Simon O'Leary

I am the Academic Lead and Course Director for the research-focused Academic Professional Apprenticeship (APA) and for Post Graduate Research (PGR) at CCCU.

I have extensive academic experience in leadership, research, and teaching, with long-term roles at Canterbury Christ Church University, University of Hertfordshire, Anglia Ruskin University, Regent’s University London, University of Kent, and Leeds Beckett University.

My leadership includes roles as Programme & Course Director, Subject Cluster Head, Chair of Programme Validations and HEA Fellowship Panels, Member of University Senate, External Examiner, and numerous other activities and projects.

I am a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, teaching, supervising and leading on Academic Professional Apprenticeships with staff, and in Post Graduate Research and Business & Management fields with students from Undergraduate to Masters and Doctorate/PhD levels.

I have over one hundred outputs across journals, books, news, and conferences. I founded a Research Centre, University Working Papers series, raised research funding, and have been appointed to multiple academic journal editorial roles. Two-thirds of my research output is in business and management fields and one-third on student experience issues in higher education, while some work complements both fields. The business and management issues are connected to enterprise, family business, luxury brands, brand advertising on social media, and global issues such as climate change and Brexit. My student experience research focuses on embedding employability into the curriculum, and the importance of business school research reputations.

Research Projects

“You gotta practise what you preach.” How non-English teachers conceptualise fundamental British values. Researcher(s): Ms Katerina Vackova. Supervisor(s): Dr Gemma Van Vuuren-Cassar, Professor Lynn Revell. [Postgraduate Research Project]
A Critical, Cultural History and Quasi-Ethnography of British Professional Wrestling. Researcher(s): Mr Dave Boyd. Supervisor(s): Professor Alan Meades, Professor Chris Pallant. [Postgraduate Research Project]
Advancing IoT Security and Privacy: Federated Learning Strategies for Smart Environments. [Postgraduate Research Project]
Arab solidarity in practice: Sense of belonging and integration of Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Tunisia.. Researcher(s): Miss Saliha Smaine. Supervisor(s): Dr Laura Cashman, Professor David Bates. [Postgraduate Research Project]
Articulating Clearer Fair and Equitable Treatment Clauses Within Tanzania’s International Investment Agreements: Correcting the disparity between Host State and International Investor Interests. Researcher(s): Mrs Joanitha Ntangeki. Supervisor(s): Dr Narissa Ramsundar, Professor Susan Millns. [Postgraduate Research Project]
Challenging Perceptions about Critical Thinking': researching the nature and development of criticality through the eyes of Algerian doctoral students in the UK. Researcher(s): Mrs Thiziri Zidouni. Supervisor(s): Dr Christopher Anderson, Professor Adrian Holliday. [Postgraduate Research Project]
Children’s experiences of foreign language learning in primary school.. Researcher(s): Mrs Victoria Schulze. Supervisor(s): Professor Adrian Holliday, Dr Ruth Rogers. [Postgraduate Research Project]
Christ, Creation, and the World of Science: Against Paradox. Researcher(s): Mr Finley Lawson. Supervisor(s): Dr Ralph Norman, Reverend Dr Jeremy Law. [Postgraduate Research Project]
Do not require it, but strongly suggest it - see notes in attachment. Researcher(s): Miss Susanna Mitchell. Supervisor(s): Dr Martin O'Neill, Professor Robin Bryant. [Postgraduate Research Project]
Doctoral research project. Researcher(s): Mr James Fuller. Supervisor(s): Dr Damian Coleman, Dr Jim Wiles. [Postgraduate Research Project]
Embedding employability: Regent’s University London. Researcher(s): Professor Simon O'Leary. [Project report]
Embedding employability: Regent’s University London. Researcher(s): Professor Simon O'Leary. [Project report]
Emotional Intelligence: Competencies That Contribute to the Professional Identity of Dance Educators. Researcher(s): Mrs Britta Wenn. Supervisor(s): Professor Angela Pickard, Professor Robert Rawson. [Postgraduate Research Project]
Imaging the Second Language Autonomous Learner: A Study of the Relationship Between ESOL Learners’ Autonomy and Identity Development in the UK. Researcher(s): Miss Courage Njeatih. Supervisor(s): Dr Kevin Balchin, Dr Christopher Anderson. [Postgraduate Research Project]
Keyboard instruments and their repertoire, 1560-1780. Researcher(s): Mr Francis Knights. Supervisor(s): Professor Robert Rawson, Professor Alastair Borthwick. [Postgraduate Research Project]
no. Researcher(s): Mrs Johanne-Bryce Hodgson. Supervisor(s): Dr Panos Ghikas, Professor Matt Wright, Professor Robert Rawson. [Postgraduate Research Project]
Placebo effects and cycling performance in virtual-reality and laboratory environments. Researcher(s): Mr Gui Garcia Matta. Supervisor(s): Dr Philip Hurst, Professor Andrew Edwards. [Postgraduate Research Project]
Saving Lives or Protecting Borders? An Analysis of EU Policies towards Irregular Migration in Libya and Niger from 2015 to 2020.. Researcher(s): Miss Kumba Krubally. Supervisor(s): Dr Laura Cashman, Professor Susan Millns. [Postgraduate Research Project]
The Mission of Mary Eliza Haweis (1848-1898). Researcher(s): Miss Laura Allen. Supervisor(s): Professor Carolyn Oulton, Dr Susan Civale. [Postgraduate Research Project]
The Question of Representation : Qualitative study of Algerian Teachers of English Perceptions of Cultural Depictions in Textbooks.. Researcher(s): Mrs Amel Keteb. Supervisor(s): Dr Christopher Anderson, Dr Christopher Anderson. [Postgraduate Research Project]
The Swedenborgian infant school pedagogy of Samuel Wilderspin, 1820 - 1825: an actor-network analysis.. Researcher(s): Mrs Sarah Odhner. Supervisor(s): Reverend Dr Jeremy Law, Professor Bob Bowie. [Postgraduate Research Project]
Understanding migrants’ reactions to hate crime in Greece. Researcher(s): Miss Violeta Kapageorgiadou. Supervisor(s): Professor Dominic Wood, Professor Susan Millns. [Postgraduate Research Project]
Voicing Teachers'Perceptions and Practices of ESP: A Case Study of Algerian Higher Education ESP Teachers.. Researcher(s): Ms Soumia Bouhafs. Supervisor(s): Dr Christopher Anderson, Professor Adrian Holliday. [Postgraduate Research Project]
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