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Dr Dave Filipovic-Carter

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Dr Dave Filipovic-Carter
Title
Dr
Forname
Dave
Surname
Filipovic-Carter
Gender
Male
Date record last updated
Monday 05 July 2010
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Regions prepared to work:
East of England; London; Midlands; North West; Scotland and Northern Ireland; South East; South West and Wales; Yorkshire and North East 
Telephone:
07951166156
E-mail:
drdjfc@gmail.com

Reference one Back to top

Title:
Dr
Name:
Jon
Surname:
Turner
Job title:
Director, Transferable Skills Unit
Intitution:
Universty of Edinburgh
Contact method:
j.d.turner@ed.ac.uk / +44 (0)131 651 3585

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Title:
Ms
Name:
Sally
Surname:
Goodman
Job title:
Head, Science and Society
Intitution:
British Council France
Contact method:
sally.goodman@britishcouncil.fr / +33 (0)1 49 55 73 70

Experience Back to top

Job title:
Trainer & Facilitator - Director
Current institution:
Education-Training Ltd
Relevant qualifications:
MBTi practitioner
Personal profile:
Dave develops and delivers training for doctoral researchers, research staff, supervisors, and University teachers from across the UK, Europe and further east into the Balkans and Caucasus. His interests range from inter cultural communication, research collaboration and team-development, to negotiation, assertiveness and conflict avoidance / resolution. He is happy to advise on training needs, deliver existing programmes, or develop bespoke materials for a range of training contexts in higher education. He has worked in institutions across the sector, and throughout the UK, as well as a number of major projects further into Europe, primarily with the British Council and with the Higher Education Support Program of the Open Society Institute(New York and Budapest), and a number of Marie Curie projects.
Biography:
Dave’s education meandered from law, via international conflict analysis, before completing a doctorate in public international law, examining the ‘legal’ treatment of ‘failed states’. Distractions along the way included time spent as a students’ union sabbatical officer, as warden of a large halls of residence complex, teaching a range of undergrad courses, and being manager of a children’s leisure centre (including dressing-up in a bear costume). Since finishing his PhD, Dave has meandered geographically, having lived and worked in Bulgaria, Hungary, Macedonia, and most recently in Serbia (where he spends about a fifth of his time). He worked for an international not-for-profit organisation (Civic Education Project) for 4 years, variously as a visiting lecturer, as manager training programmes for academics in former Communist countries across eastern Europe, and as in-country manager of a curriculum reform project in Macedonia. The assimilation of CEP into a larger organisation marked the time for Dave to take a side-step into freelance work as a trainer, consultant and facilitator. He now runs his own training company, based in the UK, developing and delivering training in higher education in the UK, western Europe, the Balkans and the Caucasus. His ‘spare’ time is filled with being an Associate Lecturer for the Open University, studying computer science, being ‘Tata’ to his beautiful baby daughter, and (still) searching for the perfect cup of coffee.
Audience:
  • Postgraduate researchers
  • Postgraduate skills trainers
  • Research staff
  • Staff developers/trainers
  • Supervisors
 

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Type of work:
  • Blended learning design / delivery
  • Distance learning design / delivery
  • e-learning design / delivery
  • Training delivery
  • Training design and development
Subject areas:
  • Career development
  • Cultural awareness, equality and diversity
  • Interpersonal skills development
  • Leadership
  • Preparation for academic practice, including teaching
  • Project management
  • Research methods
Experience of delivering
Vitae programmes:
  • GRADschool Director
  • GRADschool Tutor
  • How to be an effective researcher programme (PGR) - programme leader
  • How to be an effective researcher programme (PGR) - programme facilitator
  • How to be an effective researcher programme (research staff) - programme leader
  • How to be an effective researcher programme (research staff) - programme facilitator

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Additional information:
Publications: - 'What the Bologna Process Says about Teaching and Learning Development in Practice' in Tomusk, V. (Ed.) "Creating the European Area of Higher Education: Voices from the Periphery", pp. 141-167 (Dordrecht: Springer, 2006 - 'Start Your Career' for Milenijum Center for Development of Civil Society (Graifika LAV: Nis, 2005)