Dr Alun Epps (SHFEA)

Experience

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  Salford City College Group

  Sept 1992 - Jun 1993

  Adjunct Business Faculty

  Teaching business subjects.

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  Fareham College

  Nov 1992 - Feb 1993

  Lecturer

  Teaching a full range of business subjects at level 2 and 3.

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  City of Portsmouth College

  Sept 1993 - Sept 1999

  Quality Manager, and Business Faculty

  Promoted to cross-college management position for performance review due to unique skill-set. Business excellence, IIP, ISO, FEFC.

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  University of Dubai

  Sept 1999 - Jan 2006

  Director of CIM and ILM Programmes

  Ran Chartered Institute of Marketing provision.Led Institute of Leadership and Management offer.Acting head of school/acting head of marketing.Founder member of the (AACSB) accreditation team.

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  University of Wollongong in Dubai

  Feb 2006 - Jan 2009

  Assistant Professor of Marketing

  Appointed as a member of the education committee.Academic representative, salary review working party.Founder member of the Emiratisation committee.Chair of the university learning resources committee.

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  Middlesex University Dubai

  Feb 2009 - Aug 2020

  MBA Director and Associate Professor of Marketing Management

  Dubai Principal of a British MBA of choice.Prime mover, 250+ weekly research seminars.Chair, campus research committee.Organiser of 13 international field studies (Paris, Milan and Shanghai) and 100+ MBA/PG CPD events.Industry engagement; Rolls Royce, Harley Davidson, RSA, Zomato, AXA, Atlantis the Palm Resort, Procter & Gamble, Big Bus, Reckitt Benckiser, Swarovski, LVMH, Etuix, Sobha Realty.

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  Alasala | الأصالة

  Sept 2020 - Jan 2021

  Associate Dean, College of Business

  Pivotal role in the leadership team, responsible for academic affairs, College of Business.Advisor on institutional communications.Developing and delivering business curricula.Founder, AACSB accreditation task force.Leading modules in HRM and Business Communications.

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  University of Birmingham Dubai

  Feb 2021 - Sept 2022

  Programme Director

  Director, MSc International Business.Associate Professor of Marketing Management Mentoring PG and UG business students.Leading a team of 20 dissertation supervisors, both in Birmingham and Dubai.Conducting practice-focused research.Industry outreach champion for business.Academic lead, exceptional requests to study on-line during Covid-19 panel.

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  Ministry of Education – UAE

  Jan 2022 - Mar 2024

  External Consultant, Business Studies Committee

  Working with the TLS National Tests Specialist, National & International Assessment. Part of a team of experts who devise competency and knowledge assessments for in-service teachers in UAE schools.

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  University of Portsmouth

  Oct 2022 - Apr 2024

  Post-Graduate Dissertation Supervisor

  Director of Studies for a large expanding group of exclusively international post-graduate students for their triple-weighted dissertation module as part of the prestigious Business Communication for International Leadership MA programme.

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  University of Southampton

  Apr 2024 - now

  Associate Faculty

  As part of the Department of Digital and Data Driven Marketing in Southampton Business School, dissertation supervisor to a group of predominantly international masters students.