Dr Sue Greener
Principal Lecturer
contact:
Brighton Business School
Moulsecoomb
Brighton
BN2 4AT
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 642139
+44 (0)1273 641202
Email: S.L.Greener@brighton.ac.uk
Please see my blog at http://sueg1.wordpress.com
Teaching
At the University of Brighton, Sue teaches both undergraduates and postgraduates on the following courses/modules:
- MSc Human Resource Management
- FdA Business: Business Practice and Human Resource Management
- BA(Hons) Business Management (TopUp): Employee Selection and Development
She supervises MSc students in HRM and HRD, and as Country Manager on BA International Business. As BAIB Country Manager, she supervises students attending ESPEME Business School in Lille & Nice, France. She also teaches an International HRM course in English at ESPEME in Lille. She is Programme Leader for the consortium partnership award FdA Business and is Joint Honours Business Pathway leader at Hastings campus.
She is external examiner at the University of Edinburgh and Subject Examiner for Managing Organisational Change and Development for the Association of Business Executives. Sue is also Course Director for BSc Business Administration and Research Methods Module Leader for a University of Wales validated online final year honours degree course, teaching fully online and managing a virtual academic team.
Research
Sue co-founded the Business eLearning research group (www.brighton.ac.uk/bbs/research/groups/buselearn.php?PageId-210) in 2004. She is chairing the 10th European Conference on E-Learning to be held in Brighton, November 2011. Her doctoral research focussed on students’ readiness for online learning and this continues to be her mainstream research field (see publications). Further research includes e-learning strategy, graduate employability, teacher development and reflective learning. Current projects include a research study of e-assessment with colleagues Alison Bone and Stephanos Avakian, and graduate employment and reflective learning research with colleagues from CROME research group (www.brighton.ac.uk/bbs/research/groups/crome )
Consultancy
Through her jointly-owned management and development consultancy, Positive Images, Sue specialises in soft skills and leadership training and strategic facilitation. She was previously a non-executive Director of Sussex Enterprise.
Biography
Sue’s early management experience was gained as an administrator and manager at the Medical Research Council in London, MRC Radiobiology Unit in Harwell and University of Aston in Birmingham. She has been professionally involved in learning and teaching since 1973, with learning being central to her career and interests, be it personal, class-based or online. She is a licensed Lay Reader in the Church of England and is a long-standing member of Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland. She is also a breeder of pedigree Southdown sheep. Her husband Tony is also an academic at Brighton Business School and co-partner of Positive Images.
Qualifications
BA (Dual Hons.) French & Economics, MBA, EdD
Awards
- Sue gained a Teaching Excellence award at University of Brighton in 2007
- Centre for Learning and Teaching Fellowship award with Asher Rospigliosi to investigate and support staff adoption of e-learning 2008
- Highly Commended Journal Article: Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2011
Research Publications
Greener, Susan (2012) Editorial: interactive learning environments? Interactive Learning Environments, 20 (2). pp. 101-102. ISSN 1049-4820
ROSPIGLIOSI, ASHER, GREENER, SUSAN and Bourner, Tom (2011) Graduate employability and the propensity to learn in employment: a new vocationalism Higher Education Review, 43 (3). ISSN 0018-1609
Leith, J.Q., Zara, J.M. and McInnes, M. (2011) Can E-learning Enhance Practice-based Design Courses? In: Greener, Susan and Rospigliosi, Asher, eds. 10th European Conference on e-Learning. University of Brighton, Brighton, pp. 399-407. ISBN 9781908272225
Greener, Susan (2010) Plasticity: the online learning environment's potential to support varied learning styles and approaches Campus-Wide Information Systems, 27 (4). pp. 254-262. ISSN 1065-0741
GREENER, SUSAN (2009) What does the HR literature tell us about promoting reflective learning to improve performance? In: UFHRD Europe 2012, Newcastle Business School, Newcastle, UK.
ROSPIGLIOSI, ASHER, GREENER, SUSAN and Bourner, Tom (2009) Mathematics students’ next steps after graduation International Journal Of Mathematical Education In Science And Technology, 40 (6). pp. 777-793. ISSN 0020-739X
Greener, Susan (2009) e-Modelling: helping learners to develop sound e-learning behaviours Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 7 (3). pp. 265-272. ISSN 1479-4403
Greener, Susan and Benn, Andrea (2009) How best to learn about and apply technologies for learning? Early stage research In: The Bera Annual Conference 2009, 2-5 September 2009, Manchester, UK.
Greener, Susan (2009) Talking online: reflecting on online communication tools Campus-Wide Information Systems, 26 (3). pp. 178-190. ISSN 1065-0741
Greener, Susan and Rospigliosi, Asher (2009) Tread softly... making secure steps towards wider adoption of pedagogically-focused e-learning at Brighton Business School In: ALT-C 2009, 8-10 September 2009, Manchester, UK. (Unpublished)
Shurville, S., Greener, Susan and Rospigliosi, Asher (2008) Educational technology: An ecumenical stance In: ICICTE 2008, 10 - 12 Jul 2008, Corfu, Greece. (Unpublished)
Greener, Susan (2008) Plasticity: The online learning environment’s potential to support varied learning styles and approaches In: The 3rd International Conference on e-Learning, 26 - 27 Jun 2008, Cape Town, South Africa.
Greener, Susan (2008) Self-aware and self-directed: student conceptions of blended learning Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 4 (2). ISSN 1558-9528
Greener, Tony, Greener, Susan and Rospigliosi, Asher (2008) Strategic learners at a distance In: The 3rd International Conference on e-Learning, 26 - 27 Jun 2008, Cape Town, South Africa.
Greener, Susan (2008) Getting online to learn: researching preparation for online learning In: UFHRD 2008, 21 - 23 May 2008, Lille, France.
Greener, Susan (2008) Leadership and management development in a not-for-profit context In: UFHRD 2008, 21 - 23 May 2008, Lille, France.
Greener, Susan, Shurville, S. and Rospigliosi, Asher (2007) The value of social cognitive theory in online discussion: reflection via a critical incident repertory grid In: International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE) 07, 12 - 14 Jul 2007, Crete, Greece. (Unpublished)
Greener, Susan (2007) Blending pedagogies: evaluative case study of a learning package for learning and development In: Universities Forum on HRD (UFHRD) 2007, Oxford, UK. (Unpublished)
Greener, Susan, Rospigliosi, Asher and Shurville, S. (2007) Engaging from the inside: reflections on the value of social cognitive theory for learning in online discussions In: ICEL 2007, 28 - 29 Jun 2007, New York, USA. (Unpublished)
Greener, Susan (2007) Helping managers to discover the value of reflection: professional and academic approaches contrasted In: Universities Forum on HRD (UFHRD) 2007, Oxford, UK. (Unpublished)
Greener, Susan (2007) Higher Education teachers' perspectives on student readiness for online learning In: Universities Forum on HRD (UFHRD doctoral presentation) 2007, Oxford, UK. (Unpublished)
Greener, Susan (2006) Self aware and self directed: student conceptions of blended learning In: 4th International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications, 20 - 23 Jul 2006, Florida, USA. (Unpublished)
Greener, Susan (2005) A classroom role for studentcentral In: Learning and Teaching Conference 2005, 15 Jul 2005, Brighton, UK. (Unpublished)
Greener, Susan (2005) Using the C word People Management .
Macdonald, James, Greener, Susan and Thomas, Nicola (2005) Learning to love studentcentral In: University of Brighton Centre for Learning and Teaching seminar, 13 May 2005, Brighton, UK. (Unpublished)
Greener, Susan (2004) Diverse student approaches to learning online In: Learning and Teaching Conference July 2004, 11 Jul 2004, Brighton, UK. (Unpublished)
