Personal profile
Academic Biography
Up to speed and down to earth teaching at Teesside University since 1994.
I currently teach the following modules:
- Current Issues in Business Ethics and CSR (final year undergraduate)
- Human Resource Planning (postgraduate module on MA HRM)
- Re-imagining Sustainable Management in Global Markets
Each year I supervise 20 or so dissertation students - over the last 30 years I have supervised around 550-600 or so dissertations.
Teaching Awards
- 2009: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Roll of Honour (Tees Valley Branch), the citation read “For his professional and innovative contribution to high quality teaching in Human Resources”.
- 2005: University of Teesside Rewarding Excellence Award. I received one of only 25 awards made across the University.
Work History
Since 1994: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Teesside Business School, University of Teesside.
Between 1990-1993, I was a Personnel and Training Officer at Lucas Diesel Systems, Gillingham, Kent.
Prior to going to University as an undergraduate in 1986, I spent 3 years as a clerical officer in the Civil Service in Central London.
Qualifications
Chartered MCIPD. (No: 00390564). Full corporate chartered member. (I have been a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development for 30 years having joined the old Institute of Personnel Management (IPM) at the age of 19 / 20 when I was a part-time evening student on the IPM stage 1 at the College for Distributive Trades in London).
- 1995 P.G.C.E (Teesside University 1995)
- 1994 MSc Media & Communications, London School of Economics (fully funded by ESRC)
- 1990 MSc (Econ) Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, London School of Economics (professional stream) (fully funded by ESRC)
- 1989 BA (Hons) Industrial Relations & Politics (First Class and Social Science Prize), University of Kent at Canterbury
- 1986 Institute of Personnel and Management Stage 1 (evening student) (College for the Distributive Trades)
Education/Academic qualification
PGCE , Teesside University
1 Sept 1994 → 1 Jun 1995
Award Date: 1 Jun 1995
Master, MSc Media and Communications , The London School of Economics and Political Science
1 Sept 1993 → 1 Aug 1994
Award Date: 1 Jun 1994
Master, MSc Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, The London School of Economics and Political Science
1 Sept 1989 → 1 Aug 1990
Award Date: 1 Aug 1990
Bachelor, Industrial Relations and Politics (First Class), University of Kent
1 Sept 1986 → 1 Jun 1989
Award Date: 1 Jun 1989
Institute of Personnel Management (Stage 1) , College for the Distributive Trades
1 Sept 1985 → 1 Jun 1986
Award Date: 1 Jun 1986