Dr Pauline Gordon
| Biography | Pauline Anne Gordon is a lecturer in the Business School at Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland. She is involved in the designing and delivering of hospitality and tourism subjects to a variety of students, including national and international. Pauline has comprehensive knowledge of the International Hospitality and Tourism Industry and her strengths include managing collaborative partnerships with national and international stakeholders. Pauline is currently studying to gain a doctorate and her research is focussed on the transition of international students. • Responsible for researching, designing and delivering hospitality and tourism subjects to a variety of students, including national and international and students with English as a second language. • Comprehensive knowledge of the International Hospitality and Tourism Industry. • Excellent relationships and experience of designing and managing collaborative partnerships with national and international stakeholders. • Experience on validation panels as an external examiner for various international programmes administered by universities throughout the United Kingdom. • Presentation of research papers at national conferences which focus on teaching and learning in higher education. • Successful in organising a scholarship initiative for underprivileged students to study at Edinburgh Napier University which brought extensive international media coverage to the university. |
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| Research Interests | Teaching and learning in higher education International student transitions into the UK higher education system Challenges of international students when the move from one teaching and learning environments to another |