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Employability skills development for undergraduate accounting students using a business simulation game : a case study of the use of accounting bissim Matt Davies (11703380) Darren Sparkes (25064803) Migrated from ePrints This paper provides a case study of the use of the Accounting Bissim business simulation game to develop accounting undergraduate students’ employability skills at two UK universities: Aston University and De Montfort University. The authors, who co-developed the Accounting Bissim simulation in 2015, explain how their use of the simulation supports the development of the 11 key skills sought by modern employers (CMI, 2021) within both a second-year course at Aston University, in which employability skills development is the primary focus, and a final year course at De Montfort University, in which employability skills development is a secondary objective. The paper also includes some preliminary evidence of student perceptions of the impact of the simulation on their skills development. The paper responds to a gap in the literature as there is very limited evidence of the use of business simulation games for employability skills development in accounting programs. 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z Text Conference contribution 10.82444/warw.34047192 https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Employability_skills_development_for_undergraduate_accounting_students_using_a_business_simulation_game_a_case_study_of_the_use_of_accounting_bissim/34047192 CC BY 4.0