22 January 2007
CIMA's Director of Education, Robert Jelly, was awarded an honorary doctorate from Kingston University, London, for his 'outstanding contribution to accounting and management education' at a graduation ceremony held at the Barbican on 17 January 2007.
Formerly Head of Dundee Business School at the University of Abertay Dundee, Robert Jelly is a graduate of Strathclyde University and was admitted to membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland in 1975. Later experience included a post as Management Accountant at ICI in Grangemouth prior to joining Abertay (then Dundee Institute of Technology) in 1981, where he worked for nearly nineteen years.
In 1989 Robert Jelly was awarded an MBA from the University of Edinburgh.
Joining CIMA in 2000 as Director of Education, he is responsible for the relevance and differentiation of the Chartered Management Accounting qualification studied by approximately 90,000 students world-wide and for the continuing professional development of CIMA's 70,000 Members. In his role as CIMA's Director of Education, Robert Jelly is a visiting Professor at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, an Honorary Professor at Deakin University, Australia and is the UK technical advisor to the International Accounting Education Standards Board, based in New York.
Speaking at the ceremony, Robert Jelly said:
'This is a great honour. I have been very fortunate to have had jobs which have enabled me to share my passion for education and training. This achievement would not have been possible but for the opportunities and support given to me.'
Head of Kingston's School of Accounting and Finance, Dr Stuart Archbold, said the University was delighted to recognise the personal contribution that Robert Jelly had made to education in the fields of accounting, business and management. 'His contribution is entirely consistent with our mission to provide high quality, applied education that is relevant to the needs of business and society,' Dr Archbold said. 'Through his role at CIMA, Robert has played an active and important role in widening participation in the professions, which is also central to the University's mission. His passionate and unflagging efforts to advance the cause of professional education and training fully deserve the recognition that this honorary doctorate confers.'
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Notes to editors
1. CIMA (the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) is the only international accountancy body with a sole focus on business. It is a world leading professional institute that offers an internationally recognised qualification in management accountancy, focusing on accounting in business, in both the private and public sectors. CIMA is the voice of over 158,000 members and students in 161 countries and is responsible for the education and training of management accountants who work in industry, commerce and not-for-profit and has more members in the public sector than any other UK based body. CIMA prides itself on the commercial relevance of its syllabus, which is in tune with the activities of high performance organisations, and evolves continually to reflect the latest developments in global business. It is committed to upholding the highest ethical and professional standards of members and students, and to maintaining public confidence in management accountancy. For more information about CIMA, please visitwww.cimaglobal.com
2. With more than 20,000 students enrolled on full-time, part-time and postgraduate courses, Kingston University is the largest provider of education in South West London offering an extensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The University is among the most successful in the United Kingdom ' at the top of the table for student recruitment, renowned for teaching quality, a growing force in research and a pioneer in the launch of Foundation Degrees. Government assessors have rated the University's teaching quality as excellent in 16 subject areas. In its most recent University league table, The Sunday Times highlighted Kingston's teaching quality, describing it as 'one of the most successful modern universities with a teaching record that is the envy of many other institutions'. For more information about Kingston University, please visit www.kingston.ac.uk.
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