Ms Olivia Ramsbottom
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Job title: Lecturer in Business & Management - Tourism, Hospitality, Events and Spa
Email: o.ramsbottom@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01298 330361
Room: Northleigh 201
Experience in Industry
Manager for 15 years in various organisations, including ACCA, Medical Research Council, University of Derby.
Communication and management skills training for medical registrars, managers in a police force, supervisors and managers in a steel company, and small/owner-managed businesses in North Derbyshire.
Consultancy work at the Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Current Activities / Links with Industry
Ongoing communication and management skills training for managers in a steel company and small/owner-managed businesses in North Derbyshire.
Faculty: Buxton
School: School of Culture and Lifestyle
Subject Area: Business and Management
Lecturer on strand of Business and Management modules through degree programmes. Expert in services management, services marketing. Also Faculty Disability Coordinator.
Teaching responsibilities
Lecturer on strand of Business and Management modules through degree programmes. Expert in services management, services marketing.
Professional interests
An extremely strong trainer and consultant with clients in a steel company and small/owner-managed businesses in North Derbyshire. Past training and consultancy work includes work for Derbyshire Police Force, medical registrars and the Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Currently working on training, education and research, the latter including research into small/owner-managed business experiences of training and development.
Research interests
Currently working on research into small/owner-managed business experiences of training and development and ideas for a PhD around management skills training and education in the HE sector and the 'real world'.
Undergraduate qualifications
- BA (Hons) Politics & English, University of York
- Certificate in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector, University of Derby
Postgraduate qualifications
- MSc Management, Loughborough University
