- Chapter II · Higher Education

Teaching, moduleleadership & the seminar.

Lecturer & Module Lead for the MSc Global Business at GBS (Bath Spa University Partnership), London. PhD in Financial Management. Senior Fellowship (SFHEA) pathway in progress.

Dr Alam with postgraduate students at GBS, London, 2025

With postgraduate students . GBS, London . 2025

- Appointments

Feb 2025 - Present

Lecturer & Module Lead, MSc Global Business

GBS, Stratford Campus (Bath Spa University Partnership), London. Modules: Leadership & Change Management, Digital Marketing, Global Supply Chain Management, Global Entrepreneurship & Innovation, and the Research Project. OfS/QAA compliance.

Sep 2024 - Feb 2025

Lecturer & Assistant Course Coordinator

London Churchill College. Supervised 55+ academic staff across three campuses; Level 4 & 5 Business. Modules: Accounting Principles, Marketing, Research Methods, Organisational Behaviour, Entrepreneurial Venture.

Jun 2023 - Jul 2024

Lecturer in Finance & Marketing (MBA)

University of Greater Manchester (formerly University of Bolton). MBA Finance, Marketing & Operations. QAA/CIMA compliance; MBA assessor and examination invigilator.

2019 - Present

NVivo & SPSS Software Demonstrator

Research-methods training for doctoral and postgraduate students - NVivo coding & thematic analysis, SPSS.

2011 - 2014

Part-time MBA/MSc Instructor - Saudi Arabia

NCC Education, University of Hertfordshire and University of Leicester overseas delivery partners (Progate British Academy and Bradford Group), Saudi Arabia. Taught Marketing, Finance, Accounting and Organisational Behaviour to executive MBA/MSc students; supervised 30+ MBA dissertations.

2003 - 2011

Teaching Associate - NCC Education / ACE partnership

Teaching and programme delivery through NCC Education and ACE-related programmes and courses connected with UK university provision - delivered through the relevant provider/partnership rather than direct university employment. Modules included business communication, marketing fundamentals and management principles.

- Research interests

  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
  • Islamic banking & finance
  • Digital marketing in financial services
  • Entrepreneurship & innovation
  • Global supply chain & operations
  • Leadership & change management

- Contributions

Qualifications

PhD Financial Management · MSc Marketing · MBA · MSc & BSS Sociology (Dhaka).

Quality & validation

Programme Validation & PGR validation committees; Board of Studies, University of Bolton.

FHEA / SFHEA

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) - existing professional recognition. Senior Fellowship (SFHEA) - pathway in progress.

- Classroom & lecture-theatre

Where the seminar happens.

Postgraduate classroom engagement

Large postgraduate classroom, GBS

Small-group teaching

Small-group teaching & supervision

Lecture theatre induction session, privacy-safe

Postgraduate induction, lecture theatre

Postgraduate induction with students, privacy-safe

Induction with students, GBS London

- Academic milestones

GBS Graduation, Wembley, London, 2026

GBS Graduation, Wembley . London . 2026

Where teaching meets ceremony.

Postgraduate cohorts crossing the stage at the annual GBS graduation - a reminder that a module's real proof sits with the students long after the seminar ends. My PhD in Financial Management (University of Greater Manchester, 2024) frames this teaching in the same discipline of evidence, argument and revision.