Mrs Suzanne McCallum

  • Senior Lecturer (Accounting & Finance)

telephone: 01413306853
email: Suzanne.McCallum@glasgow.ac.uk

Room 416, Adam Smith Business School, 2 Discovery Place, Glasgow, G11 6EY

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3587-2496

Biography

Suzanne is a Senior Lecturer in Accountancy and is currently the Associate Head of Accounting and Finance with a focus on Learning and Teaching. This role draws on her extensive experience across learning, teaching, scholarship and leadership endeavours to support both staff and students in their lifelong learning journey. Suzanne is also a qualified Chartered Accountant who employs her background and network of contacts to bring an authentic experience to her learning, teaching and assessment practice.

Suzanne’s scholarship activities are centered on ways to foster and assess critical thinking within both quantitative and qualitative settings. Her approach focuses on fostering student agency, utilising a range of scaffolded formative assessment activities across courses to help students become independent learners. Her work has won her the 2024 Distinctive Approaches to Teaching and Assessment award by the British Accounting and Finance Association’s Accounting Education Special Interest Group. She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

A first-class honours statistics graduate from the University of Glasgow, Suzanne worked at Hymans Robertson as a trainee actuary, before moving to Wylie and Bisset where she completed her professional qualification with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Working in a variety of roles, up to the level of manager, she then joined the University, where she completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice.

Research interests

Suzanne is a member of the Accounting research cluster.

Areas of expertise:

  • Accounting education
  • Critical thinking within quantitative and qualitative educational contexts
  • Assessment and feedback
  • Peer and self-review
  • Financial Accounting

Publications

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2024

Ballantine, J. et al. (2024) Subject Benchmark Statement: Accounting. Version for Consultation. [Research Reports or Papers]

McCallum, S. (2024) Using Active Feedback to Develop Students’ Critical Thinking Skills. European Accounting Association (EAA) 46th Annual Congress, Bucharest, Romania, 15-17 May 2024.

McCallum, S. (2024) Critical Thinking and Groupwork: A Process Perspective. British Accounting and Finance Association Special Interest Group Conference, Leeds, UK, 29-31 May 2024.

McCallum, S. and Nicol, D. (2024) Sharing Agency for Feedback: Students Write Their Own Feedback Comments before Receiving Lecturer Comments. 17th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 9th April 2024.

Paisey, C. , Flanagan, C. , Bradley, L. , McCallum, S. and Zou, Y. (2024) Listen up! Listening skills in accounting education: gaps and proposed new research and teaching agendas. Accounting Education, (doi: 10.1080/09639284.2023.2301382) (Early Online Publication)

2023

McCallum, S. (2023) Developing Students’ Critical Thinking by Turning Active Learning into Active Feedback. University of Leeds Language Centre Seminar, Online, Sept 2023.

McCallum, S. and Nicol, D. (2023) Using Active Feedback to Develop Students’ Critical Thinking Skills. AHE Conference 2023, Manchester, UK, 22-23 June 2023.

Nicol, D. and McCallum, S. (2023) Using Active Feedback to Develop Students’ Critical Thinking. inspirED Europe 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8 June 2023.

Nicol, D. and McCallum, S. (2023) Using Active Feedback to Develop Students’ Critical Thinking. Workshop for Academic & Educational Development Staff, Durham University, Durham, UK, 17 May 2023.

McCallum, S. and Nicol, D. (2023) Using Active Feedback to Develop Students’ Critical Thinking Skills. EAA Education Committee Workshop, 17 March 2023.

2022

Nicol, D. , McCallum, S. , Quinn, N. and Gibb, A. (2022) Turning Active Learning into Active Feedback. Workshop with the Principal Fellows HEA Network, Glasgow Caledonian University, 23 November 2022.

McCallum, S. (2022) Using Active Feedback to Develop Students’ Critical Thinking. Third Virtual Conference on Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Higher Education, The Center for Research and Improvement in Education (CIME) of the Universidad del Desarrollo, 16 November 2022.

Nicol, D. , McCallum, S. , Quinn, N. and Gibb, A. (2022) Activating Internal Feedback: Developing Students' Capacity for Self-Regulation Activating Inner Feedback: Building Students' Capacity. Third Virtual Conference on Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Higher Education, The Center for Research and Improvement in Education (CIME) of the Universidad del Desarrollo, 16 November 2022.

McCallum, S. , Lamb, A., Wilcock, P. and Somerville, A. (2022) Panel Discussion on Assessment in Accounting and Finance Education. BAFA Scotland Conference, Glasgow, UK, 13 Sep 2022.

Nicol, D. and McCallum, S. (2022) What If Students Generate Their Own Feedback? Turning Active Learning into Active Feedback. Workshop for Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 25 Aug 2022.

Nicol, D. , McCallum, S. , Kushwah, L. and Quinn, N. (2022) Beyond the Technology: Rethinking assessment and feedback - unlocking the power of comparison based feedback. [Audio]

Nicol, D. , McCallum, S. , Kushwah, L., Quinn, N. and Knight, S. (2022) Beyond the Technology: Rethinking assessment and feedback - unlocking the power of comparison based feedback. Beyond the Technology: The Education 4.0 Podcast. [Audio]

Nicol, D. and McCallum, S. (2022) What if students generate their own feedback? Turning active learning into active feedback. BAFA Accounting Education Special Interest Group Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 18-20 May 2022.

Nicol, D. and McCallum, S. (2022) Making internal feedback explicit: exploiting the multiple comparisons that occur during peer review. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 47(3), pp. 424-443. (doi: 10.1080/02602938.2021.1924620)

Nicol, D. , Quinn, N. and McCallum, S. (2022) Inner Feedback Comparison. Principal Fellows HEA (Scotland) Network, 20th Jan 2022.

2021

Nicol, D. and McCallum, S. (2021) The Power of Inner Feedback: Turning Theory into Practice. Glasgow Caledonian University Senior HEA Fellows Group, 9 December 2021.

Nicol, D. , Quinn, N. and McCallum, S. (2021) Inner Feedback Comparison. Napier University Business School MBA Teaching Group, 24th Nov 2021.

Nicol, D. , McCallum, S. and Quinn, N. (2021) Improving Learning by Building on Pupils’ Natural Capacity to Generate Inner Feedback. 4th SLO Formative Evaluation Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 18th November 2021.

McCallum, S. and Milner, M. M. (2021) The effectiveness of formative assessment: student views and staff reflections. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 46(1), pp. 1-16. (doi: 10.1080/02602938.2020.1754761)

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Number of items: 24.

Articles

Paisey, C. , Flanagan, C. , Bradley, L. , McCallum, S. and Zou, Y. (2024) Listen up! Listening skills in accounting education: gaps and proposed new research and teaching agendas. Accounting Education, (doi: 10.1080/09639284.2023.2301382) (Early Online Publication)

Nicol, D. and McCallum, S. (2022) Making internal feedback explicit: exploiting the multiple comparisons that occur during peer review. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 47(3), pp. 424-443. (doi: 10.1080/02602938.2021.1924620)

McCallum, S. and Milner, M. M. (2021) The effectiveness of formative assessment: student views and staff reflections. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 46(1), pp. 1-16. (doi: 10.1080/02602938.2020.1754761)

Research Reports or Papers

Ballantine, J. et al. (2024) Subject Benchmark Statement: Accounting. Version for Consultation. [Research Reports or Papers]

Conference or Workshop Item

McCallum, S. (2024) Using Active Feedback to Develop Students’ Critical Thinking Skills. European Accounting Association (EAA) 46th Annual Congress, Bucharest, Romania, 15-17 May 2024.

McCallum, S. (2024) Critical Thinking and Groupwork: A Process Perspective. British Accounting and Finance Association Special Interest Group Conference, Leeds, UK, 29-31 May 2024.

McCallum, S. and Nicol, D. (2024) Sharing Agency for Feedback: Students Write Their Own Feedback Comments before Receiving Lecturer Comments. 17th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 9th April 2024.

McCallum, S. (2023) Developing Students’ Critical Thinking by Turning Active Learning into Active Feedback. University of Leeds Language Centre Seminar, Online, Sept 2023.

McCallum, S. and Nicol, D. (2023) Using Active Feedback to Develop Students’ Critical Thinking Skills. AHE Conference 2023, Manchester, UK, 22-23 June 2023.

Nicol, D. and McCallum, S. (2023) Using Active Feedback to Develop Students’ Critical Thinking. inspirED Europe 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8 June 2023.

Nicol, D. and McCallum, S. (2023) Using Active Feedback to Develop Students’ Critical Thinking. Workshop for Academic & Educational Development Staff, Durham University, Durham, UK, 17 May 2023.

McCallum, S. and Nicol, D. (2023) Using Active Feedback to Develop Students’ Critical Thinking Skills. EAA Education Committee Workshop, 17 March 2023.

Nicol, D. , McCallum, S. , Quinn, N. and Gibb, A. (2022) Turning Active Learning into Active Feedback. Workshop with the Principal Fellows HEA Network, Glasgow Caledonian University, 23 November 2022.

McCallum, S. (2022) Using Active Feedback to Develop Students’ Critical Thinking. Third Virtual Conference on Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Higher Education, The Center for Research and Improvement in Education (CIME) of the Universidad del Desarrollo, 16 November 2022.

Nicol, D. , McCallum, S. , Quinn, N. and Gibb, A. (2022) Activating Internal Feedback: Developing Students' Capacity for Self-Regulation Activating Inner Feedback: Building Students' Capacity. Third Virtual Conference on Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Higher Education, The Center for Research and Improvement in Education (CIME) of the Universidad del Desarrollo, 16 November 2022.

McCallum, S. , Lamb, A., Wilcock, P. and Somerville, A. (2022) Panel Discussion on Assessment in Accounting and Finance Education. BAFA Scotland Conference, Glasgow, UK, 13 Sep 2022.

Nicol, D. and McCallum, S. (2022) What If Students Generate Their Own Feedback? Turning Active Learning into Active Feedback. Workshop for Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 25 Aug 2022.

Nicol, D. and McCallum, S. (2022) What if students generate their own feedback? Turning active learning into active feedback. BAFA Accounting Education Special Interest Group Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 18-20 May 2022.

Nicol, D. , Quinn, N. and McCallum, S. (2022) Inner Feedback Comparison. Principal Fellows HEA (Scotland) Network, 20th Jan 2022.

Nicol, D. and McCallum, S. (2021) The Power of Inner Feedback: Turning Theory into Practice. Glasgow Caledonian University Senior HEA Fellows Group, 9 December 2021.

Nicol, D. , Quinn, N. and McCallum, S. (2021) Inner Feedback Comparison. Napier University Business School MBA Teaching Group, 24th Nov 2021.

Nicol, D. , McCallum, S. and Quinn, N. (2021) Improving Learning by Building on Pupils’ Natural Capacity to Generate Inner Feedback. 4th SLO Formative Evaluation Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 18th November 2021.

Audio

Nicol, D. , McCallum, S. , Kushwah, L. and Quinn, N. (2022) Beyond the Technology: Rethinking assessment and feedback - unlocking the power of comparison based feedback. [Audio]

Nicol, D. , McCallum, S. , Kushwah, L., Quinn, N. and Knight, S. (2022) Beyond the Technology: Rethinking assessment and feedback - unlocking the power of comparison based feedback. Beyond the Technology: The Education 4.0 Podcast. [Audio]

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Teaching

Suzanne has co-ordinated and led the following range of courses:

  • Financial Accounting 1 (UG level 1)
  • Financial Accounting 2 (UG level 2)
  • Business Statistics 2 (UG level 2)
  • Advanced Financial Accounting (honours level)
  • Auditing (honours level)
  • International Financial Accounting (honours level)
  • Advanced International Corporate Reporting (PGT level)
  • MBA Financial Analysis and Decision Making (PGT level)

Additional information

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Prizes, awards and distinctions:

  • 2024 Accounting Education Award for Distinctive Approaches to Teaching and Assessment (awarded by the British Accounting and Finance Association’s Accounting Education Special Interest Group)
  • 2022 nominee for the University of Glasgow Student Teaching Award for best focus on feedback
  • 2015 winner of the University of Glasgow Student Teaching Award for Best Adviser of Studies
  • 2012 and 2013 nominee for University of Glasgow Student Teaching Awards

Academic and professional body memberships:

  • Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (2001-present)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2007-present)

External roles and engagement:

  • Appointed to the advisory group updating the Quality Assurance Agency’s (QAA) Subject Benchmark Statement for Accounting (2024)
  • Appointed to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland’s Academic Panel (2019-present)

Additional roles:

  • Associate Head of Accounting and Finance (learning and teaching) (2022-present)
  • Chief Adviser of Studies for Accounting and Finance Programmes (2019-2022)
  • Accreditations Lead (2018-2021)
  • Careers lead
  • Staff mentor
  • Undergraduate programme director
  • Level 1 and 2 co-ordinator
  • Assessment officer

Suzanne McCallum