Scott Copeland (he/him) is the Program Director - Accounting. Prior to commencing as Program Director in 2023, Scott's role as a Senior Lecturer in UniSA: Business involved him coordinating one of the large first year financial accounting courses as well as teaching across a range of accounting courses. Scott has served on numerous committees since joining University in 1998, including various Teaching and Learning committees and was elected in 2020 to serve on the Business Academic Unit Board.
Scott’s academic career focusses on the development of high quality and engaging courses for first year accounting students studying on-campus, online and internationally. His teaching philosophy centres on the premise that academics are... Read more
About me
Scott Copeland (he/him) is the Program Director - Accounting. Prior to commencing as Program Director in 2023, Scott's role as a Senior Lecturer in UniSA: Business involved him coordinating one of the large first year financial accounting courses as well as teaching across a range of accounting courses. Scott has served on numerous committees since joining University in 1998, including various Teaching and Learning committees and was elected in 2020 to serve on the Business Academic Unit Board.
Scott’s academic career focusses on the development of high quality and engaging courses for first year accounting students studying on-campus, online and internationally. His teaching philosophy centres on the premise that academics are facilitators rather than deliverers of content and should be providing opportunities to learn and guidance on how to achieve that learning.
Scott’s research interests centre on accounting education, with a particular focus on student development and the transition from secondary education into the tertiary sector. In 2019 Scott was elected co-Chair of the AFAANZ Accounting Education Special Interest Group, having served as Secretary since 2014. This research focus complements Scott’s previous career as a secondary school teacher and his continuing involvement with this sector as a Lead Practitioner for Accounting, a position he has held since 2000, working with the SACE Board to develop resources and ensure the subject provides high school students with an insight into the work accountants do.
Scott is also member of Chartered Accountants – Australia and New Zealand and has a long history of working closely with the accounting professional bodies in exploring the opportunities to encourage secondary school students to choose to further their studies in business at University.
About me
Chartered Accountants - Australia and New Zealand
Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
About me
Master of Business (Accountancy) University of South Australia
Bachelor of Education (Secondary Business) University of South Australia
UniSA, Senior Lecturer - Teaching Academic School of Commerce, 2015 - present
UniSA, Lecturer in Accounting, 2002 - 2015
UniSA, Casual Academic, 1998 - 2002
Muirden College, Senior Secondary Teacher, 1999 - 2001
Elected Co-Chair (Australia) of the Accounting Education Special Interest Group of AFAANZ (Accounting and Finance of Australia and New Zealand) (2019), served as secretary from 2014-2019.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Completing the loop: Returning meaningful learning analytic data to teachers, OLT-Grants - Innovation & Development, 01/01/2013 - 01/02/2016
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2016 |
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| 2015 |
Open access
6
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| 2014 |
Open access
22
|
| 2008 |
9
|
| 2008 |
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
19
21
25
|
| 2016 |
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| 2014 |
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| 2009 |
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| 2008 |
9
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2015 |
Open access
6
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| 2014 |
Open access
22
|
| 2008 |
Open access
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Johnson, Philip & Carter, Amanda & Prider, Heather & Copeland, Scott. (2017). Academic MacGyverism: overcoming problems and improvising solutions. Conference paper: AFAANZ 2017, Adelaide, South Australia
Carter, Amanda & Prider, Heather & Johnson, Philip & Copeland, Scott. (2016). Improvise, Adapt and Overcome using the functionality of Microsoft Word®for “soft-copy” marking. Conference paper: RMIT Accounting Educators Conference 2016, RMIT, Swanston Academic Building, Level 11, 445 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Research
Elected Co-Chair (Australia) of the Accounting Education Special Interest Group of AFAANZ (Accounting and Finance of Australia and New Zealand) (2019), served as secretary from 2014-2019.
SACE Board - Accounting, Lead Practioner - Chair, Curriculum Leaders Group 2011 - Present. Member of Subject Advisory Committee/Curriculum Leaders Group, (Community organisation) , 2006 to 2011
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority - Writer – Economics and Business National Curriculum Years 5-10
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Macquarie University | AUSTRALIA |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Edinburgh | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Otago | NEW ZEALAND |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Tasmania | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Lead Practitioner - AccountingSACE Board |
2023 |
MemberChartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) |
2023 |
CPA Council of Presidents MeetingCPA Australia |
2022 |
MemberChartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) |
2022 |
Lead Practitioner - AccountingSACE Board |
2021 |
MemberChartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) |
2021 |
MemberChartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) |
2020 |
MemberChartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) |
2020 |
Co-Chair (Australia), Accounting Education Special Interest GroupAccounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) |
2019 |
Co-Chair (Australia), Accounting Education Special Interest GroupAFAANZ |
2019 |
Lead practitioner - AccountingSACE Board of South Australia |
2019 |
Lead practitioner - AccountingSACE Board of South Australia |
2018 |
MemberAccounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) |
2018 |
MemberAccounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) |
2017 |
MemberSACE Board of South Australia |
2017 |
Chief Assessor (Accounting)SACE Board of South Australia |
2016 |
MemberSACE Board of South Australia |
2016 |
MemberAccounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) |
2016 |
Secretary, Accounting Education Special Interest GroupAccounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) |
2016 |
Chief Assessor (Accounting)SACE Board of South Australia |
2015 |
MemberAccounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) |
2015 |
MemberSACE Board of South Australia |
2015 |
Secretary, Accounting Education Special Interest GroupAccounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) |
2015 |
Chief Assessor (Accounting)SACE Board of South Australia |
2014 |
MemberAccounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) |
2014 |
MemberSACE Board of South Australia |
2014 |
Secretary, Accounting Education Special Interest GroupAccounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) |
2014 |
Chief Assessor (Accounting)SACE Board of South Australia |
2013 |
MemberSACE Board of South Australia |
2013 |
MemberAccounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) |
2013 |
Member, Writing teamAustralian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |
2013 |
Secretary, School Board and Member, Finance CommitteeSt Francis Xavier Regional Catholic School |
2013 |
Chief Assessor (Accounting)SACE Board of South Australia |
2012 |
MemberSACE Board of South Australia |
2012 |
MemberAccounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) |
2012 |
Member, Writing teamAustralian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |
2012 |
Secretary, School Board and Member, Finance CommitteeSt Francis Xavier Regional Catholic School |
2012 |
Chief Assessor (Accounting)SACE Board of South Australia |
2011 |
Course Assessment Panel MemberDepartment of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (DFEEST), Government of South Australia |
2011 |
MemberAccounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) |
2011 |
MemberSACE Board of South Australia |
2011 |
Secretary, School Board and Member, Finance CommitteeSt Francis Xavier Regional Catholic School |
2011 |
South Australian Representative, National Advisory Group for Secondary SchoolsInstitute of Chartered Accountants |
2011 |
Course Assessment Panel MemberDepartment of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (DFEEST), Government of South Australia |
2010 |
Curriculum Leader, exam marker, setter and vetterSACE Board of South Australia |
2010 |
MemberSACE Board of South Australia |
2010 |
Secretary, School Board and Member, Finance CommitteeSt Francis Xavier Regional Catholic School |
2010 |
Curriculum Leader, exam marker, setter and vetterSACE Board of South Australia |
2009 |
Curriculum Leader, exam marker, setter and vetterSACE Board of South Australia |
2008 |
UniSA Business School Staff Excellence Award: Teaching Commendation (2020)
UniSA Business School Staff Excellence Award: Top Teaching Team (2016) (w. Ron Donato, Ken Adams, Peter Andrinopoulos, Carol Tilt, John Medlin & Gerard Stone)
Teaching & student supervision
