Simon O’Leary

ORCID: 0000-0003-4800-5874
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Research Areas
  • Higher Education and Employability
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Bryophyte Studies and Records
  • Higher Education Learning Practices
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
  • Higher Education Practises and Engagement
  • Family Business Performance and Succession
  • Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
  • Management and Marketing Education
  • Economic Growth and Development
  • Evaluation of Teaching Practices
  • Educational Innovations and Challenges
  • Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
  • Consumer Perception and Purchasing Behavior
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Engineering Education and Curriculum Development
  • Human Resource and Talent Management
  • Higher Education Governance and Development
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Labor Market and Education
  • Spam and Phishing Detection

HR Wallingford
2018-2025

Canterbury Christ Church University
2022-2023

Regent's University London
2012-2020

Enhancing graduate employability is a priority for many stakeholders in higher education and this research explores graduates' experiences of, attitudes towards, the inclusion of employability-related support undergraduate degree programmes. A literature review supplemented by primary on targeted sample 104 graduates from humanities, sciences, engineering social who span several generations have over 2250 years employment experience. The findings are triangulated to workshop with 23 careers...

10.1080/13639080.2015.1122181 article EN Journal of Education and Work 2016-01-05

1. Aneura maxima (Schiffn.) Steph.Contributors. G. Gospodinov and R. NatchevaBulgaria. Sofia Province, Ihtiman Sredna Gora Mts, NW of Gabra village, near Chukurovo coal mine, 23.603208°E, 42.548586...

10.1080/03736687.2021.1878804 article EN Journal of Bryology 2021-01-02

This paper explores the impact effective entrepreneurship teaching has on employability of scientists and engineers. Business teaching, guest speakers work placements are part many science engineering degrees this research indicates that related issues also being addressed in a variety ways having positive student employability. It benefits several other stakeholders, including higher education institution, potential employers government. study aims to provide guidance improve for engineers...

10.5367/ihe.2012.0128 article EN Industry and Higher Education 2012-12-01

Following identifications of gendered inconsistencies in higher education delivery [Ain, C., F. Sabir, and J. Willison. 2018. "Research Skills That men Women Developed at University Then Used Workplaces." Studies Higher Education, Published online. doi:10.1080/03075079.2018.1496412], this work exposes unseen gender-related issues the graduate population. With graduates prevalent as managers, developing management attributes employability is emphasised across education. Meanwhile, notable...

10.1080/03075079.2019.1640669 article EN Studies in Higher Education 2019-07-21

Well-managed collaborations with employers, in the form of consultancy projects, appear to have a positive influence on employability social-science graduates, based students from business and management faculty. Employer higher education come many forms including guest speakers, work placements projects various types are already part degree programmes. This article concentrates use as means enhancing they graduate, indications that such can impact by capability character which then...

10.11120/elss.2013.05010037 article EN Enhancing Learning in the Social Sciences 2013-04-01

1. Anthoceros hispidus Steph.Contributors. G. F. Penaloza-Bojaca and S. A. Maciel-SilvaBrazil. (1) Truticultura Pousada e Restaurante Lago Azul, Goncalves, Minas Gerais, 22°42′34.2″S, 45°56′39.8″W,...

10.1080/03736687.2021.1942590 article EN Journal of Bryology 2021-04-03

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to add the existing wealth knowledge on benefits and challenges social entrepreneurship in Egypt, a challenging emerging economy. Design/methodology/approach research combines secondary primary with latter including interviews across public, private sectors, together surveys gather Egyptian international perspectives. Findings study addresses several political, cultural economic themes that significantly influence emergence growth organisations Egypt....

10.1108/jiabr-02-2017-0023 article EN Journal of Islamic accounting and business research 2020-01-02

This paper reports on an assessment of how enterprise initiatives develop graduate employability attributes, exploring the use client consultancy projects as a platform for such provision in higher education. The study was based reviews recent literature and appraisal institutional initiative using live alternative to more traditional final dissertation. Enterprise exist many forms semester postgraduate students this research are shown enhance their understanding needs, individual confidence...

10.5367/ihe.2015.0280 article EN Industry and Higher Education 2015-12-01

Initiatives to tackle the climate emergency have tended focus on large-scale actions that governments and investors (societal macro-levels) can take smaller-scale individual habits, with limited attention given groups form society between those ends of spectrum micro/meso-levels). This research aims traverse gap by studying three societal micro/meso-level groups; from private, public voluntary sectors, as represented business, community campaign groups. Existing literature are used identify...

10.1016/j.ijme.2023.100831 article EN cc-by The International Journal of Management Education 2023-06-17

Click to increase image sizeClick decrease size AcknowledgementsL. T. Ellis acknowledges the support of The Natural History Museum, London (BM). Kiebacher thanks J. Guerra for confirmation determination Tortula acaulon var. papillosa and retortifolia. research Denise Alvarez, Pablo G. Aceñolaza Guillermo M. Suárez was sponsored by Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), PIUNT G631 PUE-CONICET 56 from Argentina. study Yu.S. Mamontov supported Russian Ministry...

10.1080/03736687.2023.2276605 article EN Journal of Bryology 2023-07-03

This paper investigates the influence of entrepreneurship online teaching in science and technology degree courses developing economies impact this on students’ attitudes towards starting a small business enterprise (SBE). An organised examination literature related to is discussed illustrated provide an archive past research points explore develop clear understanding about students (Egypt). Based review, study validates conceptual model utilising positivist philosophy with quantitative...

10.4018/ijom.2012010103 article EN International Journal of Online Marketing 2012-01-01

Economic governance across Central and Eastern Europe, in the light of transitions to market economies deepening European Union regulation, is a complex issue multiple variables, including economic reforms, currencies, fiscal discipline investments.Within that complexity also lie perceived capabilities upcoming generations students graduating from universities region, or elsewhere return starting their working careers.The aim this study focus on university graduates, address aspects...

10.14254/2071-789x.2015/8-2/11 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Economics & Sociology 2015-09-20

Purpose This research aims to assess how marketing-related projects with small- and medium-size enterprises act as a form of experiential learning help develop entrepreneurial employability attributes for students in higher education (HE). Design/methodology/approach The is based on published material an evaluation, within HE, consultancy final assessment option alongside the well-established dissertation. Findings External initiatives that embrace have helped better appreciation client...

10.1108/jrme-07-2016-0024 article EN Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship 2017-06-30

This research explores the opportunities and challenges for incorporating employability-related support into STEM (Sciences; Technology; Engineering; Mathematics) degree programmes, based in part on recent (O’Leary, 2016a) outlining that significant variations exist across disciplines. These issues were highlighted at a conference pedagogy 2016b) this paper them more depth. While O’Leary (2016a) finds Engineering Sciences are performing relatively well employability-support matters,...

10.29311/ndtps.v0i11.567 article EN New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences 2016-11-01

Abstract This research applies the Design Thinking approach to explore online perceptions of luxury and place experienced by potential purchasers other interested parties. A netnographic study, encompassing observations interviews, was conducted using a product purity framework developed from analysis over 3000 online-posted commentaries. The findings indicate that users perceive origin in three principal ways. First, uncertainty can breed scepticism purity. Second, some expand their...

10.1386/dbs.4.2.189_1 article EN Journal of Design Business & Society 2018-10-01

An Organic Model for depicting the transitional nature of family businesses is proposed to reflect dynamics involved when both business and issues are intermingled. Along with those other researchers, model founded on appreciations relative priority that given achievement goals, but extended allow businesses. The depicts a quadrant types (Personal, Livelihoods, Bank Heritage) overlap form transition zones between four principal states being. A could be located in any quadrants can also,...

10.1362/146934716x14636478977755 article EN The Marketing Review 2016-11-21
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