Jennifer O'Neil
Jennifer ONeil

Dr Jennifer O'Neil

Lecturer

 0131 455 4720

  j.oneil@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Dr Jennifer O'Neil is the Programme Leader for the MSc HRM (pt) and prior to this served as the Programme Leader for BA Business Management degree (2019 - 2022)

Her areas of research interest are focused on the sociology work and employment, with special interest in: Skills development, flexible work, precarious work and career transitions.

Recent externally funded projects have explored 'Precarity and free labour of mental health counselling practitioners and trainees' and 'Emotional labour of counsellors and psychotherapists working online during Covid-19.'

She has extensive Teaching and Learning experience via, UG and PG Programme Leadership, Quality provision and enhancement, Professional accreditation of programs at Masters level, a focus on student experience and employability and championing mental health & well being in the curriculum and on campus.

She is a member for the Centre of Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research at ENU and is passionate about cross-disciplinary work, which can impact policy and stakeholder experiences of employment, training and career transitions.

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Esteem

Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • Mentor on the ENRoute Scheme
  • HRM Lead on the Quality and Curriculum Enhancement Committee
  • Employability Skills Programme Lead for HRM
  • Education and Student Experience Committee

 

Conference Organising Activity

  • The International Labour Process Conference: PhD Session panel chair April 2024

 

External Examining/Validations

  • External Examiner Roehampton University

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • St Andrews University - Scottish Doctoral Management Conference - Best paper award in the area of Organisational Studies
  • ENU Research Excellence Prize

 

Grant Reviewer

  • British Academy ECR Scotland Seed Fund Reviewer

 

Invited Speaker

  • BUIRA History of IR Seminar - Unheard Voices of Decline: Scottish Oil Sector.

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Member of the British Academy ECR Network
  • Associate member CIPD

 

Public/Community Engagement

  • Member of the Universities Forum for HRD

 

Reviewing

  • Reviewer for New Technology, Work and Employment journal
  • Reviewer for Industrial and Commercial Training journal
  • Reviewer for Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance
  • Reviewer for Journal of Management Development

 

Visiting Positions

  • Visiting Scholar Edinburgh University
  • Visiting Scholar at George Brown College, Canada

 

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