Professorial Inaugural Lecture with Professor Richard Pettinger

UCL’s Centre for Engineering Education within the Faculty of Engineering Sciences, in partnership with UCL’s School of Management, is honoured to present this series of education-based inaugural lectures celebrating the career, leadership and achievements of education-focused Professors from across the faculty.

On 7th June we host Professor Richard Pettinger, UCL School of Management with his lecture ‘Out Through the In Door: perspective and evaluation of management teaching and learning over thirty years’.

Richard Pettinger is Professor of Management Education at University College London (UCL) School of Management. He started his teaching career in December 1989 and will retire in July 2023.

Richard’s first class at UCL was on 8 December 1989, delivering a guest lecture to 15 undergraduate students at the Bartlett School of Construction Management. He was then offered part time teaching for the coming two years; and this led to the creation of a full and open foundations of management programme. Over the first four years of the course, the intake doubled every year: from 15 – 30; from 30 – 60; from 60 – 120; and from 120 – 240. This in turn led others to recognise the need across UCL for ‘management teaching’; and so many others were brought in (Jane Britton, Dave Chapman, Jane Burns, Matthew Whyndham, Catherine Purkiss, Linda Hesselmann, Peter Antonioni). Through Andrew Scott, Graeme Winch and Chris Pitt, a management studies centre was created, followed by the Department of Management Science and Innovation – and then the School of Management.

In 2005, Richard became the director of the undergraduate programme in information management for business. The first intake was 2007. He held this position until 2018.

Richard was the first person at UCL to be promoted to principal teaching fellow. He was promoted to professor (teaching) in 2018.

Richard is the author of over fifty books and numerous papers on all aspects of management. His areas of expertise are in leadership, policy and strategy, organisation development, privatisation and restructuring, project leadership and management. He continues to research on the effects of organisation and human behaviour on decision taking in organisations, and the development of a professional and agreed body of knowledge and expertise for the ‘profession of management’.

Richard continues to work in many parts of the world, including China, Italy, Romania, Singapore and Poland. He continues to work and consult with companies and organisations of all sizes and in many different sectors. He works extensively with the central banking and commercial banking sectors, and across the whole of the IT industry. This work includes especially the interface between society, technology, economics and organisational and social behaviour, as well as on leadership and people development, and specific problem solving and project work. He is regularly asked to join panels and conferences as keynote speaker, conference and session chair and expert contributor.

Host: Professor Emanuela Tilley, Integrated Engineering Programme, UCL Centre for Engineering Education
Welcome: Professor Nina Seppala, Deputy Director, UCL School of Management

The lecture will run from 6-7.30pm, with a drinks reception 7.30-8.30pm. This event is open to the public, as well as UCL staff and students. Please note ticket sales will end 48 hours before the event, and all attendees will be emailed a QR code in order to enter One Canada Square.