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  • Position: Lecturer in Accounting - Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance
  • Qualifications: BCom (Hons) (Cant), Cert. Adult Teaching, Dip. Tertiary Teaching

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Areas of Expertise

  • Conceptual Change in Accounting
  • Developing Reflective Professionals
  • Student Perceptions and Learning Approaches of Accounting
  • Innovation in Accounting Practice
  • Corporate Reporting
  • Environmental Social and Governance Reporting of Financial Institutions

Profile

Academic and Professional Background

Nick McGuigan is a lecturer in accounting. Prior to joining Macquarie University Nick taught accounting in the New Zealand tertiary sector for the past ten years. He is directly involved in applied research focusing on the enhancement of educational and training programmes of accountants. His research interests include the integration of graduate attributes within the accounting curriculum, student conceptions of and learning approaches towards accounting and innovative teaching practice. Such interests have led to the awarding of competitive research grant funding, including a recent Australian Federal Government Office of Learning and Teaching grant. He has published in international accounting and education journals, presented at numerous conferences and been invited to present to professional accounting bodies in Australia and New Zealand. Nick currently leads the Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Accounting Education and Innovation Research Group. He has also published in the field of sustainable development and disclosures of financial institutions with particular emphasis on socially responsible lending practice of banking institutions. 

Nick has taught in the areas of financial accounting, management accounting, applied research methods, introductory accounting and personal finance. He has received teaching excellence through being in the Top 10% of University Lecturers in the years 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010 at his previous University. He received a 2012 Accounting and Corporate Governance Teaching Award and has been invited to present on innovative teaching design, learning management systems and engaging first year university students. He has been a visiting lecturer at the University of the West of England and Saarlandes University, Germany. His teaching interests include supervision of research students, financial accounting, accounting theory, corporate social responsibility and introductory accounting. He is currently the Unit Convener for ACCG 399: Accounting in Context. Nick is an active member of both educational and professional accounting associations including HERDSA, EARLI, DEANZ, AFAANZ, EAA and AAA.

Academic Honours/ Distinctions 

  • Associate Editor of the American Accounting Association (AAA) Issues in Accounting Education Journal.
  • Associate Editor of Journal of Higher Education and Research Development (HERD). 
  • Editorial Board Member of Accounting Education: An International Journal. 
  • Editorial Board Member of Global Perspectives on Accounting Education Journal. 
  • Editorial Board Member of Education Research and Reviews. 
  • Co-Editor Special Issue of Accounting Forum – Social and Environmental Accounting and Accountability. 
  • Co-Editor of the Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ) Magazine. A magazine designed for professionals working in flexible, open and networked education committed to fostering growth, development, research and good practice in these areas. http://www.deanz.org.nz/home/index.php/deanz-magazine 
  • Awarded the Accounting Education/ IAAER Outstanding Reviewer Award 2011.
  • Nominated as the Australasian representative for the International Critical Management Studies Conference Board. 
  • Member of the Organising Committee for Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Accounting Education Symposium.
  • Member of the Scientific Technical Committee of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference and Co-Chair of the Accounting Education Research Stream.
  • Member of the Scientific Technical Committee of the RMIT Accounting Educators Conference.
  • Co-Chair of the Scientific/ Technical Committee of the 2009 8th Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research.

Education

  • Bachelor of Commerce (Honours): Accounting and Management (University of Canterbury)
  • Diploma in Tertiary Teaching: Education (Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology)
  • Certificate of Adult Teaching: Education (Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology)

Research grants

External Competitive Research Grants and Sponsorship

  • January 2013 - Project team member for a University of Canterbury Learning and Teaching grant entitled "Cash is King! Developing an intelligent tutoring system to enhance the delivery of cash flow statements in UC's introductory accounting programme". Grant amount $NZ18,000. This research is a joint collaboration between College of Engineering, Business and Economics University of Canterbury (New Zealand) and Macquarie University.
  • July 2012 - Project team member for an Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) Strategic Project Competitive Grant for "Academic integrity in Australia - understanding and changing culture and practice". Grant amount $AU227,000. This research is a joint collaboration between Macquarie University, the University of Sydney, the Australian Catholic University, and Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (USA).
  • December 2011 - Project team member for an ICAA 2012 Research Grant entitled "Scaffolding the development of judgement skills in accounting programmes". Grant Amount $AU 10,000. This research is a joint collaboration between Macquarie University, University of Queensland, Charles Stuart University, Deakin University, University of Southern Queensland, Central Queensland University, Swinburne University of Technology.    
  • December 2011 - Project team member for an International Governance and Performance (IGAP) and CPA research grant entitled "Exploration of the Notion of Work Readiness". The aim of this study is to explore the concept of 'work ready' in both relevant and non-relevant degrees held by candidates in the professional examination programs of CPA Australia and ICAA. Grant amount $AU 4,156.
  • November 2009 - Sponsorship funds for 8th Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR) received from Environment Canterbury. Sponsorship amount $NZ 6,000.
  • November 2008 - Project leader for an AKO Aotearoa (National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence) Good Practice Publication Grant awarded.  This was written to publish the innovative practice of cell phone use within the traditional tertiary classroom. Grant amount $NZ 3,000.
  • July 2007 - Project team member for an eCDF (New Zealand government funded) grant to construct and evaluate an intelligent tutoring system (ITS) for an introductory accountancy course (software development). This was  undertaken under the Intelligent Computer Tutoring Group (ICTG), University of Canterbury. Grant amount $NZ 120,000.

Internal Competitive Research Grants

  • August 2012/2013 - Project team member for a MQ Innovation and Scholarship Programme (ISP) grant awarded for "Creating conceptual capacity in the accounting curriculum: Building an Intelligent Tutoring System to enhance the delivery of cash flow statement construction". Grant amount $AU20,059.20.
  • August 2012/2013 - Project team member for a MQ Innovation and Scholarship Programme (ISP) grant awarded for "Innovative assessment: Integrating peer feedback, critical self-reflection, proactive formative assessment and graduate capabilities". Grant amount $AU19,972.
  • April 2012/2013 - Project leader for a MQ Competitive Learning and Teaching grant for "Navigating Between Worlds: Exploring the Everyday Conceptions of Accounting to Enhance the Relevancy and Accessibility of the Introductory Accounting Curriculum". Grant amount $AU9,039.80.
  • April 2012/2013 - Project Leader for a MQ Competitive Learning and Teaching grant submission for "Developing the Reflective Professional: Developing a Capacity to Reflect in Future Accounting Professionals". Grant amount $AU9,219.65.
  • March 2012/2013 - Project member for a Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance TI Scheme. Engaging students in sustainable feedback aimed at developing student reflective capacity and self-regulated learning: Proactive formative assessment through innovative task design. Grant amount: $AU10,000.
  • April 2011/2012 - Project leader for a Macquarie University internal competitive Emerging Technologies Grant "Using custom-built Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) to bring relevance to and improve engagement and participation of learners in introductory accounting at Macquarie University". Grant amount $AU 20,000.
  • May 2011 - Project team member for a FBE LEAD project entitled "Engaging Staff through Information Technology in a Time of Change". Grant amount $AU 4,000.

Current projects

Currently completing research focused on the social responsibility of Australasian banking institutions and responsible lending policy. Some recent work can be found here: http://nicholasmcguigan.cgpublisher.com/.

Some recent research projects include:

  • Threshold Concepts or Threshold Conceptions: Identifying major impediments to learning in elementary financial accounting. http://www.ee.ucl.ac.uk/~mflanaga/thresholds.html#m.  
  • Enhancing Case-based Learning in Intermediate and Advanced Financial Accounting through Asynchronous Discussion.
  • Creating Conceptual Capacity in the Accounting Curriculum through Intelligent Tutoring - a collaborative project with the Intelligent Tutoring Research Group, College of Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
  • Developing the Reflective Professional.
  • Australasian Banking Corporations in the Economic Downturn: Have they Learnt Sustainable Lessons?
  • Measuring the Sustainable Investment Return: An investigation into current investor attitudes towards socially responsible and sustainable investment.

General research and supervision interests include the development of generic learning skills within accounting graduates, students' perceptions and learning approaches towards accounting, mobile learning technology and innovative teaching practice. Corporate social responsibility reporting of financial institutions, environmental management accounting and corporate collapse.

Publications

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  •  Weil, S., McGuigan, N., Kern, T., and Hu, B. (Forthcoming) Using Asynchronous Discussion Forums to Create Social Communities of Practice in Financial Accounting, Pacific Accounting Review.
  • McGuigan, N., Mitrovic, T., Kern, T., and Sin, S. (2012). Transcending the Limits of Classrooms: Expanding Educational Horizons through Intelligent Tutoring, Asian Social Science Journal. 8(14), p. 37-48.
  • McGuigan, N., Weil, S., Kern, T. and Hu, B. (2012). Industry Perspective Workshop Programme: An Instructional Case Used to Integrate Transferable Skills in Introductory Accounting. Issues in Accounting Education. 27(1), p. 157-186.
  • McGuigan, N. and Weil, S. (2011). Addressing a 'Preconceptual Threshold': A transformation in student preconceptions of introductory accounting, Access: Critical Perspectives on Communication, Cultural and Policy Studies. 30(2), p. 15 – 33.
  • Weil, S., McGuigan, N. and Kern, T. (2011). The usage of an online discussion forum for the facilitation of case-based learning in an intermediate accounting course – A New Zealand Case, Journal of Open Learning, 26(3), p. 237 – 251.
  • Sin, S., McGuigan, N. and Chung, I. (2011) Staff Sentiment and Engagement: A Critical Consideration in a Time of Change, Special Issue 'Closing the loop', Asian Social Science Journal, 7(11), p. 81 – 92.
  • Kern, T. and McGuigan, N. (2010). Socially Responsible Lending in Times of Crisis: An Exploratory Study of Australasian Banking Practice, International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 6(4) p. 107-123.
  • McGuigan, N. and Kern, T. (2009) The Reflective Accountant: changing students' perceptions of traditional accounting through reflective educational practice, International Journal of Learning, 16(9) p. 49-68.
  • Mitrovic, A., Martin, B., Suraweera, P., Zakharov, K., Milik, N., Holland, J. and McGuigan, N. (2009) ASPIRE: an authoring system and deployment environment for constraint-based tutors, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 19(2), p. 155-188, Special Issue: Authoring Systems for Intelligent Tutoring Systems. 
  • McGuigan, N. and Weil, S. (2008) The Use of StudyTXT as a form of mobile learning in an accounting decision making course, International Journal of Learning, 15(1) p. 281-300. 
  • McGuigan, N. and Macdonald, K. (2008) Engaging First Year Learners: Creating Learning Pathways via Relevance in an Accounting Decision-Making Course, International Journal of Learning, 15(2) p. 149-161. 
  • McGuigan, N. and Weil, S. (2007) An Integrated Case Study in Auditing: An Exercise in Experiential Learning, International Journal of Learning, 14(3) p. 151-160. 
  • McGuigan, N and Lord, B. R. (2006) Environmental Management Systems and Reporting: A New Zealand Case, International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 2(1) p. 129-138.

Refereed Journal Editorials

  • Van Staden, C., Kern, T., McGuigan, N., and Wild, S. (Eds) (2011) Social and Environmental Accounting and Accountability, Special Issue on Social and Environmental Accounting and Accountability Accounting Forum, 35(3), p. 127-129.

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Refereed Professional Journal Publications

  • Simpson, G., Kern, T., and McGuigan, N. (2012) Holding Banks Accountable, Chartered Accountants' Journal, Vol 91 (1) p. 35-37.
  • McGuigan, N. and Larson, D. (2010) Counting the Benefits: An Accounting Student Perspective of Working Whilst Studying, Chartered Accountants' Journal, Vol 89 (1) p. 28-29.
  • Kern, T. and McGuigan, N. (2009) Banking Better? Have Australasian Banking Corporations Learnt Sustainable Lessons from the Economic Downturn?, Chartered Accountants' Journal, Vol 88 (9) p. 40-44.

Media Articles

  • McGuigan, N., Kern, T. and Grell, S. (2010) Sustainable Lessons to be Learnt?, in Jemmett, A. (Ed.) Lincoln University Landform Magazine, Canterbury: Spectrum Print p. 55.
  • Grell, S. (2010) Counting the Benefits: An Accounting Student Perspective of Working Whilst Studying, in Jemmett, A. (Ed.) Lincoln University Landform Magazine, Canterbury: Spectrum Print p. 30-32.
  • McGuigan, N. (2009) Please Leave your Cellphones on in Class …, in McGuigan, N and Kern, T. (Eds) DEANZ Magazine, p. 1-3.
  • Early, N. (2007) Available on-demand, in Jemmett, A. (Ed.) Lincoln University Outlook Magazine, Canterbury: Spectrum Print p. 14-15.

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  •  McGuigan, N. and Kern, T. (Forthcoming). A Road Towards Enhanced Corporate Governance: (Re)conceptualizing the Accounting Profession through an Integrated Educational Framework. In Hellman, A. (Ed.) Behavioral Accounting. New York: Nova Publishers.
  • Kern, T. and McGuigan, N. (Forthcoming). Socially Responsible Lending in Times of Crisis: An Exploratory Study of Australasian Banking Practice. In  Westover, J.H. (Ed.) Socially Responsible and Sustainable Business around the Globe: The New Age of Corporate Social Responsibility, Common Ground Publishers.
  • Weil, S. and McGuigan, N. (2010) Identifying threshold concepts in the bank reconciliation section of an introductory accounting course: creating an ontological shift for students, in Meyer, J.H.F., Land, R. and Ballie, C. (Eds) (2010). Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning, Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers, p. 333-345. 
  • Suraweera, P., Mitrovic, A., Martin, B., Holland, J., Milik, N., Zakharov, K. and McGuigan, N. (2009) Using ontologies to author constraint-based intelligent tutoring systems, in Dicheva, D., Mizoguchi, R. and Greer, J. (Eds) Semantic Web Technologies for e-Learning, IOS Press: Amsterdam, p. 77-95.

Book Reviews

  • McGuigan, N. (2012). From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom: Hopeful Essays for 21st Century Learning, The Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 16(2), p.46-48.
  • Kern, T. and McGuigan, N. (2011). Corporate Responsibility, Accounting Forum, 35(3), p. 205-207.

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Refereed Conference Proceedings Edited
  • Kern, T., McGuigan, N., Milne, M. J. and Ball, A. (Eds) (2009). 8th Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, 6-8 December, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Refereed Conference Proceedings 
  • Simpson, G., Kern, T. and McGuigan, N. (2011) The global financial crisis: a driver for more responsible lending in New Zealand?, 10th Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, 1-2 December 2011, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.    
  • Simpson, G., Kern, T., McGuigan, N. (2011). Responsible Mortgage Lending in New Zealand: Some Evidence in the Light of the Global Credit Crisis. 8th Spanish Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, 21-22 July 2011, Universidad de Burgos, Burgos, Spain.
  • Kern, T., McGuigan, N. and Weil, S. (2010). Nurturing the Social Construction of Knowledge in Advanced Financial Accounting: The use of Asynchronous Discussion Forums to Facilitate Case-based Learning, AFAANZ Conference 2010, 4-6 July, Christchurch, New Zealand. 
  • McGuigan, N., Weil, S. and Kern, T. (2010). Please Leave Your Cell Phones on: Exploring the use of Mobile Learning in an Introductory Decision Making Course, IADIS Mobile Learning 2010 Conference, 19-21 March, Meliá Gaia Porto Hotel, Porto, Portugal. 
  • Kern, T. and McGuigan, N. (2009). Australasian Banking Corporations in the Economic Downturn: Have they Learnt Sustainable Lessons? 8th Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, 6-8 December, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • Weil, S., McGuigan, N. and Kern, T. (2009).The usage of an online discussion forum for the facilitation of case-based learning in an intermediate accounting course, IADIS International Conference e-Learning, 17-20 June, Algarve, Portugal.
  • Mitrovic, A., McGuigan, N., Martin, B., Suraweera, P., Milik, N. and Holland, J. (2008) Authoring Constraint-based Tutors in ASPIRE: a Case Study of a Capital Investment Tutor, in Proceedings of the ED MEDIA 2008 - World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, 30 June-4 July, Vienna, Austria.
  • MacDonald, K. and McGuigan, N. (2008) Don't drop the ball! Implementing a team building approach to support learning in a first year decision-making course, in Proceedings of the Eleventh Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference, 30 June - 2 July, Hobart, Australia.   
  • McGuigan, N. and MacDonald, K. (2007) What turns you on? An action research approach to identifying first year student's perspectives on engagement, in Proceedings of the Tenth Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference, 4-6 July, Brisbane, Australia.   
  • McGuigan N. and Weil, S. (2007) An integrated case study in auditing: an exercise in experiential learning, in Meyers, N.M., Smith, B.N., Bingham, S.A. and Shimeld, S.F. (Eds) (2007), Proceedings of the Second Innovation in Accounting and Corporate Governance Education Conference, 31 January-2 February, Hobart, Australia.
Refereed Conference Presentations
  • McGuigan, N. and Weil, S. (Forthcoming). Exposing Student Preconceptions of Accounting in Introductory Accounting: Overcoming a Conceptual Threshold Barrier, Accounting Research: Diversity within Unity, Frankfurt, Germany, 14-16 February 2013.
  • McGuigan, N., Mitrovic, T., Kern, T., and Sin, S. (2012). Transcending the Accounting Classroom through Intelligent Tutoring Systems. 3rd RMIT Accounting Educator's Conference, 19 November 2012, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Sin, S., Kalotay, E. and McGuigan, N. (2012). A curriculum resource for developing and assessing complex graduate attributes for sharing in a trying time in accounting education. 3rd RMIT Accounting Educator's Conference, 19 November 2012, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
  • McGuigan, N., Sin, S., Kern, T., and Mitrovic, A. (2012). Developing custom-built Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) to bring relevance to an improve engagement and participation of learners in introductory accounting, Macquarie University Learning and Teaching - 'Quality in Teaching', 19 September 2012, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
  • Simpson, G., Kern, T., and McGuigan, N. (2012). The global financial crisis: a driver for more responsible mortgage lending in New Zealand?, 2nd RMIT Sustainability Conference, 28 May 2012, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.  
  • McGuigan, N., Mitrovic, T., Kern, T. and Sin, S. (2011) Using custom-built Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) to bring relevance to and improve engagement and participation of learners in introductory accounting, 2nd RMIT Accounting Educators Conference, 14 November 2011, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.        
  • Sin, S., McGuigan, N. and Chung, I. (2011) Staff Engagement: A Critical Link Between Policy Enactment and Policy Implementation, 2nd RMIT Accounting Educators Conference, 14 November 2011, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Sin, S., McGuigan, N. and Chung, I. (2011) Staff sentiment and engagement: a critical consideration in a time of change, Learning and Teaching Conference, 12-14 September 2011, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
  • McGuigan, N., Kern, T., Weil, S. and Hu, B. (2011). Group Process Skill Integration in Introductory Accounting: A Scaffolding Approach, Accounting Education Symposium, AFAANZ Education Symposium, 2 July, Darwin, Australia.
  • McGuigan, N. and Weil, S. (2011) Student Preconceptions of Introductory Accounting: Galloping Over the Biggest Threshold of them all!, Critical Accounting Stream of the 7th International Critical Management Studies Conference, 11-13 July 2011, University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
  • McGuigan, N., Weil, S., Hu, B. and Kern, T. (2011) Student Perspectives on the Development of Group Process Skills in Introductory Accounting, Global Accounting, Finance and Economics Conference, 14-15 February 2011, Melbourne, Australia.
  • McGuigan, N. and Kern, T. (2010). Leaping over the Perceptual Threshold Barrier in Traditional Accounting Courses: Embracing Sustainable Assessment and Learning Design, ATN Assessment Conference, 18 - 19 November, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
  • McGuigan, N. and Weil, S. (2010) Student Preconceptions of Introductory Accounting: Galloping Over the Biggest Threshold of Them All. The RMIT Accounting Educators' Conference 2010, 15 November, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Kern, T. and McGuigan, N. (2010). Developing a Reflective Practitioner - Engaging Introductory Accounting Students through the use of Reflective Journaling, The RMIT Accounting Educators Conference 2010, 15 November, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Larsen, D. and McGuigan, N. (2010). Counting the Benefits: An accounting student perspective of working whilst studying, AFAANZ Education Symposium 2010, 3 July, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • McGuigan, N., and Weil, S. (2010). Student Preconceptions of Introductory Accounting: Galloping Over the Biggest Threshold of them all!, Third Biennial Threshold Symposium, 1-2 July, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
  • Weil, S. and McGuigan, N. and Kern, T. (2010). Creating a Community of Practice in Intermediate Accounting: The Use of Asynchronous Discussion Forums to Facilitate Case-Based Learning, Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ) Conference 2010, 25-28 April, Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand.
  • Kern, T. and McGuigan, N. (2010). Responsible Lending Practice in Australasian Banking Corporations: Has Recent Economic Conditions Delivered Socially Sustainable Lessons (Virtual presentation), Conference of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability 2010, 5-7 January, University of Cuenca, Ecuador.
  • McGuigan, N. and Kern, T. (2009). Reinvigorating the Bean-Counter: changing students' perceptions through reflective educational practice in an introductory accounting course, Sixteenth International Conference on Learning, 1-4 July, Barcelona, Spain.
  • McGuigan, N. and Macdonald, K. (2008) Engaging First Year Learners: Creating Learning Pathways via Relevance in an Accounting Decision-Making Course, Fifteenth International Conference on Learning, 3-6 June, Chicago, United States of America.
  • McGuigan, N. and Weil, S. (2008) The Use of StudyTXT as a form of mobile learning in an accounting decision making course, Fifteenth International Conference on Learning, 3-6 June, Chicago, United States of America.
  • Weil, S. and McGuigan, N. (2008) Identifying Threshold Concepts in the Bank Reconciliation Section of an Introductory Accounting Course, Second Biennial Threshold Symposium, 18-20 June, Ontario, Canada.
  • McGuigan, N. and Weil, S. (2007) The Use of StudyTXT as a form of mobile learning in an accounting decision making course. International Symposium of e-learning 2007. 9-11 December, Melbourne, Australia.
  • McGuigan, N. and Weil, S. (2007) An Integrated Case Study in Auditing: An Exercise in Experiential Learning, (Virtual presentation) Fourteenth International Conference on Learning, 26-29 June, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • McGuigan, N. (2006) Financial Auditing: An Experiential Experience. Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Educational Symposium, 1 July, Wellington, New Zealand.
  • McGuigan, N. and Lord, B. (2006) Environmental Management Systems and Reporting: A New Zealand Case. The Second International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 9-12 January, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Invited Presentations
  • McGuigan, N. (2012). Integrated Reporting: Accounting for the 21st Century? Department of Accounting and Finance Research Seminar Series, 28 November 2012, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom.
  • Evans, E., Wright, S. and McGuigan, N. (2012). Sharing the preparation of future business professionals: Universities, professional bodies and employers, ICAA/MQ Academic Series Presentation, 11 October 2012, ICAA, Sydney Australia.
  • McGuigan, N., Kern, T. and Weil, S (2010) Creating a Community of Practice in Intermediate Accounting: The Use of Asynchronous Discussion Forums to Facilitate Case-Based Learning, Lincoln University, 2nd June.
  • Kern, T. and McGuigan, N. (2009) Australasian Banking Corporations in the Economic Downturn: Have they learnt Sustainable Lessons?, New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants Sustainability Special Interest Group, 7th December. 
  • McGuigan, N. (2008) Please turn your cell-phone on in class …., Lincoln University, 16th October.
Refereed Conference Poster Presentations
  • Kern, T., McGuigan, N., Sin, S., and Mitrovic, A. (2012). Creating Conceptual Capacity through Intelligent Tutoring, Macquarie University Learning and Teaching - 'Innovation and Scholarship Programme', 19 September 2012, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
  • Sin, S., McGuigan, N., Chen, D., and Harvey, M. (2012). Innovative assessment: Integrating peer feedback, critical self-reflection, proactive formative assessment and graduate capabilities, Macquarie University Learning and Teaching - 'Innovation and Scholarship Programme', 19 September 2012, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Professional Membership

  • Member of: American Accounting Association (AAA), Sarasota, FL United States of America
  • Member of: European Accounting Association (EAA), Brussels Belgium
  • Member of: Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ), Carlton VIC Australia
  • Member of: International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER), Chicago, IL United States of America
  • Member of: Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CESAR), St Andrews Scotland
  • Member of: European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Leuven Belgium
  • Provisional Member of: New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA), Wellington New Zealand
  • Member of: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA), Sydney Australia
  • Member of: Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ), Christchurch New Zealand

Affiliations / activities

Internal Appointments

  • CPA Australia Liaison Officer, since 2012.
  • Chair of the Accounting Education and Innovation Research Group, since 2012. 
  • Member of Academic Senate, since 2013.
  • Member of the Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance Quality Assurance Committee, since 2012. 
  • Member of the Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance Student Engagement Committee, since 2011.
  • Member of the Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance Learning and Teaching Committee, 2011 - 2012.

Community engagement

External Appointments

  • Member of the Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ) Executive Committee, since 2006.
  • Treasurer for the Distance Education Association of New Zealand 2006 - 2010.

Editorial Appointments

  • Associate Editor and Editorial Board Member of the American Accounting Association (AAA) Issues in Accounting Education Journal, 2013-2015. 
  • Associate Editor of Journal of Higher Education and Research Development, since 2010.
  • Editorial Board Member of Accounting Education: An International Journal, since 2012.
  • Editorial Board Member of the Global Perspectives on Accounting Education Journal, since 2012.
  • Editorial Board Member of Education Research and Reviews, since 2012.
  • Co-Editor of the Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ) Magazine, since 2008. 
  • Co-Editor Special Issue of Accounting Forum – Social and Environmental Accounting and Accountability.

Conference Scientific Technical Committee and Organisation

  • Member of the Organising Committee for AFAANZ Accounting Education Symposium, since 2012.
  • Member of the Scientific Technical Committee of the AFAANZ Conference and Co-Chair of the Accounting Education Stream, since 2012.
  • Member of the Scientific Technical Committee of the RMIT Accounting Educators Conference, since 2011.
  • Co-Chair of the Scientific Technical Committee of the 2009 8th Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research.

Reviewer Contribution

  • Undertaken reviews and chaired sessions for the following international journals and conferences: Issues in Accounting Education, Accounting Education: An International Journal, Accounting Forum, Pacific Accounting Review, Global Perspectives on Accounting Education, International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Higher Education, Research and Development Journal, International Journal of Learning, AFAANZ Conference 2010, 8th Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, 9th Australasian Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research, Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ) Conference 2010,  ATN Assessment Conference 2010.  Concurrently acts as a reviewer for John Wiley and Sons, Cengage Education and Pearson Education.

Student information

  • Load: PhD Student Part Time
  • Principal supervisor:

    Emerita Professor Ursula Lucas

  • Date of submission: 01/12/2015
  • Thesis title: Students Conceptions of Accounting: Identifying the varying ways students perceive accounting within an everyday context

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  • Daniel Larsen - Honours dissertation, The effects of paid part-time employment on the academic performance of accounting students: A local study of university students. Awarded an A grade. Submission of dissertation to Lincoln University library, media article published in Landform magazine, professional journal article published in the Chartered Accountant Journal and conference presentation at AFAANZ Conference 2010.