Staff profile
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Job title: Senior Lecturer
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Dept: Business School
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Tel: 01227 782891
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Campus: Canterbury
Biography
Judith has a Diploma in Management Science, MSc Business Administration, Certificate in Education and is currently studying for a Doctorate in Education.
Judith's background is as a hands-on manager in the Hospitality Industry and whilst with the Hotel and Restaurant Trade Association, she worked with small businesses in the industry.
Her role in the Business School is now as Entrepreneurship subject leader, developing future teaching provision in this area and, increasingly across the University. Judith was awarded an NCGE Entrepreneurship Educator Fellow in June 08 and more widely is involved with the UK-China Enterprise Educators Network. She is also a regular visiting lecturer at ISCID, France.
Teaching and Academic Interests
Judith now lectures primarily in the area of Entrepreneurship, Enterprise and Innovation. However, she also has significant teaching experience in the area of HRM, leadership and management.
Judith's major research interests include the development of Entrepreneurship Education in the Higher Education Sector and the development and dissemination of best practice. Her current work in progress includes an evaluation of the student experience of entrepreneurship activity and programmes in HE and the impacts of Education policy on this provision in the next few years.
Subject Group
People and Management;
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Management Decision Making
Publications, Working Papers and Conference Papers
June 2008 'Entrepreneurship Education – Making it Happen' Co-organiser with the University of Brighton of a HEEG sponsored conference for Entrepreneurship Educators in the SEEDA region. Best Practice workshops.
May 2008 'Knowledge Transfer: A new direction or the repackaging of 'the university' for the 21st Century?' Paper presentation at WUN Hangzhou China Enterprise Conference
Consultancy Interests
Judith is involved in counselling small businesses