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Philippa Whittaker

Senior Lecturer in Accounting

  • Maxwell 607
  • T: 0161 295 2236
  • E: P.Whittaker@Salford.ac.uk

Office Times

   

  • Monday 10.00am – 10.50am
  • Thursday 3.00pm – 3.50pm
  • Friday 1.00pm – 2.50pm

Biography

Grade and date of appointment to grade.

Senior Lecturer 1998

Grade and date of previous appointments.

Lecturer B 1992 University College, Salford

Financial Controller, Woolworths plc 1987-1991

Management Accountant, Woolworths plc 1985-1987

Computer Accountant, Woolworths plc 1984-1985

Systems Analyst, Woolworths plc 1983-1984

Manager, KMG Thomson McLintock (later KPMG) 1981-1983

Assistant Manager, KMG Thomson McLintock 1980-1981

Supervisor, KMG Thomson McLintock 1979-1980

Trainee Chartered Accountant, KMG Thomson McLintock 1976-1979

Teaching

 Subject areas (a) currently and (b) recently taught, including level.

a) Management Accounting Techniques Level 6

Financial Planning &  Control Level 5

Management Development Programme 2 Level 5

b)Management Simulation Level 6

Corporate Modelling Level 7

Business Accounting with Sage 50 Level 4

(Until 2007 taught  Financial Management at level 5)

Management Development Programme Level 5

CIPFA Finance & Management Case Study (at Leeds Metropolitan University) occasional lecturer

(a) current and (b) recent administrative posts held.

Student Conduct Co-ordinator [disciplinary functions of Associate Head (Teaching)] Salford Business School 2006-2009

Associate Head (Teaching) School of AEMS 2001-2002

Elected Member of Senate 1998–2004, 2006–2008, 2009-12

Discipline Appeals Committee Member, Salford University

Academic Appeals Committee Member, Salford University

Rotating Examination Board Chair

Member of former University Services Committee, Salford University

Research Interests

Areas of current or recent research activity.

Local Authority management of Tripping claims

Freedom of Information Act implementation (published 2007)

Football League club finances

Qualifications and Memberships

BA Modern History 2nd class Honours Wadham College Oxford 1976

ACA Associate member of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales 1979

MA Modern History Wadham College Oxford 1983FCA Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales 1989

CPFA Member of Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy 1996

PGCert(L&THE) with Distinction University of Salford 2002

Senior Examiner – Finance & Management Case Study examination element of CIPFA Final Test of Professional Competence 2000-2008

Examiner – Finance & Management Case Study examination element of CIPFA Professional Level 3 (final professional examinations) 1993-2000

Member of ICAEW Information Technology Faculty

Member of ICAEW Finance and Management Faculty

Vice-Chair of ACIPFAL (Association of CIPFA Lecturers)  1999 -2005

ACIPFAL Executive Member 2005 - 2008

AUT (Association of University Teachers) Representative for School of Accounting, Economics and Management Science

UCU Representative and UCUS Executive Member for Salford Business School 2005 – 2009

Vice-President UCU (University & College Union) Salford University Branch 2009-2012

Chair, UCU North West Regional Committee 2010-2011, 2012-date

Chair, UCU North West HE Sector Committee 2010-date

Member of former Quality Assurance Panel, CIPFA 1998-2001

Publications

Freedom of Information: Is Openness Too Expensive, Too Difficult or Too Dangerous? (with Judith Ross) Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services Volume 7 Number 1 November 2007  ISSN 1475-1283