I cannot answer question 1-3 as I am not from accounting background. For question 4, you can look up for SLAB/SLAI scholarship. I think it will be easier for you to get it since you are already lecturer from public uni.

Hi guys,

I plan to furher my phd in accounting at UK in September 2020. I know it is too early but I want to make myself fully prepared before i start my phd. Here is the details of my plan:

Current position: Lecturer&Consultant in Public University
Age:28
Field: Accounting&Finance(specialist in Management Accounting)
Phd interest area: Management Accounting, Financial Engineering, Islamic Accounting, Auditing, Policy related with Accounting

Why 2020; I plan to complete ACCA on June 2020(exam) and to take CGMA next year(under CIMA)+I have on going research and I want to prepare a solid proposal before I fly to further my PHD.

Need helps on:
1. Any recommendation for topic related to my interest.
2. Any potential supervisor that you guys can share?
3. List of potential universities to pursue my study
4. Any potential/related scholarship that I can apply for?

Im still single(need to know how much allowance for cost of living) and my preferred uni that I’ve list down;
1. LSE
2. London School of Economics and Political Science
3. Manchester Uni
4. Durham Uni
5. Oxford Saaid Business School
6. Lancaster Uni
7. Uni of Kent

My Master CGPA is 3.88/4.00 and soon to expired IELTS score of 8.5.

Help from u guys are much appreciated and thanks in advance for your kind assistance😘

City University in London is very good for financial studies, especially as they are very closely linked to the City of London.  Try and have a look there. 

Not sure if the Chevening Scholarship stretches to a Phd but have a look at that if you are aiming for the UK.  You can also look at the Fullbright scholarship if you would like to try for the Ivy League universities or its ilk in the USA.

Wah, thanks..will look into this one too😘i heard chevening and fullbright competition is intense..but will try my luck😂

Wah, thanks..will look into this one too😘i heard chevening and fullbright competition is intense..but will try my luck😂

I thought lecturers in a public university can be fully sponsored to do their PhD overseas?

Just use your poll result as thesis - copy & paste since you have less than a grain of salt as brain to decide on your own

I just want to get outsider opinion la..of course i have some preparation already😒Perhaps other people can give their perspective and shares their experience..
Maybe u never heard about cost benefit evaluation analysis🙄
Need to do SWOT to before deciding, so extra opinion is welcome, meanwhile u are not💁🏻‍♀️

1. LSE
2. London School of Economics and Political Science
3. Manchester Uni
4. Durham Uni
5. Oxford Saaid Business School
6. Lancaster Uni
7. Uni of Kent

LSE is in fact london school of economics.

I would say strike off Kent and Durham.

City University is not that great, Cass Business School is great (it's technically under City but there's a difference).  For instance, acturial, a&f is under cass, economics is under city.

Why is Warwick, Imperial, UCL and Cambridge missing from the list?

If you gonna spent that much money on a PhD, it better be from a top uni.

Some universities allow you to look for supervisor from other top uni (I can't remember which one from the top of my head).
*i think it's UCL LSE and Imperial for certain subjects

Hi, thanks for your suggestion. Will look into some suggested uni such as warwick and imperial. Im not sure about cambridge in term of finance and acc subject and my list is based on the subject ranking that I read online😅I will do some research on suggested uni.thank you very much😘
Will corrected my uni list as well especially for 1&2😂

You could get an idea of what university to aim for by looking at khazanah's sponsor list of university.

Also, look for rank journals (eg Journal of Accounting Research, Financial Economics, Finance, Quantitative Finance etc) and see which uni has the most research output. You'll get an idea of how good the supervisor from your list of uni is as these are top journals (not sure bout the accounting one as I myself is a finance student (not phd tho :<).

Best of luck