Dr Milena Bobeva
- Associate Professor
- Dorset House D101a, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
Biography
Dr. Milena Bobeva is a key advocate of education and business innovation through staff-student collaboration, Technology Enhanced Learning and digital transformation in HE. Her subject expertise is multidisciplinary, with key focus on system analysis, business process improvement, blended and e-learning, and performance management.
Milena is a Chartered Manager and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) since 2013 and a Senior Fellow for the Higher Education Academy (HEA) (now Advance HE), UK since 2015. She is also a UKCGE Recognised Research Supervisor.
Throughout her years in HE Milena has taught at MBA level, as well as at all levels on large undergraduate (300+students) Business & Management programmes. She has actively adopted and promoted real-life project-based learning and the use of contemporary information and communication technologies as an integral part of applied research, consultancy and practice-based education. She was an MBA Director (2015-2019), Framework Leader for the Business & Management undergraduate programmes (2010-2013) and an acting Associate Dean for Global Engagement at the BU Business School (Oct'2017 - July'2021)...
Her work with students as partners in subject-based research, enquiry and consultancy has involved organisations of different sizes and with local, regional, national and international exposure, thus increasing the footprint of the societal impact of these activities. It has been reported through a variety of channels, including journal and conference publications, workshops and reports. Since 2020 Milena has been an active member of the British Council UK-Viet Nam Higher Education Network advisory board, contributing to the thought leadership in quality student experience and skills development through improving institutional teaching, learning and research capacity.
Academic quality and standards are another aspect of Milena's work at BU. This involves being an active and long-serving member of the Quality Assurance and Enhancement Group and elected as an academic staff representative at BU Senate (2015-18) and BU Academic Standards Committee (2016-2018), mentoring fellow colleagues and assessing HEA applications. She is also a reviewer for EJBRM (Electronic Journal for Business Research Methods), Education Sciences and the Academic Conferences group (ECRM, ECEL and ECMLG).
Milena’s work has received numerous Bournemouth University awards and nominations for: Inspiring learning, Outstanding contributions to student learning, Significant contribution for developing excellence and for Enriching society.
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A new international partnership has been formed (funded by the British Council) with a 2023 project in which a multi-media SDG13-Climate Action module will be developed to support a cross-university Community of Practice and capacity building in Education for Sustainable Development. The aim of the project is to help Higher Education (HE) providers and learners to deepen their knowledge of the climate and ecological crisis and enhance their awareness of opportunities for actions they could take for protecting and sustaining our planet. The module will also offer ideas on pedagogic practice in embedding SDG-13 in class, with examples of learning and assessment materials from different subject disciplines. The project commits to ensuring outputs targeting the aim of the Season by bringing together a team of specialists with specific subject focus (transportation, taxation, business processes and education quality assurance), long-term pedagogic experience, and commitment to effective edtech integration. This ensures that the final outputs would account for the interplay of different types of knowledge as captured by the TPACK (Technology-Pedagogy-Content Knowledge) framework, as well as the complexity and specificity of individual learning and delivery contexts. The final products are transferable to different disciplinary contexts, thus allowing the work to be used as a blueprint for embedding the rest of the 17 SDGs in education practice, as well as developed into HE staff development and/or teacher’s training programmes... The phased dissemination of the project outputs in an online mode will enable the growth of the community of educators and students/learners interested in using and contributing to the module while ensuring minimum carbon-footprints in collaboration.
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- Bobeva, M. and Taylor, D., 2021. Building An Academic Community, Cohort Identity and Student Belonging: The MBA Virtual Writing Group Pilot. In: BU Fusion Learning Conference: Innovation and Excellence in the Pandemic.
- Bobeva, M., Landmark, K. and Khaled, A., 2020. Developing Global Talent for the World of Work through staff-student-industry collaboration and co-creation on a global scale. Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change, 6 (1).
- Bobeva, M., Minocha, S. and Hristov, D., 2019. Global Festivals of Learning: Observations and student self-assessment of learning gains. In: Advance HE Teaching & Learning Conference 2018: Teaching in the spotlight: Learning from global communities 3-5 July 2018 Birmingham, UK.
- Taylor, J., Salvagno, M., Morris, R., Hutchings, M. and Bobeva, M., 2018. Evaluating and measuring how new technologies and ubiquitous connectivity affect university students’ psychosocial well-being. Psychology Teaching Review.
- Bobeva, M. and Lim, C., 2017. High impact strategies for professional development. In: Global Festival of Learning 27-28 July 2016 SIAS International University, Zhengzhou, China.
- Bobeva, M. and Ngugi, I., 2017. Embracing The Challenge: Reflections On Teaching Innovation Management Through Live Business Projects. In: International Conference on Education and Learning (ICEL 16-18 August 2017 Tokyo, Japan.
- Hindley, R. and Bobeva, M., 2017. 21st century employability radar: A UK perspective, Global Festival of Learning. In: Global Festival of Learning, China 14-18 May 2017 Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China.
- Bobeva, M. and Hopkins, D., 2017. Emergency Rations: #EdTechRations. David Hopkins.
- Salvagno, M., Taylor, J., Bobeva, M. and Hutchings, M., 2015. Ubiquitous connectivity and students’ wellbeing: A situational analysis in a UK university. Ubiquitous Learning, 8 (3), 1-17.
- Hart Clarida, B., Bobeva, M., Hutchings, M. and Taylor, J., 2015. Strategies for Digital Inclusion: Towards a Pedagogy for Embracing and Sustaining Student Diversity and Engagement with Online Learning. IAFOR Journal of Education, 3 (2).
- Bobeva, M., Taylor, D. and Preget, L., 2015. Reverse mentoring in higher education: bridging the generation gap. In: Association of Business Schools (ABS) Learning, Teaching and Student Experience conference 27-29 April 2015 York, UK.
- Bobeva, M., Nordberg, D. and Breitbarth, T., 2013. MOOC or not? – Transformation or Disruption in Higher Education: A workshop. In: British Academy of Management 10-12 September 2013 Liverpool.
- Clarida, B.H., Bobeva, M., Hutchings, M. and Taylor, J., 2013. Strategies for digital inclusion-towards a pedagogy for embracing student diversity with online learning. Proceedings of the European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL, 573-580.
- Bobeva, M., 2009. Keep It Simple:Towards I-learning and We-learning. In: e-learning 2.0 6-7 July 2009 Brunel University, London. http://elearning2-0.ning.com/events/elearning-20-conference: e-learning 2.0 conference.
- Bobeva, M., 2009. Within and Beyond Corporate Boundaries: Supervisor’s Experiences with Mentoring Students Online. In: ECRM 2009: 8th European Conference on Research Methods in Business & Management 22-23 June 2009 University of Malta, Valletta, Malta. , 68-75 European Conference on Research Methods in Business & Management.
- Day, J. and Bobeva, M., 2008. Performance Management Design Within Higher Education. In: ICERI 2008:International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation 17-19 November 2008 Madrid, Spain.
- Day, J. and Bobeva, M., 2007. Applying Performance Management Principles to a Learning Environment for Undergraduate Dissertations: A Case Study. International Journal of Quality and Standards, 9, 217-239.
- Day, J. and Bobeva, M., 2005. A generic toolkit for the successful management of Delphi Studies. Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, 3, 103-117.
- Bobeva, M., 2005. A Framework for Information Architecture for Business Networks. PhD Thesis. Bournemouth University; Business School.
- Day, J. and Bobeva, M., 2003. Seeking the truth: The use of Delphi studies for IS research. In: Grant, K., Edgar, D.A. and Jordan, M., eds. Reflection on the past, making sense of today and predicting the future of information systems. Glasgow: Glasgow Caledonian University for UKAIS.
- Day, J. and Bobeva, M., 2003. Successful IS project leaders: a situational theory perspective. Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation, 6, 75-86.
- Bobeva, M., 2000. Customer relationship management and the business of education. In: BIT 2000 conference: E-Futures 1-2 November 2000 Manchester.
- Bobeva, M. and Kiselov, G.. A Strategy for Maximizing Learning Gains. presentation. Global Festival of Learning, ASEAN, BINUS University, Indonesia 27 March 2017. 27 March 2017.
- Bobeva, M.. Journal of Educational Innovation Partnership and Change (JEIPC) ‘Meet the author’ virtual session (Employability panel). online. Microsoft Teams. 29 May 2020.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:
Quality education
"Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all"
Partnership for the Goals
"Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development"