Staff Profile

Introduction:

Dr Zhijuan Wu joined Newcastle University Business School as a lecturer in Accounting and Finance in February 2015. Since September 2018, she has been taking the role as Degree Programme Director of MSc International Financial Analysis. Before becoming an academic, she had a few years' work experience in industry.

Roles and responsibilities:

09/2018 - present: Degree Programme Director of MSc International Financial Analysis

10/2019 - 09/2021: Member of NUBS Circle of Wellbeing

2015 - present: Lecturer in Accounting and Finance

Qualifications:

BSc in Accountancy (Xiamen)

MSc in Accountancy (Xiamen)

PhD in Accountancy (Aberdeen)

Teaching certificates:

Fellow of the HEA (2016)

Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Studies in Academic Practices, Newcastle University (2016)

Newcastle Teaching Award (2016)

Associate Fellow of the HEA (2012)

External examiner:

2016-2021 Teesside University, BA(Hons) A&F Programme

Research interests:

The implementation of IFRS

Earnings quality

Ownership structure

Corporate tax behaviour

Lectures:

2015- , NBS8003 Financial information analysis (PG, module leader)

2015- , NBS8005 Corporate Strategy and Valuation (PG, module leader)

2015- , NBS8004 Dissertation (Analyst Report) (PG, module leader)

2015- , NBS8223 Dissertation (Consultant Report) (PG, module leader)

• Chen H, Liu S, Wang J, Wu Z. The effect of geographic proximity on corporate tax avoidance: Evidence from China. Journal of Corporate Finance 2022, 72, 102131.
• Zhang J, Bhuiyan M, Zhang T, Karimy J, Wu Z, Fiesler VM, Zhang J, Huang H, Hasan MN, Skrzypiec AE, Mucha M, Duran D, Huang W, Pawlak R, Foley LM, Hitchens TK, Minnigh MB, Poloyac SM, Alper SL, Molyneaux BJ, Trevelyan AJ, Kahle KT, Sun D, Deng X. Modulation of brain cation-Cl− cotransport via the SPAK kinase inhibitor ZT-1a. Nature Communications 2020, 11, 78.
• Wu Z. Accounting standards, ownership and conditional conservatism: Evidence from China. In: Financial Reporting and Business Communication, 23rd Annual Conference. 2019. Submitted.
• Wu Z, Zhang J. The impact of approaches to learning on academic performance: a study of Chinese Accounting and Finance postgraduate students in a UK business school. In: British Accounting and Finance Association Accounting Education Special Interest Group Annual Conference. 2018, Brighton, UK.