I am The Director of Graduate Studies within Queen's Management School.

I teach various entrepreneurship modules across and beyond the school.

MGT3031 Business Start-Up - final year undergraduate module where students utilise lean methodology and business model canvas to idenitfy and develop an innovative idea into a viable business model. Students also start, manage and grow a virtual business using The SimVenture Classic computer simulation.

MBA7173 Making Decisions: Entrepreneurship - MBA module that develops students ability to idenitfy innovative opportunities, research a market, develop a viable business model and design a strategy to launch, manage and grow a business. Students also take part in a Design Sprint Challenge, where they work in groups to address a live business challenge utilising design thinking tools.

SCM8096 Research Translation: from Concepts to Commerciialisation - as part of MSc Cancer Medicine course, this modules enables students to idenitfy how to commercialise medical cancer-related innovations and devlop a viable business model to take them to market. 

I have previously taught modules on Leading for Change and Managerial Behaviour.

I am interested in researching approaches to entrepreneurship education, the effectiveness of start-up simulations as a learning tool and the use of the EntreComp Framework to design entrepreneurship curriculum and assess the development of entrepreneurial competencies in students.

I am also interested in how student teams can be managed effectively to provide a positive experiecnce for students and the lecturer and the role of technology in encouraging and monitoring collaboration.