Faculty of Business and Law

School of Accounting, Economics and Finance

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

Recent Research Income

  • 2013 CPA Australia, Global Research Perspectives Program, Innovative teaching, learning and assessment in accounting education: Engaging with digital technologies that enhance student learning
    • Grant amount $27,200
    • Lead Researcher Kim Watty, with Leanne Ngo and Jade McKay (Deakin)
  • 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

Recent Publications

  • Arkoudis, S. Watty, K. Bail, S., Xin, T., Borland, H., Chang, S., Lang, I., Lang, J., Pearce, A. (2012). Finding common ground: Enhancing interaction between domestic and international students in higher education., Teaching in Higher Education pp. 1-14, Sept Link
  • Nurdan Kalayci, Kim Watty & Fahriye Hayirsever (2012): Perceptions of Quality in Higher Education: a Comparative Study of Turkish and Australian Business Academics, Quality in Higher Education, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 149-167, July.DOI:10.1080/13538322.2012.697671
  • Watty, K. Jackling, B. and Wilson, R.M.S.(eds.)(2012), Personal Transferable Skills in Accounting, Routledge
  • De lange, P. and Watty, K. (2011), Accounting Education at a Crossroad in 2010 and challenges facing Accounting education in Australia, Accounting Education: an international journal, Vol 20, No. 6, pp. 625-630 B
  • Freeman, Howieson, Hancock, Abraham, O'Connell, De Lange and Watty, (2011), Preparing for the Brave New World of Higher Education, HERDSA News, V32, No. 3, p. 15, December
  • Arkoudis, S., Yu, X, Baik, C., Borland, H., Chang, S., Lang, I., Lange, J., Pearce, A. and Watty, K., 2010 Finding common ground: enhancing interaction between domestic and international students, ALTC
  • 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. (This is a journal was first published in 2009. Tony Tinker, previously editor of Critical Perspectives on Accounting (A) is the current editor. This journal is yet to receive an ERA ranking.)
  • 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. B
  • 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. Vol. 5. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. Amsterdam; New York: JAI Elsevier Press.
  • O'Connell, B., Ferguson, C. De Lange, P., Howieson, B. Watty, K., Carr, R. and Jacobsen, B., Enhancing Student feedback in accounting education: issues obstacles and reforms 2010, ALTC
  • 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. B

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 Accountant) & member of PQAC (Program Quality Assurance Committee 2012-current)
  • 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 2013