Description
The “Enhancing your application for the BAM Education Practice Award 2023” webinar will help prospective applicants to prepare for this year’s award. The presenters will be winners of past awards for both experienced and early careers categories. The webinar will be held between 16:00 and 17:00 BST, on Monday 17th May 2023. There will be a Q&A session with the presenters.
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Provider Information
BAM Management, Knowledge and Education Sub-Committee
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Who Should Attend?
The event speaks to both experienced and early-career BAM Members, sections A1, A2, B1, B2, D1, D2, E1, E2, as detailed in the BAM Framework
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Benefits of attending
- Insight to enhance potential application for the BAM Education Award
- Be able to clarify questions about the award
- Learn from past winners
- Gain ideas in terms of types of themes submitted for past awards
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Speakers
Dr Eleni Meletiadou, London Metropolitan University
Dr Mike Kennard, University of Manchester
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Chairs
Dr Neil Pyper
Neil Pyper joined Birmingham Business School in January 2025 as Associate Professor in Strategy and International Business. Previously, he was Head of Education and Student Experience in the Faculty of Business and Law at Birkbeck, University of London. Before joining Birkbeck in 2020, he was an associate professor at Coventry University. Prior to embarking on an academic career in 2012, he spent eleven years as a political risk consultant, specialising in Latin America.
Neil is a specialist in strategic foresight, and has published on scenario analysis. He is co-author of a textbook called Technology Strategy, which was published by Red Globe Press in 2019. He is also a specialist in the political economy of Latin America. and co-edited the book Corporate Governing in Latin America: The Importance of Scandals to Institute Change, which was published by Palgrave in 2023. He is currently working on a textbook on decision making.
Neil leads an MBA module on international business at Birmingham Business School and teaches on several modules on the MSc International Business. He has experience of teaching a range of international business modules at multiple institutions. He also has significant experience of teaching decision making, strategy and strategic leadership at all levels.
Dr Lesley-Ann Gunton
Lesley-Ann Gunton was a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and programme leader for the suite of MBA programmes at the University of Sunderland. Lesley-Ann joined academia in 2014 following a career as a HR practitioner in the UK Civil Service and has not looked back, revelling in the challenges, and rewards, involved in teaching in higher education. She has designed and delivered HRM modules to a diverse range of students, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, with a focus on sharing her passion for all things HR related.
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Contact
Please contact the BAM Office at [email protected] with any queries.
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Event Fee
This is a free event and for BAM Members only
If you are booking multiple paid events as a Non-Member, it may be cheaper for you to purchase a BAM Membership as nearly all BAM Events are free or at a discounted rate for Members.
For more information, please visit BAM Membership
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