Accounting bodies and relevant stakeholders have questioned the suitability of traditional educational approaches; concluding that communication, group working and problem-solving skills appear to be at least as important as 'technical' knowledge for their professional future. In the Spanish...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify, prioritise, and contrast the needs in terms of the development of vocational skills in final year undergraduate accounting students from two distinct countries. The study aims to survey and analyse the views of Malaysian and UK students....