The Kent Business School Accounting Group has a strong international reputation for its research on public sector or critical accounting and accounting history. Group members have published many scholarly papers in highly esteemed journals and a number of influential books.

The group’s research interests include:

• problems with privatisation
• the National Health Service (NHS)
• New Public Management (NPM)
• the social and political importance of accounting
• public sector audit and accountability.

Exchange partners

Kent Business School (KBS) has excellent links with business schools globally, including in China, USA, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and Italy. Our wide array of exchange partners gives you the opportunity to gain international experience. Our partners are committed to enhancing their international outlook while providing excellent teaching. You will gain invaluable work experience, develop your understanding of a new culture and improve your language skills.

Our exchange partners include these top-ranked institutions among others:

• University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
• Renmin Business School, Renmin University of China
• The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
• ESSEC Business School
• NEOMA Business School
• Freie Universitat Berlin
• University of Florence
• IE University, Madrid
• Stockholm Business School
• Georgetown University, USA.

About Kent Business School

Kent Business School (KBS) is a world-class business school combining rigorous teaching with real-world relevance and strong links to the business community.

With over 25 years’ experience delivering business education, our portfolio of postgraduate programmes demonstrates the breadth and depth of our expertise. Academic research and links with global business inform our teaching, ensuring a curriculum that is relevant and current. We are a leading UK business school for the standard of our teaching and student satisfaction. We are also accredited by a number of professional bodies.

Studying at KBS gives you the opportunity to increase your employability with real-life case studies, a student council and a business society. We have strong links to local and national organisations providing opportunities for projects, internships and graduate placements. The School attracts high-profile speakers from industry including visits and lectures from staff of the Bank of England, BAE Systems, Barclays, Lloyds Insurance, Cummins, Delphi and Kent County Council.

The School currently has 60 PhD students, who form a dynamic and close-knit research community.