About

I am the Head of Discipline for Business and Management and an Associate Professor in Learning and Teaching. This means I teach and research but also work to develop my discipline area and the academics working within it.   

My main areas of academic interest are Change Management and Higher Education Pedagogies.  

I have also worked as an External Examiner at several universities including Aston University and the University of Plymouth.  

Teaching responsibilities

I have taught and supervised at every level in Higher Education, including the delivery of several courses overseas. I am currently co-leading a post-experience module in  'Innovation and Change Management' and am supervising three PhD candidates and one DProf candidate.

Professional interests

I am a Senior Editor with the Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education (JARHE) which is part of the HETL network.

I am Country Director (UK) for the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning network (IHETL).

Research interests

I am interested in Change Management and Higher Education pedagogies.

Membership of professional bodies

I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Qualifications

• B. Soc. Sci., Public Administration, Birmingham University
• MBA, Coventry University
• Pg Cert in Learning and Teaching, Coventry University
• D. Soc. Sci., University of Leicester

Recent conferences

• 'Teaching Employability: from business undergraduates to global citizens', Warwick University, (BAM)
• 25 years on: a consideration of Lave and Wenger's Situated Learning', Coventry University
• 'Supporting undergraduate students to develop robust self-efficacy beliefs and related mindset', International Conference for Teaching and Education, Rome

Experience in industry

I have worked as an external expert for several Higher Education Institutions, including:

• Regular judge for the Emerald/HETL Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards 
• External expert with the Open University for Hull College Group (BA Hons Business and Management)
• External Advisor for the University of Plymouth (IUG partnership approval, Switzerland)

International experience

I have worked in a variety of countries including the USA, Denmark, Kazhakstan, Malaysia, Sweden, and France. The purpose of the trips varied from acting as a 'link tutor', quality management lead, troubleshooting, or developing international contacts.

In the media

• Presented at TedX, LFHE Regional Change Network, Staffordshire University in 2018 with a talk entitled: I am a Change Leader, honest!
• Developed and led a Webinar with MILE (Saudi Arabia) in 2017 which discussed improving employee engagement and participation

Recent publications

• Yang,X., Cao, D., Andrikopoulous,P., Yang, Z. and Bass, T. (2020), 'Online social networks, media supervision, and investment efficiency: an empirical examination of Chinese listed firms', Technological Forecasting and Social Change,  Vol 154 May Issue
• Hill, I. and Bass, T. (2019), 'Embedding emotional resilience and reflection in the curriculum: pop-up shops as a tool to learn and reflect on enterprise'. In A. Diver (Ed). Employable Scholars in Higher Education: challenges and choices in times of austerity, New York: Springer
• Bass, T. (2014) 'Not everything in textbooks is true: teaching discourse analysis to undergraduate business students'. In Inspirational Guide.  Murray, A. (Ed). Greenleaf Publishing
• Healey, R., Bass, T., Caulfield, J., Hoffman, A., McGinn, M., Miller-Young, J, and Haigh, M. (2013), 'Being ethically minded: practising the scholarship of teaching and learning in an ethical manner', Teaching and Learning Inquiry, Vol 1 Issue 2