Heather Farley

Professor Heather Farley joined the University in 1992, having previously worked in the food industry, primarily in research and development and production management roles.  She has been Associate Dean (Academic Quality and the Student Experience) for the Ulster University Business School since 2017, having previously been Head of the Department of Management and Leadership (2008-2017).  She is a Professor in Management Education (since 2011) and was awarded a Distinguished Teaching Fellowship in 2007, in recognition of her achievements.Heather is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and has taught a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, in addition to the supervision of PhD students and mentoring of staff.  Her research interests lay primarily in the area of food product development and consumer behaviour, although she has undertaken progressively more leadership development, learning and teaching related research activity, having previously acted as Faculty Learning and Teaching Coordinator for eight years.  Recent collaborative research has included developing an engagement model for management education, and on effectively incorporating learning technologies to enhance assessment and feedback practice.  Heather worked with three Departmental colleagues, on a four year longitudinal ‘Leadership Journeys’ study for the Leadership Foundation (2016), investigating the impact of the Foundation’s Top Management Programme (TMP) on senior academic leaders (and their institutions) who have undertaken the programme.She has maintained her links with business, including completing a terms on the Council of the NI Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Committee of the Chartered Association of Business Schools, the Institute of Directors (IoD) and the CIPD.