Accounting and Finance on the College of South Wales has been named Public Sector School of the Yr – for the fourth time – on the PQ Journal Awards.
PQ Journal is a nationwide title aimed toward part-qualified accountants, and its prestigious annual awards recognise the very best establishments, academics, supplies, college students and studying platforms within the area {of professional} accounting training.
USW gained the identical award in 2010, 2012 and 2016, in addition to the Lecturer of the Yr award in 2021, which went to Rebecca Wright, senior lecturer in Skilled Accountancy.
Joanna Howell and Rosemary Eaton, from USW’s Accounting and Finance instructing crew, attended the awards ceremony final evening (24 April) in London. The College was shortlisted alongside Cardiff and Vale School, Newcastle College, the College of Liverpool and the College of Winchester, and was praised for its work in coaching ACCA (Affiliation of Chartered Licensed Accountants) college students from world wide.
Dr Jared Davies, Head of Accounting and Finance at USW, mentioned:
“We’re honoured to have gained this award for the fourth time. It’s testomony to the exhausting work, instructing excellence and scholar care offered by our lecturers.
“Summer season 2022 noticed the creation of a brand new, mixed Accounting and Finance topic space on the College that introduced collectively all undergraduate, postgraduate {and professional} accounting course experience. I’m extremely happy with our crew who work throughout our Treforest and Newport campuses, guaranteeing we offer wonderful programs for our college students from yr one undergraduate to completely professionally (and postgraduate) certified.
“Highlights of our provision embrace a big variety of undergraduate diploma exemptions; the CIMA Sage Certificates; improvement of superior abilities within the areas of forensic accounting, fintech, digital taxation and securities buying and selling; stay enterprise initiatives with native companions; modern, innovative Masters programmes; skilled qualification tuition that has produced 4 ‘finest on the earth’ ACCA prize-winners between 2019 and 2022, and continuous engagement with native and nationwide skilled our bodies and employers.”
