Dr Teresa Fitzpatrick

My profile

Biography

A Fellow of the HEA since 2015, Teresa is a Lecturer in the Department of Strategy, Enterprise & Sustainability where she brings her extensive professional experience in the field of Strategy and Forward Planning, Organisational Thinking, Project Management and Evaluation to units on the Business Management and CMDA Apprenticeship Degrees (Business in Action). Previously a Policy Analyst, Strategy & Forward Planning, and Evaluation Project Manager for Business and Environmental Policy, Teresa taught Evaluation Tools and Methodologies (2007-2010), developing innovative guidance for Policy Evaluation before moving to the UK. As a tutor on business growth programmes in the Centre for Enterprise, Teresa developed her teaching career in Management and Leadership with a focus on Action Learning before becoming a full-time FE lecturer (2015-2021). Teresa returned to ManMet in early 2022 as an Academic Tutor and Research Associate, re-joining the Centre to carry out several evaluations of business growth programmes alongside MSc Management supervision. On becoming a full-time lecturer, Teresa now delivers on a range of strategy, project management and professional development units from Level 4-7. 

Interests and expertise

Applied Strategy, CSR, evaluation strategy and methodology, policy cycle and project management, sustainability and environmental policy. 

Other research interests: material ecofeminism, critical plant studies, environmental humanities

Teaching

Teresa teaches Strategy, Project Management and Business skills across Business Management and CMDA Apprenticeship Degree programmes:

Digital Awareness & Professional Development (L4)

Employability Skills & Managing your Digital Footprint (L5)

Dynamic Business & Digital Context

Strategic Management

Project Development

Strategy in Practice and Operational Thinking (L6) and Project Management & Portfolio (L6)

Principles of Project Management (L7)

Supervision

Dissertation Supervision (L7)

Research outputs

Fitzpatrick, T. ‘Evaluating Legislation: An Alternative Approach to Evaluating EU Internal Market & Services Law’, Evaluation 18.4, October 2012, pp.477-499.