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Reflections from the CRAFiC workshop

In June Sheffield University Management School hosted a CRAFiC workshop bringing together leading researchers to explore how AI is transforming finance and accounting. Here we share some reflections from the day.
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Audit costs for English councils more than tripled from 2022/23 to 2023/24

English Councils are now charged more than double Welsh and Scottish Councils per hour of additional audit work. In their new report, the Audit Reform Lab calls on Labour to beef up its plans for local audit regulation.
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Voluntary Local Review report published following knowledge transfer partnership with Basildon Borough Council

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Dr Abi O’Connor joins CRAFiC through the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme

Abi O’Connor will join Sheffield University Management School’s Centre for Research into Accounting and Finance in Context to research a project titled ‘Following urban assetisation: a comparative theory of local state restructuring’.
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Dr Mirna Jabbour publishes new book about implementing Enterprise Risk Management

Dr Mirna Jabbour’s first book, Enterprise Risk Management: Technical, Cognitive, and Social Perspectives, has been published by Routledge.
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Finance and Accounting masters student attends G20 Summit in Rio

Shengyao Guo, MSc Finance and Accounting student, takes up a unique opportunity to attend the G20 Summit in Brazil, alongside peers from across the Faculty of Social Sciences.
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The Management School hosts global discussions during the annual FSN conference and a workshop in collaboration with YSI

We are proud to have hosted the Finance and Society Network (FSN) Conference and a workshop in collaboration with the Institute for New Economic Thinking Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) this September.
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Dr Callum Ward appointed Early Career & Digital Media Editor for Finance and Space journal