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‘Goddess Gaia’ statuette from the Economics and Management Faculty,
Czech University of Life
Sciences, Prague, in recognition of academic collaboration since 1993. 2009 Presented with the 2010 National
Farm Management Award for outstanding contribution to farm management in the UK. 2007
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) 2000 Fellow,
Institute of Agricultural Management (FIAgrM) 2000/9 Fellow, Royal Society for the Encouragement Of Arts,
Commerce And Manufactures (FRSA) 1974 M.Sc. Agricultural
Economics (Agricultural Policy), University of Reading. 1973 B.Sc. (Hons.)
Agricultural Economics, Upper Second Class, University of Newcastle. Areas of expertise
- Use of
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by farms, rural businesses
and communities.
- Farm and
rural business management
- Rural
economic and social development; rural employment and training;
- Design
and implementation of programmes of learning in further and higher
education level; education for sustainable development.
- Design
and management of short training courses and open learning materials;
training of trainers.
Transferable skills
- Research methodologies, especially qualitative;
- Project management and control;
- Public speaking and presentation;
- Participative training techniques;
- Writing of various types: academic, business, copy-writing;
- Fast touch-typing;
- Competence with IT, including MS Office; MS Project; Filemaker Pro; Perseus
(online surveys); SPSS;
Finale and SmartScore music.
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