Dr Carol Air
Post Nominals | PhD, MBA, BA, PgCert.TQFE, CMILT, MCIPS, SFHEA |
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Biography | Dr Carol Air has over 16 years of teaching experience in further and higher education. She joined RGU in 2008 after completing her placement at Angus College as a trainee lecturer with Stirling University, a post preceded by many years in industry and the music business. She has a BA Business Administration (with distinction), and an MBA with HRM from Abertay University in Dundee. She also achieved a post graduate teaching qualification in further education (TQFE) in management from the University of Stirling. A pre-service course incorporating a year-long placement with Angus College that enabled her transition from industry to higher education. Carol's doctoral thesis is titled: Entrepreneuring as performance: understanding entrepreneurship as a process of becoming. It explores career transitions from music to enterprise in the city of Dundee. Carol is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. |
Research Interests | Entrepreneurship, procurement and operations management in small businesses, creativity, creative industries, learning and teaching. |
Teaching and Learning | Dr Carol Air is a Principal Lecturer and Subject Lead for the Procurement, Supply Chain and Operations Management team at Aberdeen Business School. Carol teaches and coordinates modules in; procurement and personal, professional and academic skills. |
PhD Supervision Availability | Yes |
PhD Topics | Entrepreneurial process Creative Industries Creativity Informal Learning Process Theory Becoming |