Ms Usha Mistry

I joined LSBU in January 2020 as a Senior Lecturer in Accounting. Currently, I am a link manager for leading accountancy bodies, ACCA, AIA, CIMA, CIPFA and ICAEW. I am a Fellow of the ACCA and a Senior HEA Fellow with over 25 years of teaching experience in the higher education sector.
I have presented papers at many conferences, including the British Accounting and Finance Association, AdvanceHE, and international conferences.
I have in the past held many roles in the HE sector, including course leader, Head of Programme development and Head of the School of Accounting and Finance.

I volunteer for the Royal National Institute for the Blind, campaigning for inclusivity.
Recent Publications
U. Mistry, R. Megally, R. Aly (2024) Students’ preferences for teaching and exam delivery modes, Accounting Education, DOI:10.1080/09639284.2024.2341242.
U. Mistry (2022) Business games help students build employment skills, Journal of Accountancy.
U. Mistry (2021) Enhancing students’ employability skills awareness through the accounting professional body on an undergraduate accounting degree, Accounting Education, DOI:10.1080/09639284.2021.1950016.
U. Mistry (2021) Accountancy is open to everyone, ACCA Accountants and Business, Available at: https://abmagazine.accaglobal.com/global/articles/2021/jun/interviews/accountancy-is-open-to-everyone.html.
Recent Conferences
Mistry, U. (May 2024) “Flipped classrooms using pre-recorded lectures and their impact on exam performance in accounting education”, Chartered Association of Business School: Learning, Teaching and Student Experience,, Birmingham, 14-15 May.
Mistry, U. (July 2023) Students' perception of future learning in Accounting education. Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference 2023. Keele University 04 - 06 July.
Mistry, U. (July 2022) “Enhancing students' employability skills using business games and authentic assessments” Advance Teaching and Learning Conference, online, 5-7 July.
Mistry, U. (May 2022) Enhancing awareness of accounting students' employability skills through Business Games: an empirical study. Paper submitted to the British Accounting and Finance Association Conference, Accounting Education Special Interest Group, 8-20 May.
Mistry, U. (January 2022) “Embedding awareness of employability skills in the accounting degree through CIMA Business Game - an empirical study” presented at the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Research Webinar, 26 January.
Also mentored two LSBU students: Shruthi Ari and Andrew Kintu BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance year 3 and year 1 respectively to presented see CIMA below link for details: https://www.cimaglobal.com/Teaching/university-partnership/CIMA-Business-games/
Mistry, U. (January 2022) “Inclusive Learning through community – Four Drivers of employability” presented at the London South Bank University Learning and Education Conference, online, 18-20 January.
Mistry, U. (January 2022) “Importance of social networking for tomorrow’s accountants” presented at the London South Bank University Learning and Education Conference, online, 18-20 January.
Mistry, U. (February 2022) ‘Now you see it! Now you don’t! Sight Loss does not mean job loss’ presented at London South Bank University Dignity at Work Champion, 2nd February.
U. Mistry (2021) Curriculum Design from stakeholders’ perspective, presented at the British Accounting and Finance Association Conference, Accounting Education Special Interest Group, online, 18-19 May.
Media outputs
RNIB radio on Inclusivity
MyLondon News 2021) “Silent e-scooters”.
ACCA Accountants and Business (2021) “Accountancy is open to everyone”
BBC London News (2021) “Social distancing and Visually impaired”

ACCA Link Manager
CIMA Link Manager
ICAEW Link Manager
CIPFA Link Manager
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Dignity at Work Champion
AIA Link Manager

Financial and Management Accounting