Rachel Banfield, ACIPFAL Chair

Welcome to ACIPFAL

ACIPFAL (Association of CIPFA Lecturers) is an academic community originating in the late 1970s with a core membership of educational institutions delivering the CIPFA education and training programme. In recent years its remit has widened to include research and with this development membership has increased, with academics and other institutions joining the association.

ACIPFAL is currently a virtual organization with in excess of one hundred academics with expertise in public services, research and education. It has close links with leading institutes and practitioners throughout the UK, Eire and internationally.

ACIPFAL has retained its focus on finance and management within the public services and remains closely aligned with, but independent to, CIPFA.

ACIPFAL activities include the publication of The Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services, a refereed academic journal currently in its fourth volume and with a circulation of over 1,100 copies worldwide.

In addition to the Journal, ACIPFAL hosts a number of seminars throughout the year on research, education and related subjects. The pinnacle of the ACIPFAL annual calendar is a two-day conference held in the last week of June. The conference includes sections for:

• the presentation of academic papers and working papers;
• senior practitioners on current issues in their sectors;
• and educationalists and students on learning and teaching in finance and management.

In this way it combines professionals in practice, research and education, the overlap allowing synthesis of these three strands of expertise.

Rachel Banfield
Chair of ACIPFAL