About

Suzy teaches at both undergraduate and masters’ level within the Business School in the areas of Professional Ethics, Web Design and Strategic Information Systems. Previously Head of Subject for the Computing programmes, since 2011, she has been a member of the Business School Executive Team and responsible for Learning & Teaching strategies. Her PhD evaluated different learning methods used in HE and examined their pedagogic impact in relation to the teaching of professional ethics. Her work as an innovative practitioner was recognised in 2004 with the award of a University Teaching Fellowship and she has been nominated this year to represent the university for a National Teaching Fellowship. She has been responsible for steering the Business School through a period of development in Learning and Teaching practice, which has included the redesign of the undergraduate curriculum to incorporate a dedicated third year Professional Ethics module utilising interactive student-centred approaches.

Suzy’s research spans discipline-specific journals as well as learning and teaching based publications (Innovations of Teaching & Learning International (in print for 2012)) and the Journal of Business Ethics Education (online 2011, print version 2012). She believes that solid, workable learning and teaching initiatives can only be delivered if founded on research-based practice. An example of this approach was the initiative to roll out Peer-Supported Observation for staff in the Business School. After evaluating current research from SEDA documentation as well as gaining very worthwhile comments from peers at the ABS Heads of Learning & Teaching seminars, she created a process which combines the best of research.

Suzy is passionate in her belief that ethics is a subject which should be explored throughout the curriculum to develop key skills. Her work in the area of empathy and moral sensitivity highlights the importance of engaging with students in the area of ethics to promote personal values and integrity. This is the basis for much of her research. Her next research project will incorporate situational judgment methods for teaching ethics.

She is a member of the University’s Learning & Teaching Quality Committee, Chair of the School’s Learning & Teaching Action Group and involved on a number of university working groups. She is a reviewer for the Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, on the Board for ETHICOMP (an international conference series), and is a reviewer for the HEA Development Fund.