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Centre for Online and Distance Education

Jude Dunkwu

Researching AI’s strategic implementation in online distance learning and teaching.

Jude is a global leading expert in the area of Strategic business management of online distance learning and teaching. He is currently researching AI’s strategic implementation in different contexts, including online distance learning and teaching. 

Jude carried out pioneering research into the strategic business management of online distance learning and teaching, partly a fallout of COVID-19 pandemic which led to a global scramble by institutions to implement online distance learning and teaching at scale. Consequently, his work has become consequential in the post-COVID era. His original area of interest is strategic business management and governance, having worked with Mercedes-Benz ANAMMCO, FSB International Bank and Metropolitan Bank. 

He earned his first degree in Physics with honours and a master’s degree in industrial and Labour Relations (M.I.L.R) from University of Ibadan, Nigeria. In the UK he earned an MBA from University of East London and a PhD in Strategic Institutional Governance from University of Plymouth. 

Jude has taught business management courses in several UK higher education institutions including Coventry University London Campus, QA Business School - University of Ulster, London campus and Hult International Business School, London where he was a Professor of Business Management Ethics. At these institutions Jude was extensively involved in the development and implementation of online distance learning courses. He holds the Fellowship of Chartered Management Institute, UK (FCMI) and the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts, UK (FRSA).

In his formal training as a teacher, Jude earned an M.Ed. degree from University of Cambridge in Educational Leadership and School Improvement (ELSI). His PhD research in education at the Institute of Education (UCL) was multidisciplinary and broke new grounds. He applied Strategic Business Management concepts and principles to education and technology in the field of distance online learning and teaching.

Strategic business management of online distance learning and teaching being an emerging field, Jude is a global leading expert in the area. He offers advisory services to leading universities and institutions around the world. He holds the fellowship of Higher Education Academy, UK (FHEA) as well as the fellowship of Society for Education and Training, UK (FSET). Jude has done a certificate programme in Artificial Intelligence (AI) at University of Oxford. He is currently researching AI’s strategic implementation in different contexts, including online distance learning and teaching.