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To apply for a research degree, please make sure you fulfill the entry requirements and then complete the online research degree application form and upload your supporting documents.
You should have a good honours degree (2:1 or above) or masters degree or equivalent in the relevant subject area.
International applicants should be aware of our research degree English language requirements

Dr Abdel-Kader is Chair of Management Accounting at the University of Bedfordshire. Before joining Bedfordshire, he worked at universities of Brunel, Essex and Exeter. He is a member of the American, European and British Accounting Associations. He is the representative of the information systems section of the American Accounting Association in Europe. Magdy is also a Visiting Fellow at Brunel University.
Professor
Abdel-Kader received his PhD from the University of the West of England, Bristol in 1997. His
publications have appeared in journals such as Management Accounting Research,
British Accounting Review, Advances in Management Accounting, Financial
Management, European Accounting Review, and Accounting Education.
Magdy is the principal author of a book on investment decision-making in advanced manufacturing technology and a book on new product development teams and co-author of books on enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation and management accounting change, non-financial performance measurement, and behavioural aspects of auditors’ evidence evaluation. Professor Abdel-Kader is the Editor-in-Chief of the World Journal of Financial Management
Magdy teaches Research Methods and Management Accounting at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is actively involved in supervision of PhD students, and is currently supervising doctoral candidates within the areas of management accounting; performance measurement and management; risk management; capital investment decisions; corporate governance; and sustainability.