Mrs Victoria Walsh
Faculties, departments and locations
- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- Department of Management
- Kingston Business School
- Kingston Hill
Head of Department of Management
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
After a 20-year career in industry practice, I transitioned into academia, bringing my extensive and practical knowledge of leadership, organisational psychology and learning and development to the classroom.
I am currently Head of Department of Management having previously been responsible for course leadership of the BSc (Hons) Business Management for three and half years. Through my time at Kingston University I have led and taught on several different modules in the areas of Organisational Behaviour, Psychology of Coaching, Learning & Development and Careers & Professional Development within both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
I hold a Senior Fellowship in Higher Education and have received awards internally for teaching excellence.
My career began as a strategic marketer and consultant working for award-winning independent and global marketing agencies, consulting and developing campaigns for well-known Blue Chip businesses such as Unilever and PepsiCo. I also experienced in-house marketing roles at Sony Pictures UK and Nokia UK. As I attained board-level leadership, my career increasingly focused on people and organisational development blended with business strategy. It was at this point my passion for learning and teaching came to the forefront.
I hold an MSc in Occupational & Business Psychology and certifications in coaching and psychometrics which has led me to work as an independent consultant and coach supporting leaders, managers and teams to optimise performance.
My research interest is in HE pedagogy and particularly in supporting classroom engagement and graduate employability.
Qualifications
- MSc Occupational & Business Psychology (distinction)
- BA (Hons) Business Studies
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
- Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE)
- Certified Business Psychologist (ABP)
Domains
Areas of HE pedagogy research
Student experience, graduate employability, student engagement and belonging.
Current in-progress projects
- An exploratory study of how group belonging could enhance motivation for deep learning and graduate attribute development.
- Empowering First-Year Students: A Case Study on Work-Based Learning and Student Engagement.
- Supporting first year students with diverse entry criteria. A diagnostic approach.
Conference presentation
Lees, B. & Walsh, V. 2024. From literacy skills to skills literacy; supporting student skill articulation. In: Learning Teaching and Student Experience Conference 2024, Chartered Association of Business schools. 16-18 May 2024, Birmingham
Walsh, V. & Lees, B. 2024. Supporting student skill articulation through the use of an e-Portfolio tool. Pebblebash 2024, 11-13 June 2024, Edinburgh
Alongside teaching at Kingston, I am a Certified Business Psychologist and Certified ICF Positive Psychology and Executive Coach. My mission as a lecturer and as a practitioner is to maximise potential for business and individual success with a focus on humanising the workplace.
I work with individuals and teams to explore and develop skills, relationships and performance to enhance results.
I am particularly interested in female leadership advancement and wellbeing in the workplace and my recent research in this area has explored the 'Experience of female leaders and coping strategies during menopause transition'.
Qualifications and expertise
- Practitioner Diploma Executive Coaching (International Coach Federation Certified)
- Certified Business Psychologist - The Association for Business Psychology
- Positive Psychology Coaching certificate (International Coach Federation)
- British Psychological Society Test User Occupational Ability & Personality
- Certified Lumina Sparks (Personality) Practitioner
Professional and scholarly affiliations
- Association of Business Psychologists