Study Zone

A global experience

Peter Boulding urges you to see the world – with CIPFA

CIPFA students: you talked and we listened!

NSF chair Carl Ford outlines the findings of this year’s annual student survey

Delivering more for less

This year’s CIPFA National Student Conference in Birmingham attracted over 100 students from across the UK. PQ magazine and Carl W Ford report

Little to report

We take a look at the annual reports from ICAS and CIPFA – see the July issue of PQ magazine for our reviews of the other bodies’ offerings

CIPFA: Top of the form

We asked KPMG’s Caroline Humphreys, winner of a CIPFA Gold Medal, for the secrets of her success

All in this together

NSF chair Jane Cika provides hints and advice to fellow students on how to pass those final two papers

Hundreds, maybe even thousands, of local authority PQs and qualified accountants look set to lose their jobs over the next few months as the full impact of the government’s funding squeeze on councils becomes more apparent.

CIPFA results on message

CIPFA has released a healthy set of exam pass rates for the latest sitting. The stand-out paper at the certificate level has to be Financial Accounting.

How is your body doing online?

PQ magazine’s latest survey provides a picture of how trainees are interacting with their professional body online. So how are they doing? Our survey is brought to you in association with Kaplan Financial

CIPFA needs you!

Julia Attridge explains where CIPFA is in terms of its new syllabus and how the institute’s PQs can help in its development

Business Reporting Through the Lens of the Investor

For the third part in its series on business reporting (see also “IFAC project on business reporting”), IFAC interviewed six specialists with close ties to the investment community to get their recommendations on how to improve business reporting.

Business Reporting Beyond the Crisis: How to Make Sure That We Don’t Tumble Into Another Black Hole

“My general conclusion is that everyone is guilty,” says Jules Muis—former Ernst & Young partner, controller of the Word Bank, and director-general audit of the European Commission—about the financial crisis.

Good Governance and Sustainability Fundamental for Improved Business Reporting

“In times like this, the basic elements of managing a company, such as governance, accounting, and auditing, should stand out like a rock in the storm,” says Joe Kaeser, chief financial officer of Siemens, the Germany-based global company engaged in electronics and electrical engineering, in an interview with the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).