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Staff Profile

Melis Besen

Lecturer in Accounting & Finance

Background

Profile


Melis is a Lecturer in the Accounting & Finance subject group as well as being a qualified ICAEW chartered accountant with varied experience in industry. Melis previously held financial management roles in both listed and family owned businesses in the region, including Bellway and General Electric. Melis brings this practical experience to her teaching.


Melis is working towards a PhD in Accounting, asking the question, 'Once an auditor, always an auditor?'. This research involves exploring the extent to which professional identity transcends organisational boundaries, specifically focusing on ICAEW members who transition from accountancy practice to industry-based roles.


Roles and responsibilities


  • Lecturer on programme N400/N401/N403 Accounting and Finance
  • Stage one coordinator for N400/N401/N403 Accounting and Finance
  • Admissions selector for N400/N401/N403 Accounting and Finance


Qualifications and certificates


  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)
  • Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
  • 1st class BA (Hons) Accounting degree at Northumbria University, including a one-year work placement within Durham University's internal audit function


Teaching

Undergraduate modules


Melis is module leader for the following modules on programme N400/N401/N403 Accounting and Finance:

ACC3016: Accounting, Organisations and Society

ACC2005: Intermediate Financial Accounting

ACC1012: Professional Skills for Accounting and Finance (module shared with Mathematics)


Melis also teaches on ACC1000/1003 : Introduction to Accounting and Finance (for Business School Students).

Melis is also a supervisor for research projects on ACC4051 : Contemporary Issues in Business, Accounting and Finance (for students on programme NN14: Business, Accounting and Finance).

Melis previously taught on modules ACC2066: Financial Accounting for Business and ACC3057: Financial Accounting and reporting, as part of programme NN14: Business, Accounting and Finance.

Research

Current work


Melis is currently working towards a PhD entitled:

Once an auditor, always an auditor? The extent to which professional identity transcends organisational boundaries.


Funding received


Awarded PhD funding for two years for 21-22 and 22-23 from the Chartered Accountants’ Livery Charity.