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Accountancy/Business: Skills & Insight – Company Accounts: Gaining Rapid Insights Into The Nature & Health Of A Business (Thomas Cook – What Went Wrong?) With Victoria Tiplady From the Norwich Business School, UEA
2nd November 2022 @ 18:00 - 18:45
In this Accountancy/Business session, Victoria Tiplady, Lecturer in Accounting at the Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, will run an interactive skills and insight workshop for students on Company Accounts: Gaining Rapid Insights into the Nature & Health of a Business.
Victoria asks the question: ‘Thomas Cook – what went wrong?’
Thomas Cook failed at 2am on Monday 23 September 2019 and stranded 150,000 UK holidaymakers. How did this happen to a company that was 178 years old?
We will take a look at Thomas Cook’s accounts to see if its failure could have been predicted, without the use of a crystal ball. We will also look at how company accounts can be useful to many people for different reasons.
The session will develop skills and approaches to support students in their current studies and future aspirations.
Lecturer Profile (Please Click): Victoria Tiplady
Our events are designed so that a group of students can take part from a classroom or students and teachers can take part as individuals, either from school or from home. This means that sessions will continue irrespective of possible school closures.
As a live, participative event, this session will not be recorded but slides and other resources will be shared after the event, where available.
Suitable for: Year 12 & 13 students (and equivalent) studying, or with a possible interest in studying, Accountancy and related disciplines.
Preparation/Pre-Reading: Students may wish to consider the topic in advance, with respect to challenges they may face or questions they have. Students can also think about questions they have about studying Accountancy at university level.
The IT Setup: The event will be run on Bluejeans (similar to Zoom) and participants will be able to join using laptops, tablets, and mobile devices. If you are joining as a school group, we recommend connecting with one device and projecting on to a whiteboard. You will be able to interact with the university via a microphone and/or typed comments and questions. Full details will be sent to those who have registered (see below) prior to the event.
Booking a Place: This is free for schools and colleges. If you would like to take part in this event, please register your interest using the link to the registration form below: