Karen Cregan
Senior Lecturer in Human Resources & Business Management
I am a Senior Lecturer in Professional Education, providing a supportive learning environment for students to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours to achieve their studies whilst guiding them with their future goals. I use innovative learning and teaching practices such as Lego Serious Play and Immersive Technology, to encourage creative thinking and practical application to workplace issues.
I am a tutor for the European Training Consortium in Public Health (ETC), working with International Academics to champion the interdisciplinary role of Public Health and Businesses to support Community Wellbeing. (https://etcsummerschool.wordpress.com/)
Responsible for the Work-Based Learning Placement module for the University, which all second-year students have to complete as a Core module.
Work-Based and Integrated Studies (WBIS) Undergraduate and Post Graduate Teaching. - Involves activities which encourage and support working professionals to complete a study which facilitates their career/life goals.
Chartered Management Degree Apprenticeship, (CMDA) - Deputy Programme Leader and Module lead for Skills and Approaches to work-based projects, Managing People and Negotiated Experiential Learning. (NELM) for undergraduate and post-graduate studies.
Postgraduate teaching for Domestic and International students - MBA and MSc. Topics include Leading and Managing people, Strategic Management, and Human Resource Management.
Masters Dissertation Supervision.
Personal Academic Tutor - Providing pastoral support and using my coaching skills to ensure that they can support their University goals.
Domestic and International Human Resource Management
Business Health and employee wellbeing (Culture, Change, CSR, Communication, Ethics)
Collaborative Community Research to tackle Health Inequalities
The role of Generative Artificial Intelligence in supporting wellbeing in the workplace
Business Growth and the role of Universities in delivering change
Improving teaching and learning using innovative methods and new technologies
Read More for most recent publications.
Higher Education Mental Health First Aid Study, Cregan, K., Phipps, D. & Lowndes, J., 2016, University of Chester. Submitted for publication. Summary available at healthyuniversities.ac.uk
Parker, E(1), Sheath, D(2), Morris, M(1), Cregan, K(1) & Buckley, JP(3), Cardio metabolic and psycho-social effects of using sit-stand desks in media call-centre workers. Proceedings of the Annual Exercise Professionals Conference of the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. Birmingham, May, 2017.
Wellbeing of staff within Higher Education. This piece of work was published in the wellbeing and engagement in Higher Education paper (2012) for HEFCE and UCEA.
Cregan K., Rowe L., Wall T. (2019) Resilience Education and Training. In: Leal Filho W., Wall T., Azul A., Brandli L., Özuyar P. (eds) Good Health and Well-Being. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham.
Evans.V, Cregan K,. Wall T.(2019) Organisational Resilience . In: Leal Filho W., Wall T., Azul A., Brandli L., Özuyar P. (eds) Good Health and Well-Being. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham.