Professor Leopold Bayerlein

Biography

Leopold is an Accounting and Business Education Researcher at the University of New England (UNE) Business School as well as the Associate Dean Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Science, Agriculture, Business and Law. He has a PhD in Accounting and is a Chartered Accountant (CA), a Certified Practicing Accounting (CPA), as well as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

He is an active business and accounting education researcher with a focus on the development of future focused curricula in higher education. His research aims to enable future graduates to provide meaningful contributions to global societal challenges through developing frameworks that embed holistic educational principles in the Australian and international university environment. Leopold as publications in leading international journals und undertaken numerous invited presentations in national and international research forums.

Leopold works with several cross-disciplinary research teams, both nationally and internationally. He also works extensively with accounting firms and Australian accounting bodies to further his research agenda and disseminate the findings of his research. Leopold’s teaching focuses on financial accounting and auditing for both undergraduate and postgraduate students in a face-to-face and distance learning environment. Leopold has received numerous institutional, national and international awards for his innovative use of technology in teaching.

Qualifications

Diplom-Betriebswirt (FH) (Hochschule Nuermberg), Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education (UNE), Master of Economics (UNE), Doctor of Philosophy (UNE), Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Practicing Accounting (CPA)

Awards

• Best Paper Presentation Award, Accounting Education Special Interest Group Meeting at AFAANZ Conference, Gold Coast (2016)
• ASCILITE Innovation Award, Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (2015)
• Nomination for Teaching Excellence Award (awarded by my students), UNE (2015)
• Teaching Excellence Award (Early Career Category), Office of Learning and Teaching (2014)
• Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, Office of Learning and Teaching (2014)
• Award for Excellence in Teaching (Early Career Category), UNE (2014)
• Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, UNE (2014)Best Practices of Flexible Learning Award (1st Place), ICOFE Conference, Open University of Hong Kong (2014)
• Nomination as “Highly Influential Academic” by UNE Vice-Chancellors Scholars, signifying that my teaching has high impact on student learning (2014)
• Finalist Placement, LearnX (Asia-Pacific) Impact Award for Video based Teaching (2014)
• Finalist Placement, LearnX (Asia-Pacific) Impact Awards for Excellence in Online Facilitation (2014)
• Platinum LearnX (Asia-Pacific) Impact Award for Excellence in Online Facilitation (2013)
• Finalist Placement, LearnX (Asia-Pacific) Impact Award for Scenario based Teaching (2013)
• Australian Finalist Placement in the IMS Global Learning Impact Awards (2013)
• Excellence in Teaching Award, UNE Business School (2013)
• Excellence in Teaching Award, UNE Business School (2012)
• 7x UNE Unit Commendation (awarded to units with the highest level of student satisfaction and lowest level of attrition across the University (2011 – 2014)

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate Level

AFM211 Intermediate Financial Accounting (2011 – 2021)

AFM319 Auditing (2019)

AFM314/415 International Accounting (2009)

Postgraduate Level

AFM410 Intermediate Financial Accounting (2011 – 2021)

AFM519 Auditing (2019)
AFM564 Issues in Auditing and Professional Practice (2013 – 2018)

GSB603 International Accounting (2009)

GSB603 International Accounting (2009)

Primary Research Area/s

accounting education; curriculum studies; corporate social responisbility; entrepreneurship

Research Interests

Leopold is an active business and accounting education researcher with a focus on the development of future focused curricula in higher education. His research aims to enable future graduates to provide meaningful contributions to global societal challenges through developing frameworks that embed holistic educational principles in the Australian and international university environment. Leopold as publications in leading international journals und undertaken numerous invited presentations in national and international research forums. Leopold has several cross-disciplinary research teams, both nationally and internationally, and works extensively with accounting firms and Australian accounting bodies to further his research agenda and disseminate the findings of his research.

Research/teaching grants and consultancies

Grants, Consultancies, & Prizes

• Research/teaching grants and consultancies
• Grants, Consultancies, & Prizes
• Consultancy (Education Expert Review) at Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ): Expert review of the revised CA program units in preparation for TEQSA accreditation (commercial in confidence) - 2020
• Kooperationsfoerderung BayIntAn through the State Government of Bavaria (Germany): Supporting institutional blended learning adoption within the German Hochschulsector through systematic organisational design: The example of the Technische Hochschule Nuernberg, research grant ($10,500) - 2017
• UNE Research Seed Grant: Developing capacity for business focused research in the cotton/grains industry, research grant ($18,300) –2014
• Australian Office of Teaching and Learning (OLT) Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning ($10,000) – 2014
• Australian Office of Teaching and Learning (OLT) Prize for Teaching Excellence (Early Career) ($25,000) - 2014
• Consultancy (Research in Teaching) at ANU: Automatic feedback for formal assessment tasks at ANU Legal Workshop (commercial in confidence)– 2013/2014
• UNE Teaching Material Development Grant: Creation of an exemplar blended learning unit through via a virtual internship environment ($4,500) - 2013

Research Supervision Experience

Publications

Journal Articles

Bayerlein, L. (in print). An Accidental Journey towards Educational Leadership. In Rao, N., Hosein, A., Kinchin, I. (Eds.), Narratives of Academics’ Personal Journeys in Contested Spaces: Leadership Identity in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. London: Bloomsbury.

Bayerlein, L., Hora, M., Dean, B., Perkiss, S. (in print) “Developing Skills in Higher Education for Post-Pandemic Work”, Labour & Industry, DOI: 10.1080/10301763.2021.1966292.

Perkiss, S., Bayerlein, L., Dean, B. (2021). “Facilitating accountability in Corporate Sustainability Reporting through Spotlight Accounting”, Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal. 34(2), pp. 397-420.

Bayerlein, L., Perkiss, S., Dean, B., & Jeske, D. (2021). Technology Platforms for WIL. In Ferns, S., Rowe, A., Zegwaard, K. (Eds.), Advances in Research, Theory and Practice in Work-Integrated Learning: Enhancing Employability for a Sustainable Future. New York: Routledge.

Timpson, M., & Bayerlein, L. (2021). “Accreditation without impact: The case of accreditation by professional accounting bodies in Australia”, Australian Accounting Review. 96(13), pp.22-34

Perkiss, S., Anastasiadis, S., Bayerlein, L., Dean, B., Jun, H., Pilar, A., Gonzales-Perez, M. A., Wersun, A., Gibbons, B. (2020). “Advancing Sustainability Education in Business Studies through Digital Service Learning”, American Business Review, 23(2), pp. 276-292.

Bayerlein, L. (2020). “The impact of prior work-experience on student learning in simulated internships”, Journal of University Learning and Teaching Practice. 17(4). Article 4.

Anastasiadis, S., Perkiss, S., Dean, B., Bayerlein, L., Gonzalez-Perez, M., Wersun, A., Pilar, A., Jun, H., & Gibbons, B. (2020). “Teaching sustainability: Complexity and compromises”, Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. 13(1), pp.272-286

Vitale, C., Bowyer, D., & Bayerlein, L. (2020). “Developing and presenting a framework for meeting industry, student and education expectations in university degrees”, e-Journal of Business Education & Scholarship of Teaching, 14(1), pp.59-67.

Bayerlein, L. (2020).Internships and Co-Ops. In M. J. Amey & M. E. David (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Higher Education (Vol. 5). Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Perkiss, S., Dean, B. A., Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, M., Heithaus, T., Acosta, P., Mills, R., Gibbons, B., Anastasiadis, S., Bayerlein, L., Jun, H., Mesicek, R. H., & Wersun, A. (2019) Learning Experientially for Corporate Contribution to Global Sustainable Development:

International Applications of the WikiRate Project. In M. A. Gonzalez-Perez, K. Lynden & V. Taras (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Learning and Teaching International Business and Management. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Kraft, C., Jekse, D., & Bayerlein, L. (2019) “Seeking diversity? Consider virtual internships” Strategic HR Review, 18(3), pp.133-137.

Wersun, A., Dean, B. A., Mills, R., Perkiss, S., Acosta, P., Anastasiadis, S., Gibbons, B., Gonzalez-Perez, A., Heithaus, T., Jun, H., Mesicek, R. H., & Bayerlein, L. (2019) “An exploration of student learning for sustainability through the WikiRate student engagement project”. The International Journal of Management Education, 17(3), pp.1-12.

Bayerlein, L. (2018). Do simulated internships deliver high quality learning outcomes for students?, Issues in Accounting Education.

Bayerlein, L., & McGrath, N. (2018). Collaborating for success: An analysis of the working relation between academics and educational development professionals, Studies in Higher Education, 43(6), pp. 1089-1106.

Bayerlein, L., & Jeske, D. (2018). Student learning opportunities in traditional and computer-mediated internships, Education + Training, 60(1), pp. 27-38.

Bayerlein, L., & Jeske, D. (2018). The potential of computer-mediated internships for higher education. International Journal of Educational Management, 32(4), pp. 526-537

Bayerlein, L., & Timpson, M. (2017). Do accredited undergraduate accounting programmes in Australia meet the needs and expectations of the accounting profession?, Education + Training, 59(3), pp. 305-322.

Bayerlein, L. (2015). Curriculum Innovation in Undergraduate Accounting Degree Programmes through “Virtual Internships”. Education + Training, 57(6), pp. 673-684.

Bayerlein, L. (2014). Students feedback preferences: How do students react to timely and automatically generated assessment feedback? Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 39(8), pp. 916-931.

Bayerlein, L., & Davidson, P. (2014). Are user perceptions of chairman addresses managed through syntactical complexity and rationalisations? Australian Accounting Review, 25(2), pp. 192-203.

Barnes, P., Wilson, B. R., Reid, N., Bayerlein, L., Koen, T. B. & Olupot, G. (2014) Examining the impact of share on aboveground biomass and NDVI of C3 and C4 grass species in North-Western NSW, Australia. Grass & Forage Science, 70(2), pp. 324-334.

Bayerlein, L., & Davidson, P. (2012). The influence of connotation on readability and obfuscation in Australian chairman addresses. Managerial Auditing Journal, 27(2), pp. 175-198.

Bayerlein, L., & Farooque, O. A. (2012). Evaluating the influence of a mandatory IFRS adoption on accounting practice: Evidence from Australia, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. Asian Review of Accounting, 20(2), pp. 93-118.

Barnes, P., Wilson, B. R., Trotter, M. G., Lamb, D. W., Reid, N., Koen, T. & Bayerlein, L. (2011). The patterns of grazed pasture associated with scattered trees across and Australian temperate landscape: An investigation of pasture quantity and quality. The Rangeland Journal, 33(2), pp. 121-130.

Invited Presentation/Keynote Addresses/Masterclasses

• Mentor and Invited Presenter at Certified Practicing Accountings (CPA) Emerging Academics Forum - 2017, 2018 & 2019
• Invited Presentation at ASCILITE Conference 2016 (Adelaide): Virtual Internships: The Future of Accounting Education
• Member National Assessment Panel of the Australian Office of Learning and Teaching Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning - 2016
• Keynote Address / Mentoring Sessions at La Trobe University (Melbourne): Blended Learning Innovations in Action – 2016
• Masterclass / Mentoring Sessions at Auckland University of Technology: Flipped classroom teaching –2015

Memberships

• Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy
• Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
• Certified Practicing Accountant, CPA Australia
• Member, Accounting and Finanz Association of Australia and New Zealand

Consultancy Interests

Leopold has previously completed consultancies projects actives related to business education, systematic curriculum renewal, and the implementation of new teaching and learning strategies.

External Profiles

• Google Scholar Profile
• ORCid Profile

Further Information

Other school/university/external roles

• Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Science Business Agriculture and Law (01/2021 – ongoing)
• Member University of New England Workloads Committee (03/2021 – ongoing)
• Chair University of New England Teaching and Learning Committee (01/2021 – 06/2021)
• Chair UNE Business School Education Committee (04/2020 – 01/2021)
• Member AFAANZ Accounting Education Special Interest Group Management Committee (07/2018 - 072021)
• Leader Teaching Awards Program Faculty of Science, Agriculture, Business and Law (03/2018 - current)
• Member UNE Business School Research and Research Training Committee (05/2016 – 12/2021)
• Member University of New England Academic Board (02/2017 – 04/2018)
• Academic Master Wright College & Village (03/2013 – 02/2016)
• Management Board Member of Wright College & Village Senior Common Room (01/2015 – 02/2016)
• Chair UNE Library Advisory Committee (01/2015 – 05/2016)
• School Library Liaison Officer (01/2012 – 05/2016)
• School Representative UNE Library Advisory Committee (01/2012 – 05/2016)
• Management Board Member of the Armidale Business Chamber (02/2013 – 04/2015)
• Co-Convener for Accounting & Finance Discipline at UNE (05/2014 – 01/2015)