Dr Hugh Waters

• Qualifications:BSc, MRes (Exon), PhD (Exon), FHEA, Academic MCIPD
• Position:Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies
• Department:College of Business and Law Faculty of Business and Law (FBL)
• Telephone:+441173281235
• Email:Hugh.Waters@uwe.ac.uk
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About me

Hugh Waters is a Senior Lecturer at the University of the West of England Bristol Business School, where he holds a range of responsibilities across undergraduate, postgraduate, executive and CPD programmes within the College of Business and Law. Hugh is the Progamme Leader for BA (Hons) Business and Management CL and leads the final year undergraduate module Managing Organisational Change. Hugh is developing new curriculum as part of the undegraduate curriculum review programme within Business and Management.  Hugh supervises undergraduate and postgraduate projects in the area of Leadership, Change and Artificial Intelligence. Hugh is also supervising a PhD studentship investigating Decision-making in Mexican Data Institutions.

Prior to joining UWE Hugh taught at University College Cork and the University of Exeter, supervising students and lecturing on leadership and organisational behaviour. Hugh also took a lead role on curriculum enhancement, developing a range of experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA cohorts. This gained national recognition as a case study in The Independment Mind - Higher Education and Public Libraries Partnerships Research Report. Hugh has prior professional experience in the financial services sector with Brewin Dolphin as part of the Financial Planning Division.

Hugh received a First-Class Honours degree from the University of Plymouth and an MRes (with Distinction) and PhD from the University of Exeter Business School (Centre for Leadership Studies) where he was both a 'Jonathan Young' and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Scholar. Hugh is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Academic Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Hugh is also recognised by the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) as a Certified Business and Management Educator. 

Hugh is committed to engaged research and knowledge exchange in the areas of leadership, organisational change and identity where his current and previous work focuses on organisational transformation. Hugh has conducted impactful research projects with local and national UK goverment departments notably in respect of 'Public Service Mutual' forms of organising. Hugh has worked with the public and charitable sectors in both the UK and internationally within Ireland to lead 'action focused research' focusing on Talent Management Development in the Irish public sector. 

Hugh is a member of the University of the West of England Athena Swan Steering Group and the Bristol Leadership and Change Centre (BLCC) recognised as one of the leading university-based leadership centres in the UK. He also holds external examining responsibilities for the MBA programme at the Open University Business School. 

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