Profile

After taking my degree at Kings College London I joined a small firm of chartered accountants and qualified as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) in 1993. I then joined KPMG, specialising in corporate tax, before joining BPP, a professional training company in 1995. I was appointed the managing director of BPP Newcastle in 1997 and successfully established the new branch over the next 5 years. In 2003 I joined Newcastle University as a Teaching Fellow to teach on and assist with the development of the then ground breaking undergraduate degree BA (Hons) Business Accounting and Finance (Flying Start) ran in partnership with PwC and ICAEW which had its first intake in September 2002.

I have a genuine passion for teaching, specialising in the fields of financial accounting and taxation, and have been nominated several times for both the Vice Chancellor Award in Teaching and the NUSU Teaching Excellence Awards.

During my time here at Newcastle University I have successfully performed many important administrative roles within the Business School (including Director of Education for the School, NN14 Ba (Hons) Business Accounting and Finance Degree Programme Director, Chair Board of Studies, Chair Exam Board, Senior Tutor, Admissions Selector, Academic Lead for Education Enhancement and Employability, EQUIS/AACSB Panel Member, Academic Student Exchange Coordinator) and within the HaSS Faculty (Faculty Programme Liaison Officer, Professional Standards Advisor). 

In 2018 I gained my PhD here at Newcastle University "Accounting for healthcare in the Newcastle Infirmary during the 19th century."

Current Roles and Responsibilities

• Academic Student Exchange Coordinator.
• Convenor for the Business Finance and Accounting History research group
• Module leader for ACC1010, ACC3009 

Qualifications

• 1989 - BSc Joint Honours - Physiology and Pharmacology - Kings College London
• 1993 - ACA - Qualified as a chartered accountant in 1993
• 2004 - Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice - Newcastle University
• 2006 - Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• 2008 - FCA - Fellow Chartered Accountant
• 2010 - Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods - Newcastle University 
• 2018 - PhD (Newcastle University)

Previous Positions

1996 - 2002 - Managing Director BPP Newcastle Ltd

1993 - 1995 - Corporate tax advisor, KPMG Hull and Leeds

Memberships

ICAEW member since 1993

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2006

Undergraduate Modules

I currently teach on the following modules:

• ACC3009 - Taxation (also module leader)
• ACC1010 - Introduction to Financial Accounting (also module leader)
• ACC2000 - Interpreting Company Accounts
• ACC3018 - Accounting Development and Change

Research Interests

Current work

Writing a paper which investigates the changing nature of funding in voluntary hospitals during the late nineteenth century. There was a marked change in the nature of funding during this period and i am interested in the implications of that change on both accountability within the Infirmary and philanthropy towards it.

Main expertise

My main interests involve accounting for healthcare provision in the 18th and 19th century - especially within the Newcastle Infirmary.

I am part of the Accounting Finance and Business History research cluster within the Accounting and Finance subject group.

Esteem Indicators

£500 best paper award at the Management History Research Group Workshop in July 2008 for the paper, "Accounting and the moral economy of illness"

Scholarship Interests

Current work

Investigating the current student experience of our incoming international exchange and study abroad students. What works well, what could be improved and are there any lessons to learn that could be applied more broadly to the Newcastle student experience?

Main expertise

My main interests involve all aspects of the student experience - from course design, tuition, assessment and employment.

• Articles

  • Funnell WN, Holden A, Oldroyd D. Costing in the Newcastle Infirmary, 1840-1888. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 2014, 27(3), 465-488.
  • Holden A, Funnell W, Oldroyd D. Accounting and the moral economy of illness in Victorian England: the Newcastle Infirmary. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 2009, 22(4), 525-552.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Holden A. Engaging Employability and Employers at Newcastle University Business School. In: Chartered Association of Business Schools Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Conference. 2019, Manchester: Chartered Association of Business Schools.
  • Holden A. Bringing employers into the classroom. In: Employability and Enterprise Conference. 2019, Newcastle University.
  • Holden AJ. Accounting for funding of the Newcastle Infirmary during the 19th century. In: The Tenth Accounting History International Conference. 2019, Dauphine University, Paris.
  • Holden A. Finance and Governance at the Newcastle Infirmary in the nineteenth century. In: Accounting Society and the Environment Research Workshop. 2016, Heriot Watt University.
  • Holden A. Philanthropy and Healthcare in the nineteenth century. In: Accounting, Society and the Environment Research Workshop. 2014, Heriot Watt University. Submitted.
  • Holden A. Accounting for the changing nature of philanthropy in the late nineteenth century – the Newcastle Infirmary. In: Association of Business Historians Conference: Crisis, Accountability and Institutions. 2014, Newcastle University Business School: Association of Business Historians.
  • Holden A, Funnell W, Oldroyd D. Social Accounting and Costing in the Newcastle Infirmary 1840 - 1888. In: 13th World Congress of Accounting Historians. 2012, Newcastle University.
  • Holden A, Oldroyd D, Funnell W. Accounting for Compassion - Costing in the Newcastle Infirmary 1840-1888. In: Accounting Society and the Environment Research Workshop. 2012, Heriot Watt University.
  • Holden A, Oldroyd D, Funnell W. The production of performance measures and detailed costings by the management of the Newcastle Infirmary in the mid to late nineteenth century – an aid to decision making or a means of self justification? . In: Management History Research Group. 2010, St Andrew University.
  • Holden A, Funnell W, Oldroyd D. Accounting and the moral economy of illness in Victorian England: the Newcastle Infirmary. In: Management History Research Group. 2008, Newcastle University.