Mrs
Anna
Poole
Senior Lecturer in Financial Accounting
Faculty of Business and Law
Staff Profile
Mrs Anna
Anna is the Deputy Head of School and Course Leader for the BSc Accounting & Finance Manager Degree Apprenticeship, specialising in Financial Accounting. She enjoys helping students build confidence, understand accounting, and prepare for successful careers.
Anna holds qualifications in accounting and education, including AAT, BA (Hons), MSc, and PGCE, achieving FMAAT, FHEA and RSA (UKAT) status.
She has a strong professional interest in inclusive and applied pedagogy, using digital learning technologies, alongside Colour Accounting and LEGO® Serious Play®, to enhance engagement, understanding, and student learning. Additionally, she has achieved ILM certification in Coaching and Mentoring and am developing my practice further through Motivational Interviewing.
Anna has extensive experience delivering and assessing business and accounting qualifications within Higher Education, Apprenticeships and other Professional settings.
Areas of Interest:
- Personal Academic Advising
- Financial Accounting
- Technology enhanced teaching and learning
- Laurie, S., Plotka, G., Poole. A (2024) Quack Quack Duck: Application of LEGO® Serious Play® (LSP) principles in Personal Academic Tutor (PAT) & Advising. UKAT (UK Advising and Tutoring Professional Body) Conference in Greenwich, U.K. 9 April 2024.
- Dsouli, O., Poole. A (2021) Creating an inclusive classroom to engage students from different backgrounds with learning outcomes. UON Learning & Teaching Conference, University of Northampton, Northampton U.K. 15 June 2021.