Selected Comments from Past Students

ACC1701C:  Accounting for Decision Makers (Instructor)

1. Patient and kind. Can see that he really tries his best to teach and answer all our questions.

2. Professor Ofir Gefen teaches the class really well. He guides us how to go through the basic accounting with clear steps and interesting contents. Also. he shows us real life examples which make us connect the concept to the real world. Overall, I think he does a fantastic job and makes me want to learn more accounting in the future.

3. Inclusive, Engaging and provided insightful feedbacks to our work

4. The professor demonstrates strong clarity in communication, making complex concepts easier to understand. Their lectures are engaging, well–structured, and supported by relevant examples. They are approachable and responsive to student questions, creating a supportive learning environment. Additionally, the professor shows a genuine passion for teaching, which motivates students to stay curious and involved.

5. He is passionate and clear about what he is teaching. He is adaptable to questions and answers concisely and precisely

6. Light–hearted but serious teaching is very enjoyable! Creates a less stress environment to ask questions and learn!!! I super enjoy his lessons due to his humour too

7. He has passion to teach students and interact with students. He excels at making difficult and quantitative topics applicable to real world scenarios, reinforcing how what we learnt in class can be applied in the real world.

8. I went from, I find accounting difficult and boring to wow this is really fun to learn because of Prof Ofir Gefen

9. I would like to nominate the professor for a teaching award because of their exceptional commitment to student learning and academic excellence. Their ability to break down difficult material, provide timely and constructive feedback, and foster an inclusive classroom atmosphere has had a significant impact on my learning experience. The professor goes beyond delivering content—they inspire students to think critically and apply knowledge meaningfully.

10. i love his dad jokes, plus he is pretty good at teaching

FIN2704: Corporate Finance (Tutorial Instructor)

1. Caters his lesson contents based on feedback from students, encourages thinking and class participation. Keeps his lesson succinct and easy to digest

2. Teacher extremely passionate to help students

3. He is very patience and add element of fun into tutorial classes.

4. Encourages us to think outside of the equations and concepts we learn in classrooms and apply them on real world contexts

5. i like the summaries of each topic, and additional information and explanation during the tutorial sessions really helped

6. Very approachable and helpful.

7. I love the summary he gives at the start of each class, his slides are useful and i like that he encourages us to think simply. He also makes things easier for us and provide us with as many practice as possible.

8. he is detailed and teaches us how to answer questions well. he also makes an effort to get feedback from how to improve his teaching for our groups

9. He will often show us relevant past year question and highlight the key points of each topic and draw relevancy between the different topic, which helped to connect my learning.

10. he listens to his students and is a very caring teacher