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London Metropolitan University
- Principal Lecturer (Maître de Conférences)
2012 - maintenant
Focus: oversee and develop course portfolio, and ensure it is successful in student recruitment, induction, retention, progression and achievement.
Role principal:
Recruitment & Marketing coordinator for all undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Management/Strategy/Leadership division at London Metropolitan University Business School
Responsibilities include - amongst others:
- contribute to the development of a recruitment, marketing & promotional, and admissions strategy for the business school
- coordinate admissions events and manage relationships with customers and partners UK-based and overseas
- set and monitor recruitment targets
- train and support staff in recruitment activities
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London Metropolitan University
- Academic Leader Course Cluster Leader for Undergraduates in HRM, Management and Marketing; Course Le
2007 - 2012
Various aspects:
Teaching experience:
1999 to date, lecturing to students on courses in Business, Marketing, HRM, Management, and Economics offered at the Business School; specific areas of teaching include: International and European Business; International Business Environments; Introductory Management; Management and the Global Economy; organiser/group leader of week-long residential business trips to Continental Europe for Undergraduates in Business (2000, 2001, 2004-6), and for Postgraduates in Human Resource Management (2002, 2009 and 2011)
Managerial/administrative responsibilities:
Course Management (working with internal departments and external agencies); Managing staff and resources (staff development and appraisals, courses resourcing); Course development and marketing (working with Senior Management Team on devising and implementing strategies). Other responsibilities included:
• Panel member (and internal adviser) for the validation of the Business Management suite (May 2008); the Undergraduate Review of Course Cluster provision (July 2010); the validation of Undergraduate Courses in HRM, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Civil Aviation, Marketing (Nov. 2011); the validation of Undergraduate course provision in Computing and Computer Science, Faculty of Computing (Nov. 2011); the validation of Undergraduate course provision in Social Work and Social Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (Dec. 2011); the validation of Undergraduate course provision in Law, Faculty of Law, Governance and International Relations (Dec. 2011)
• Participation on interview panel (Sept. 2011) for the appointment of the new Business School Dean in 2012.
External activities:
October 2008: external adviser for the validation of ODUPLUS courses (Off-Campus Delivery of University Provision Led by University Staff) involving Hong-Kong Management Association and Huddersfield University Business School
Curriculum portfolio development:
2010-11: under Dean’s leadership, led the review of UG courses in Lon Metropolitan University Business School (LMBS) HRM, Management and Marketing cluster (23 courses, 11 course leaders, 780 students) to develop the new portfolio ready for 2012
2007-8: developed the BA International Business Management course and its top-up provision as part of a new suite of Business Management courses offered in LMBS
Management training:
Committed to continued personal professional development through CMI membership - CMI Certificate
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London Metropolitan University
- 2004-2007 Academic Leader for Undergraduate Operations (management post)
2004 - 2007
This post included a wide range of academic management and administrative responsibilities:
- Course leader of Joint Honours Business students (cross-campus) and Personal Academic Adviser (cross-campus) for 750 students
- Oversee and develop course portfolio, and ensure it is successful in student recruitment, induction, retention, progression and achievement
- Member of Undergraduate (UG) Courses Group, UG Quality/Review, Chair for UG Course Cluster Committee for HRM, Management and Marketing, UG Subject Standards and Awards Boards (deputy chair), plus various groups working on student support and guidance; represented UG/PG Cluster Leaders at Faculty Senior Management Team meetings
- 2005-6: participated in the development of a network of Anglophone countries including partners from USA, Australia, UK, Ireland, Germany for the delivery of mobility of researchers, teachers and students
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London Metropolitan University
- Senior lecturer
1999 - 2004
Mon experience inclut:
Teaching experience (depuis 1999):
1999 to date, lecturing to students on courses in Business, Marketing, HRM, Management, and Economics offered at the Business School; specific areas of teaching include: International and European Business; International Business Environments; Introductory Management; Management and the Global Economy; organiser/group leader of week-long residential business trips to Continental Europe for Undergraduates in Business (2000, 2001, 2004-6), and for Postgraduates in Human Resource Management (2002, 2009 and 2011)
Administrative and managerial responsibilities:
1999-2004, Course Leader for BA European Business Studies – included a sandwich year of study and internship abroad. Coordinating student mobility, staff mobility and course development
External activities/professional practice:
Since 2004 helped coordination of Summer School programme for US Business graduates
Since 1999 reviewer for texts on European/international business
Scholarly activities and research interests:
Environmental conservation issues, economic development, economics of integration, Europe, ethics, geopolitics, geostrategy; course design and course development, web-based teaching and learning
Curriculum development:
1999-2003: developed new exchange programmes for student and staff mobility with European partner universities, including the provision of new bespoke Business Management modules
Personal Staff Development:
Qualified and certified first aider
Actively promoting technology-enhanced learning on courses and in academic support to students
Mentoring and training academic staff on all matters of academic advice
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London Guildhall University
- Course Organiser, ERASMUS Coordinator
1991 - 1999
Mon experience inclut:
Teaching experience:
1991-1999, Lecturer at Faculty of Human Sciences, London Guildhall University (LGU) – pedagogic aspects included classroom teaching, tutorial and seminar work, extensive fieldwork (organiser of residential week-long trips to Continental Europe and UK between 1991-1998)
Administrative and managerial responsibilities:
1991-1999, Course Organiser for BA/BSc Geography with Licence de Géographie - partnership with Université de Caen (1992), and Université Lumière Lyon II (1996). Cooperation took place in three areas which I coordinated: student mobility, staff mobility, joint course development.
From 1995-6, Coordinator of Study (parallel responsibility) - to provide academic counselling on all regulatory matters, personal support and programme planning advice to students so they would benefit from the flexibility of the Credit Accumulation System and achieve appropriate awards
Consultancy/professional practice:
Since 1992, participated in university’s staff mobility programme (including teaching and course development with various European partner universities)
Développement de Curriculum:
1995-7: developed an exchange link with Université Lumière Lyon II leading to student mobility, teaching staff exchange and field course development
1991-2: development of dual degree programme in Geography (BA/BSc with Licence de Géographie) between London Guildhall University and Université de Caen
