

School of Business student Lisa Marie Grice who is studying for the Bachelor of International Finance Degree has been awarded the Ede & Ravenscroft Prize. This award is presented to the student showing superior academic performance. It is the second year running that a student from the School of Business has won this award. Well done Lisa Marie!

Graduates are ICAS prizewinners

Two graduates of the School of Business were prize winners at the 2012 ICAS (Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland) annual awards ceremony in Edinburgh in April. Daniel Crighton, who graduated in 2010 with a BAcc Honours degree (1st class), and who works for KPMG in Aberdeen, won the Patrick O'Brien prize. Rachel Bell, who graduated in 2008 with a BAcc Honours degree (1st Class), was awarded the Ian Stevenson prize. Rachel works in the local Dundee firm of EQ Accountants. Congratulations to both!

School of Business Students are members of 'Team of the Year'

Two students from the School of Business, Christopher Parry (3rd year Accountancy) and Lorna Grubb (3rd year Business Management) are part of a team who have been awarded Team of the Year at the Enterprise Gym Awards Dinner.

They were members of the Dundee University team at the IBM Universities Business Challenge, along with Aleksandra Zefirova (5th year Civil Engineering), Aaron Sullivan (5th year Civil Engineering) and Emelie Johansson (4th year Life Sciences). All members of the team, who were mentored by Neil Bowie from Enterprise Gym and Ian Stewart from James Keillor Estates, received a blue award for their achievements. The team, who were the highest placed Scottish team at the semi final, finished 3rd, narrowly missing out on a place in the final.

Student Success in Securing Internships

The School of Business is delighted that three BSc(Hons) Business Management students have been successful in securing Internships through the Saltire Foundation Undergraduate Internship Programme. Congratulations to Jamie Cook, Kevin Macpherson and Senay Habtemariam.

Success in Business Competition

Anya McKenna, MA Business Economics with Marketing (Honours); Sadiah Mir, BSc International Business(Honours); Sumayya Hasan, MA International Business (With Honors) and Andrew Ng, BSc. Architecture represented the University of Dundee at the Red Rose Business competition in Lancaster at the weekend. The competition comprised of ten teams from six universities and Dundee University was placed second beating the other Scottish team from the Herriot Watt who were placed third. Well done!