Dr Albana Rasha, Senior Lecturer

Dr Albana Rasha

Senior Lecturer

Albana currently works as a senior lecturer in accounting and finance at Leeds Beckett University.  After years of working in Accounting and Finance management roles in industry, she always felt the most satisfying part of her job was helping others to develop their careers and so entered the world of teaching, academia, consultancy and research to further this ambition. 

Albana is a member of The Centre for Governance, Leadership and Global Responsibility where her research interests include Governance, Sustainability, Integrated Thinking and Reporting. She is secretary of an Integrated Reporting Group at Leeds Beckett University made up of practitioners and academics, who meet quarterly to promote and develop Integrated Thinking and Reporting. 

She helped organisations develop their Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Integrated Reporting and Sustainability leadership potential through action learning and bespoke leadership workshops. She supervises research projects where practitioners are making a real difference in their organisation. Currently she is focusing on governance, integrated thinking, integrated reporting and sustainability, feeling that if integrated thinking that leads to shared value are truly valued and properly aligned to organisational goals, then organisations can thrive.

She is currently co-investigator and researcher on two funded research projects. The first project involves creating innovative solutions for sustainability in higher education and the second project aims to provide practical tools for implementing Integrated Thinking and Reporting in SMEs.

Current Teaching

Albana has taught a number of courses and modules including Accounting and Finance for Management UK and Franchises, IT for Accountants, Corporate Finance and Law, Managing Resources for Public Relations and Marketing, Introduction to Financial accounting, Management accounting.

Currently she is teaching:

  • Managing Financial Resources
  • Accounting and Finance for Managers
  • Financial Management
  • Skills for Accountants
  • Business Finance
  • Accounting and Finance for Human Resource Management
  • Governance and Sustainability
  • Dissertation Research Undergraduate, Postgraduate and PhD Research

Current roles:

  • Academic adviser
  • Participated and contributed in preparing the material for the MSc Accounting and Finance revalidation
  • Opening days and other contribution to the Accounting and Finance subject group and Leeds Business School
  • Research ethics co-ordinator Leeds Business School Research Ethics Review Group LRECs

Research Interests

Albana is doing research in practice, policy and academia.

Working as a co-investigator and researcher  on Erasmus Project ISSUE, Integrated Reporting in Higher Education. Innovative Solutions for Sustainability in Education (ISSUE) aims to encourage and support change based on the UN principles and goals of sustainable development. The project seeks to embed sustainability through the exchange of knowledge, stakeholder engagement, collaboration and innovation. It plans to support the development of governance, faculty, staff and students in Higher Education and to promote greater understanding of sustainability and the capacity to act and promote sustainable practices.

Working as a co-investigator and researcher on Erasmus Project – Integrated Reporting for SME’s. Integrated Reporting for SMEs Transparency (INTEREST) project aim to elaborate on possible incentives to encourage SMEs to adopt IR. Meeting the information needs of investors, finance providers and other stakeholders. Include better decision making, enhanced reputation and trustworthiness, and a focus on the longer-term sustainability of SMEs. The practice of Integrated Reporting can help improve the economic, social and environmental performance of an SME.
Integrated Reporting Committee Leeds Beckett University member and secretary to promote the ethos of Integrated Reporting and Governance among our academic community. Develop integrated thinking among our practitioners through the teaching and research of Governance and Integrated Reporting. Promote Governance and Integrated Reporting in our society through breaking research.  

Consultancy for CGIA and CSR Network member companies

  • Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Integrated Reporting
  • Integrated Audit
  • Sustainability.
Dr Albana Rasha, Senior Lecturer

Ask Me About

  1. Corporate Social Responsibility
  2. Finance
  3. Governance
  4. Sustainability