Kim Watty

Kim Watty

Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning Scholarship)
Professor in Accounting

PhD (RMIT), M(Acc), RMIT, Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning

Campus: Melbourne Burwood Campus
Phone: +61 3 925 17704
Email: kim.watty@deakin.edu.au

Link to Research Output

  • 2011 ICAA, Scaffolding the development of judgement skills in accounting programs
    • Grant Amount: $10,000
    • With Kavanagh (USQ) Tempone (Swinburne) and four other colleagues from universities across Australia
    • Lead Institution - University of Southern Queensland
  • 2011 Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC), Achievement matters: external peer review of accounting learning and teaching academic standards.
    • Grant amount: AUD 183,000
    • With Professors Hancock (UWA), A/Prof Mark Freeman (University of Sydney), Professors Paul delange and Brendan O’Connell (RMIT), Dr Anne Abraham (UWS) and A/Prof Bryan Howieson (University of Adelaide)
    • Lead Institutions - UWA and USyd
  • 2010 IFAC (International Federation of Accountants), IAAER (International Association for   Accounting Education & Research), ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). Compliance with International Accounting Standards (IES): An investigation of  those factors that enhance or detract from IES compliance by Higher Education Institutions in Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
    • Grant amount: AUD $30,000 (GB16,000)
    • Lead researcher: Associate Professor Kim Watty
  • Watty, K. Jackson, M. and Yu. X (2010), Students’ Approaches to Assessment in Accounting Education, The Unique Student Perspective, Accounting Education: an international journal, Taylor and Francis, UK, Vol 19, No.3, pp. 219-234.
  • Jackling, B. and Watty, K., (2010), Generic Skills, Jackling, B. and Watty, K. Joint Guest Editors, Accounting Education: an international journal, Taylor and Francis, UK, Vol. 19 No. 1 and 2, February and April, pp. 1-3.
  • Jackling, B. and Watty, K. (2010), The Accounting Professional of the Future: Never Mind the Quality Check the Look! International Journal of Critical Perspectives, Inderscience (www.inderscience.com), Vol 2, Issue 2, pp. 170-190.
  • Wilson, R.M.S., Pierce, A., Allison, M., Hoogendoorn, M., Kral, B. and Watty, K., (2009), Accountancy and Academic/Professional Inter-dependency (or Mutual Exclusivity?), Accounting in Europe, Vol. 6, pp. 149-156.
  • Watty, K., Bellamy, S., and Morley, C. (2008) ,Changes in Higher Education and Valuing the Job: The Views of Accounting Academics in Australia, Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management (JHEPM), Routledge,Vol.30, No. 2, pp. 139-151.
  • Jones, S. and Watty, K. (2010),Pluridisciplinary Learning and Assessment: Reflections on Practice, in M. Davies, M. Devlin and M. Tight (Eds), Interdisciplinary Higher Education, International Perspectives on Higher Education Research,  Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. Amsterdam; New York: JAI Elsevier Press, Vol 5.pp. 195-208.
  • Holdsworth, A., Watty, K., and Davies, M. (2009), Developing Capstone Experiences, Centre for Study of Higher Education (CSHE), The University of Melbourne. ISBN 9870734040985

Teaching Interests

  • Management accounting
  • First year accounting

Research Interests

  • Accounting Education – pedagogy
  • Assessment and feedback
  • Quality and standards
  • Professionalization

Professional Affiliations

  • CPA Australia (Certified Practising Accountants)
  • AFAANZ (Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand)
  • AFAANZ Special Interest Group – Education
  • EAA (The European Accounting Association)
  • AAA (The American Accounting Association)
  • IAAER (The International Association for Accounting Education & Research).

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20th March 2012