James Kwan
Adjunct Faculty
LinkedIn ProfileEducation
- Ph.D. Accounting and Finance, University of Western Australia, Australia (2015)
- MSc Educational Assessment, Oxford University, UK (2023)
- MSc Marketing, King’s College London, UK (2022)
- MSc Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology, University of East London, UK (2021)
- Master of Research: Higher Education Research, University of Lancaster, UK (2020)
- MSc Digital Education, University of Edinburgh, UK (2017)
- Master of Business Research, University of Western Australia, Australia (2008)
- MBA Investment & Finance, University of Hull, UK (2002)
- Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Strathclyde, UK (2000)
- Bachelor of Accountancy, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (1995)
BIO
M. Ishaq Bhatti is a Professor of Finance and Financial Data Analytics. He is the award-winning Academic who received various Research and Teaching awards, including ALTC 2010, Faculty and the University’s teaching Awards 2009, 2013, and 2019. He is the author of more than 130 articles, eight books and a member of the editorial board of various journals.
Major areas of research, scholarship and teaching are in Finance, Financial Econometrics, Business Statistics, Quantitative & Mathematical Economics & Islamic Finance. He successfully supervised 27 students to higher degree completions, including 15 PhDs in the last ten years. Before joining SP Jain, Ishaq was a Professor of Finance and Financial Econometrics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
- ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5027-7871
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=1&user=gJhCA9MAAAAJ
- Research gate site: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/M_Bhatti
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Accounting & Finance
- Marketing & Strategy
- Innovation, Decision-making & Leadership
SUBJECTS TAUGHT/STUDENT PROJECT MENTOR
- Corporate Governance and Ethics
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Project Finance
- Financial Statements Analysis
- Financial Reporting
- Financial Accounting
- Management Accounting
- Corporate Finance
- International Business Strategy
EXPERIENCE
Academic experience
- Adjunct Professor, SP Jain Global School of Management
- Assistant Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Adjunct Lecturer, Nanyang Technological University
- Adjunct Lecturer, National University of Singapore
- Adjunct Lecturer, Singapore Institute of Technology
- Adjunct Lecturer, University of Newcastle
CORPORATE EXPERIENCE
- Director – Executive Coaching, Cornerstone International Group
- Lead Independent Director, Global Dragon Limited
- Independent Director, Global Premium Hotels Limited
- Corporate Trainer, MindGym
- Corporate Trainer and Executive Coach, Relevance
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
- Consultant/Career Coach, LHH
- Career Consultant, American Association of Singapore
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Educational/Formative assessment
- Blended/Online learning
- Academic burnout and resilience
- Students’ learning approaches
- IPO performance
- Corporate governance
- Positive psychology
PUBLICATIONS
- Academic burnout, resilience level, and campus connectedness among undergraduate students during the Covid-19 pandemic: Evidence in Singapore, Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching, 5(S1), February 2022, pp. 52-63
- Educational goals, assessment preferences and approaches to learning of MBA and MPA students in Singapore, Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching, 2(1), June 2019, pp. 24-44.
- Assessment preferences and approaches to learning of MBA and MPA students: A comparative study
Conference Proceedings, 9th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Seville, Spain, 14-16 November 2016 - Is blended learning well blended? A comparative study of students' and educators' perspectives on introducing blended learning in MBA programme
Conference Proceedings, 9th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Seville, Spain, 14-16 November 2016 - Development of a generic evaluation plan for student evaluation of teaching effectiveness in a distance learning MBA programme Teaching & Learning Newsletter/Kaplan Higher Education, Vol. 10, March 2016
- Learning finance threshold concepts in the liminal space and evaluating their contribution to student learning: Jewels or Troublesome Knowledge?
Teaching and Learning Newsletter/Kaplan Higher Education, Vol. 9, December 2015 - An Evaluation of University Tutors’ Perception of the Use of GradeMark for Formative Assessment
Teaching & Learning Newsletter/Kaplan Higher Education, Vol. 7, March 2015 - ACCA Paper F3 (SGP) Revision Kit (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions)
Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore - ACCA Paper 1.1 (SGP) Revision Kit (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 editions)
Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- The European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) conference and Junior Researchers for EARLI (JURE) (August 2017)
Is blended learning well blended? A comparative study of students’ and educators’ perspectives on introducing blended learning in MBA programme (Poster presentation at EARLI)
Assessment Preferences and Approaches to Learning of MBA and MPA students: A Comparative Study (Oral presentation at JURE) - 9th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Seville, Spain (14-16 November 2016)
Is blended learning well blended? A comparative study of students’ and educators’ perspectives on introducing blended learning in MBA programme.
Assessment preferences and approaches to learning of MBA and MPA students: A comparative study - Teaching and Learning Conference, Blackboard, Sydney (28-31 August 2016)
An Evaluation of University Tutors' Perception of the Use of GradeMark for Formative Assessment - Teaching and Learning Conference, Blackboard, Adelaide (24-27 August 2015)
Is blended learning well blended? A comparative study of students’ and educators’ perspectives on introducing blended learning in MBA programme
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
- Spiceland, J. David, James F. Sepe, Mark W. Nelson, Pearl Tan, Bernardine Low, and Low Kin-Yew. 2013. Intermediate Accounting: IFRS Edition. Global Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Chapters reviewed: Chapter 5 Income Measurement and Profitability Analysis
Chapter 12 Investments
Chapter 15 Leases
EDITORIAL AND REVIEWER ACTIVITIES
- Editor – Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching
- Peer Reviewer – Cogent Education, Taylor & Francis Group
- Peer Reviewer – Higher Education Research (HER), The Science Publishing Gro
CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
- Facilitated a wide range of workshops on leadership development, accounting and finance.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- Best ACCA Past Rates Award (2005, 2008, 2011, 2013)
- Most ACCA Prize Winners Award (2005, 2006, 2007
MEMBERSHIPS
- Fellow CPA, CPA Australia
- Fellow CA, ISCA
- ASEAN CPA
- Fellow Academic, Association of International Accountant
- Fellow, Advance HE
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