Sheila Ellwood

Professor of Financial Reporting

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Tele: +44 (0)117 92 89847
Email: Sheila.Ellwood@bristol.ac.uk
Office Hours: Mon 15.00 & Tues 14.15
Room: 2B10

Teaching Units

ACCG30012: Financial Reporting
ECONM2028: MSc International Financial Accounting

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Research Interests

Sheila's research spans the main branches of accounting: financial reporting, management accounting and auditing but maintains a public service focus. She is currently researching the impact of convergence of financial reporting practice on public services and investigating financial accountability across different modes of provision (executive agencies, not-for-profit sector and commercial companies). She was a non executive director of a large NHS Trust 2000-2005 where she chaired the audit and finance committees. She is a member of the NHS national costing committee and a member of the UK Treasury Panel on accounting for NHS and healthcare charities.

Recent Publications

'Accounting for (a) public good: public healthcare in England' Financial Accountability and Management 25 (4) 411-433, 2009 [John Perrin Prize winner]
'Accounting for Public Hospitals: a case study of ‘modified’ GAAP' Abacus 44 (4) pp. 399-422, 2008.
'Public sector accrual accounting: institutionalising neo-liberal principles?' (with Susan Newberry) Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 20 (4), pp. 549-573, 2007
'A Bridge Too Far: A common conceptual framework for commercial and public benefit entities' (with Susan Newberry) Accounting and Business Research 36 (1), pp. 19-32, 2006

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

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