Dr Hilary Coyle

Associate Professor in Accounting

School/Department: Business, School of; Economics Finance and Accounting, Department of

Profile

I am an associate professor in accounting (teaching focused) I hold a PhD from the University of Derby, I am a qualified CIMA accountant (ACMA, CGMA) and I am a senior fellow of the higher education academy (SFHEA).

I worked in various roles, as an accountant in industry, before joining academia in 2010. I have also been an elected member of my local district council spending time as deputy leader and leader.

Research

I am interested in lower tier local government and looking at it from a councillors perspective as well as a financial perspective.

I am also interested in how we teach management accounting and how we can help students gain skills that employers value and require.

Publications

Coyle, H and Ferry, L. (2022) Financial resilience! - A comparative study of three district councils in England, Financial Accountability & Management. Article DOI: 10.1111/faam.12344 (ABS 3).

Book chapter: Why do we need to measure performance? A local government perspective. Chapter 8 in Contemporary Issues in Accounting, edited by Conway and Byrne. Palgrave MacMillan 2018.

Supervision

I have experience of supervising UG and PG research projects. The areas I am interested in are management accounting including the education of management accounting, leadership and public sector especially local government.

Teaching

MN1018 Introduction to Management accounting

MN3135 Advanced Management Accounting

MN7035 Management Accounting

I have previously taught a range of modules covering management accounting, strategy and leadership.

Press and media

Any topic related to my current research.

Activities

Currently I am the Senior Tutor and the AccessAbility Tutor for the School of Business.

Conferences

Conference paper at the British Accounting and Finance Association Accounting Education Special Interest Group “A live brief with Chatsworth House” in May 2021.

Conference paper at the British Accounting and Finance Association Northern Area Annual Conference at the University of Derby in September 2018. How important is it to understand what citizens want from local government when setting performance targets?

Conference paper at the British Accounting and Finance Association Special Interest Group: Public Sector and Charities at Queens University Belfast in January 2018. Adapt or Die. Does local government need to adopt business-like practices to survive austerity?

Qualifications

PhD

MRes

BA (Hons)

Dip PolGov

ACMA,CGMA