BU hosts this event delivered by guest speaker and visiting professor, Sir John Bourn and the Business School's Professor Stella Fearnley.

This event has now concluded.

When and where

Date:  Monday 22 March 2010
Time: 5.00pm welcome followed by discussion commencing at 5.30pm
Venue: Bournemouth University
           Executive Business Centre
           89 Holdenhurst Road
           Bournemouth
           Dorset
           BH8 8EB
Cost: This event is free.  An informal, light buffet will be provided after the discussion.
Parking: Free parking is available from 5.00pm. Please use our Executive Business Centre and Studland House Car Parks. See Transport and Maps and a map of our Lansdowne Campus (PDF - 876kb) for further information.

Overview

Sir John Bourn and Professor Stella Fearnley will discuss different ways of budgeting and the unintended consequences of different approaches to budget cuts.

This event is suitable for those involved with the preparation or application of budgets in the public sector.

Speakers

Sir John Bourn is a visiting professor at Bournemouth University and also at the London School of Economics. Until 2008 he was Comptroller and Auditor General for UK, and Auditor General for Wales.  Sir John was also Chair of the Financial Reporting Council's Professional Oversight Board.

Stella Fearnley is Professor in Accounting at BU and a chartered accountant with an international profile in research and in contribution to public policy.   She was awarded the 2007 Deloitte/American Accounting Association Wildman medal for her outstanding contribution to research.

How to book

Places for this event are limited and are allocated on a come first, come served basis.  To secure your place, please contact Lorraine Dugmore on 01202 968736 or email BSevents@bournemouth.ac.uk quoting 'Bourn'.