Associate Professor Trevor Wilmshurst is an Associate Professor in Accounting.  He has worked within the Tasmanian School of Business and Economics (formerly the School of Accounting and Corporate Governance) since 2003.  In this time he has fulfilled a range of roles from Head of School, Graduate Research Co-Ordinator, Honours Co-Ordinator through to Unit Co-Ordinator and Unit Teaching Responsibilities.  In this time he has been involved in a range of curriculum development activities including the development of the Initial Master in Professional Accounting and Specialisation, a flexible/blended unit in Risk Management.  This interest continues with an interest in change and development in education and educational change in the higher education sector.  His research work, research interests and published work are largely in the field of sustainability, CSR and the environment. His interests extend and have extended to small business, information systems and education overtime. Trevor is a fellow of the Institute of Professional Accountants, and of the Institute of Financial Accountants in the UK, and continues involvement with activities of both the CPA and CA.

Biography

Trevor commenced his career in Secondary Education working in a variety of regional and suburban Secondary Colleges between 1973 and 1990.  He performed a mixture of roles in these Schools from classroom teacher, Unit Co-Ordinator, Head of the Business Area, Curriculum Co-Ordinator, Resource Manager and Project Manager, College Treasurer, Acting Deputy Principal.  At time of departure he held a permanent position as Senior Teacher.  From the mid 1980's Trevor worked in a casual capacity for Western Institute, and later joined Western Institute, a joint University and TAFE institution, in 1990.  Initially he worked in the TAFE sector involved in a variety of accounting and information technology based units.  From 1991 he moved to the University sector of the Institute.  Prior to his movement to UTAS he had progressed to Senior Lecturer, had completed both a Master's Degree and Doctorate and undertaken a variety of research activities.  In teaching he had co-ordinated a number of accounting units, an international program in Malaysia and had taught both under and post graduate programs in Australia and internationally.  As required he also acted as Head of School for short periods.  Over this period Western Institute amalgamated with Footscray Institute to form Victoria University a dual sector institution.  In 2003 Trevor relocated to the University of Tasmania.  In the time he has been at UTAS he has acted in many roles from Head/Deputy Head of School, Graduate Research Co-ordinator, Associate Dean Launceston, Unit Co-Ordinator, Curriculum Development Activities including developments in flexible/blended learning. In particular he was responsible for the initial development of the Master of Professional Accounting/Specialisation which has proven a most successful program and has organised a number of conference activities including Chair of the CSEAR 2011 Committee, a conference he was invited to organise, which attracted international attendance and a Research Enrichment Symposium to develop research skills among staff.

Career summary

Qualifications

Memberships

Professional practice

• Fellow of the Institute of Public Accountants
• Fellow of the Institute of Financial Accountants (UK)

Committee associations

• Tasmanian Social Science Ethics Committee

Other

• Member of the Tasmanian Social Science Ethics Committee
• Previously a member of the Launceston Chamber of Commerce
• Editorial Board – Meditari Journal
• Ad Hoc reviewer – AAAJ, CMR, Journal of Business Ethics, Abacus, Journal of Cleaner Production, Small Business Management Journal, AAR, Accounting Forum

Administrative expertise

• Head of School – Accounting and Corporate Governance
• Deputy He4ad of School – Accounting and Corporate Governance
• Honours Co-Ordinator
• Graduate Research Co-Ordinator
• Unit Co-Ordinator (Most BFA units in accounting, and risk)
• Curriculum Development (initial MPA, Risk Mgt, Curriculum Mapping Activities, Unit Writing and Review)
• Led Professional Reaccreditation (Accounting) for the last two professional re-accreditations (undertaken on a 5 yearly basis)
• Chaired the Committee organising the CSEAR 2011 Conference (international attendance), research days for the School and a Research Enrichment Symposium
• Managed the Schools RHD students – many of whom I have been primary Supervisor

Prior:

• Victoria University: many of the same roles as above plus co-ordinator of Malaysian Program with Sunway Univeriyt.
• Acting Deputy Principal, Treasurer, Resource Manager, Building Project Manager, Business Studies Head, Curriculum Co-Ordinator, Unit Head, Classroom Teacher all business areas across time – Various Secondary Colleges across Victoria.

Teaching

Accounting, Corporate Governance, Theory, Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, Knowledge Management, Risk Management, Curriculum Development, Small Business, Data Mining, Sustainability, CSR, Environment, Disclosure, Performance

Teaching expertise

Associate Professor has a wide range of teaching experience both as a classroom teacher and lecturer at secondary, TAFE and University level.  At each level he has co-ordinated, developed and refreshed a wide range of units primarily in the area of accounting but also in corporate governance. He has also been involved in curriculum and course development, and as required mentored staff.  At University level he has developed units and programs, and has presented to both undergraduate and postgraduate students and undertaken teaching in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and New Zealand.  His experience embraces financial accounting, management accounting, accounting information systems, accounting theory and risk management.  In these units he has developed, prepared and redeveloped unit content, co-ordinated units in these areas at undergraduate and post graduated levels and led teams undertaking these units across a multi campus university.  He now focuses on accounting theory and research related issues.

Teaching responsibility

• Accounting Theory (BFA302) 
• Accounting Theory (BFA715)