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Managing and developing people in small service sector enterprises. 

Professional service firms.

Tourism and hospitality industry.

Authentic assessment in business and management education.

Member of the HEA (UK)

Ciara Nolan is a lecturer in the School of Management, People and Organisations within the Faculty of Business, Technological University Dublin City Campus. She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK). Ciara has previously worked as a Lecturer in HRM at Dublin City University and Ulster University, as well as in HR practitioner and consulting roles in the retail and hospitality industries. Her main research interests focus on the dynamics of human resource development in small and medium-sized enterprises, with a particular emphasis on professional service firms and the tourism and hospitality industry. She has published her work in outlets such as The International Journal of Management Reviews, Tourism Management, Human Resource Development Quarterly, Human Resource Development International, among others. Ciara has also been part of several teams that have secured research funding to inform national policy on management development in Ireland.

April 2016 to present                        Lecturer in Management

School of Management, People and Organisations, Technological University Dublin City Campus, Aungier Street, Dublin 2.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Programme Coordinator, Higher Certificate in Business Management. Key responsibilities include ensuring all quality assurance and enhancement processes related to the delivery of the programme are successfully completed. This includes convening and chairing programme team meetings, running examination and progress/award boards, completion of annual programme enhancement report, collating feedback from programme team members, year tutors and student representatives, student inductions and pastoral support, ensuring students are provided with a student handbook with required information, including assessment schedules, collating programme documentation as required.
• Module Coordinator role: teaching, assessing and monitoring modules across a range of management and HRM undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including lecturing, tutoring, leading practical seminar activities, managing the assessment process including designing and grading projects and presentations, setting and grading examination papers, liaising with external examiners, dissertation and project supervision, and advising students on course requirements.
• Academic lead on Ahead of the Curve Podcast and associated Digital Badge
• Member of Research Culture and Authentic Assessment Communities of Practice
• Year Tutor for various full-time and part-time undergraduate students 
• School representative on the Appeals Eligibility Panel
• Facilitator on an Enterprise Thematic Panel (Management Competencies in SMEs) as part of TU Dublin’s ‘Dublin Region COVID-19 Economic Response Forum’ (2020)
• Programme Committee Member: BSc (Hons) Human Resource Management, BSc Business and Management, BSc Business and Law, BSc in Human Resource Management, BBS in Business Studies, Higher Certificate in Business Studies, Musgrave Higher Certificate in Retail Practice, IBEC Global Business Programme (MSc)
• Identifying and implementing key improvements to support student learning incorporating a strong focus on innovative approaches to teaching and learning, assessment and feedback through technology.
• Utilising a range of IT packages to prepare and deliver student learning material, including Brightspace, Vevox, Camtasia, and Screenpal.
• Updating and maintaining accurate administrative and statistical records pertaining to student attendance and assessment;
• Participating in continuous professional development, including internal teaching and learning events;
• Promoting the School and Faculty of Business through participation at open days and career fairs;
• Attending meetings and undertaking other committee duties as needs arise.

September 2010 to March 2016       Lecturer in Human Resource Management;

Course Director, MSc in Management and Corporate Governance (Dublin)

Department of Management and Leadership, Ulster Business School, University of Ulster, Jordanstown Campus, Shore Road, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, BT370QB, Northern Ireland.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Course Director role: chairing course committee meetings, ensuring adequate resource provision for the course, course promotion, liaising with professional body (Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, UK) and attending ICSA events, course timetabling, student induction, liaising with Academic Registry, monitoring student progress, studies adviser.
• Module Coordinator role as per current post.

September 2006 to August 2010      Lecturer in Human Resource Management

                                                            Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9.

Module Coordinator responsibilities as per current post.

Other teaching responsibilities included the development and delivery of management skills workshops on the MSc Human Resource Management programme. These workshops covered topics such as effective conflict management, interview skills, managing workplace bullying and diversity in organisations.

Regular Reviewer for top-tier journals including Human Resource Development International, Human Resource Development Review, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management, Personnel Review, Irish Journal of Management, European Journal of Training and Development, Studies in Higher Education, Journal of Healthcare and Organization Management, Tourism Management.