Dr Funbi Adesina

I worked at Christ Church Business School (CCBS) for more than ten years, and School of Business, Law, and Policing (BLP), since inception, teaching and inspiring future business leaders and conducting research. My ongoing research includes work engagement sustainability, teaching and learning innovation & management in accounting, finance, and enhancing the use of educational technology.

The courses I am directing includes Accounting, Finance, and Business Management, Accounting & Finance, and I am a Senior Lecturer in Accounting. Before joining CCCU, I worked in the private, not-for-profit, and education sectors with significant roles in accounting, finance, management, leadership, and administration. I hold an EdD, MSc in Business and Management, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) - all from CCCU, and a B.Tech Accounting (Hons) from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Nigeria.

My academic and examining responsibilities include:

• Course management
• Course & module development and leadership
• Module convener
• Course team and module administration
• Personal academic tutoring
• Undergraduate and master dissertation supervisions.

I currently lead and teach the following Level 4 modules:

• Introduction to Financial Accounting (Level 4)
• Introductory Accounting and Finance for Business (Level 4)
• Financial Accounting (Level 4)
• Dissertation (Level 6)

Past modules I led and taught within and outside of CCCU include:

• Financial Management (Level 7)
• Finance for Business (Level 6)
• Business Decision Making (Level 5)
• International Business (Level 5)
• Enterprise (Level 5)
• Accounting for Business (Level 5)
• International Financial Reporting (Level 5)
• Management Accounting (Level 5)
• Introduction to Financial Accounting (Level 4)
• Introductory Accounting and Finance for Business (Level 4)
• Introduction to Management Accounting (Level 4)
• Business Environment (Level 4)
• Contemporary Business Issues: The Professionals (Level 4)
• Business Analysis (Level 4)
• Business and Enterprise (FY)
• Accounting and Finance (FY)

I am an independent researcher and work with other colleagues within and outside BLP and CCCU.

Some of my research projects are presented at conferences and published in academic journals research repository. The CCCU Pure research repository detailed my research outputs.

My research areas and interdisciplinary among them includes the following:

• education, learning & teaching
• business leadership
• stewardship
• accounting
• ethics
• values
• and information technology.

Adesina O A., ‘Six-week Group Film Projects in Accounting and Finance Curriculum: Analysis of Student Development and Pedagogic Implications.’ (Recent project).

Adesina O A., Rashid M., & Adesina O O., ‘Enhancing the use of technology for sustainable development: the impact on student engagement and quality education.’ (Past project).

Adesina O A., Okonkwo O., & Chen Y., The Impact of Sessional Academics’ Psychological Contracts on Work Engagement Sustainability (Past project).

• I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)
• A member of the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA)
• A member of the British Education Research Association (BERA)
• I am an Accounting Education Journals referee.

I have presented at conferences and attended events organised by my affiliated institutions.