'Getting into Scholarship' Workshop

Description and target audience

The BAFA Accounting Education SIG is delighted to offer a research paper development workshop on 10–11 September 2026 at the University of Leeds.

The workshop is aimed at SIG members who are at an early stage in their research journey and have not yet published a paper in a peer-reviewed journal. Workshop participants will have teaching and learning innovations, or research ideas they would like to develop. The attendees will be those who are likely to be at the stage when they would benefit from some guidance on how to develop these ideas further in preparation for a publication submission, e.g. Accounting Conversations or similar output, and are interested in developing these ideas further, ultimately for a refereed journal in the field of accounting education.

The workshop will be active. The facilitators will lead discussions on the core elements of research, writing scholarly output, and the expectations of scholarship. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss their work, gaining feedback from the workshop facilitators and other participants. Additionally, participants will be guided to critique and discuss the work of others; a skill that can greatly help one’s own writing.

The workshop facilitators will be Karen McBride, Margaret Healy and Greg Stoner (provisionally).

When, where and cost

Date and time: Start: 10 September at 09:30 – End 11 September c.16:00. Participants will be expected to attend all sessions.

Location: University of Leeds.

There will be no fee for the workshop and funding for hotel costs of up to £150/night will be available for those that need it (for up to two nights), i.e. for those who are not local and who cannot get funding from their Departments/Schools. Travel to be self or School/Department funded.

How to apply

To apply to attend the workshop, please complete the application form and send it to Karen McBride (karen.mcbride@port.ac.uk) and Margaret Healy (margaret.healy@ucc.ie) by 30 June 2026.