Dr Catherine Bedwei-Majdoub PhD, MA, MA, BA, PGCert, FHEA

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Biography

Dr. Catherine Bedwei-Majdoub is the Course Leader and Senior Lecturer in Business Management

She teaches business ethics, professional development, and research methodologies. Dr. Bedwei-Majdoub has worked at several UK universities at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Previously, she held leadership posts in both the hospitality and events sectors. 

Dr. Bedwei-Majdoub is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a member of the Chartered Institute of Management (CMI).

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Course Leader and Senior Lecturer for BSc (Hons) Business Management

Research and Knowledge Exchange projects

Dr. Catherine Bedwei-Majdoub research focus is the meaning of 'meaning' especially the meaningfulness of ethical practice in relation to semantics and hermeneutics and the interdisciplinary contexts relevant to this relation.

Books

  • Book: Bedwei-Majdoub, C. (ed). (forthcoming 2026). Meaning and Interpretation in Research: Nuance, Objectivity, & the Ethics of Reason. 
     
  • Book chapter: Bedwei-Majdoub, C. & Bado, A. (forthcoming 2026). ‘Crossing the Great Subject-Object Divide: Participation and Ethical Reason in Text-Based Research,’ in ed Catherine Bedwei-Majdoub. Meaning and Interpretation in Research, Nuance, Objectivity, & the Ethics of Reason. IGI Global.
     
  • Book chapter: Bedwei-Majdoub, C. & Bado, A. (forthcoming, 2026). ‘Poesis as New Knowledge: Pushing Paradigmatical Boundaries through Interdisciplinary Research.’ In ed Catherine Bedwei-Majdoub. Meaning and Interpretation in Research, Nuance, Objectivity, & the Ethics of Reason. IGI Global.
     
  • Book chapter: Fadli, H., Khodaviren, M. Bedwei-Majdoub, C. (forthcoming, 2025/2026). Future Directions: AI, Ethics, and Sustainable Development Goals . in (ed) AI, Ethics, and the SDGs: Are We Innovating Sustainably in the Hospitality Industry? Routledge, Taylor & Francis.

Conference papers and Panel participation

  • Conference paper: Bedwei-Majdoub, C. '(2023). An Aquinian Virtue Ethics Approach to Action Learning Sets on International Postgraduate Business Programmes.’ International Action Learning Conference, Action Learning: Research and Practice. April 2023.
     
  • Conference paper: Bedwei-Majdoub, C. (2023). Using Student Evaluations of Teaching to Inform Pedagogy.' Talk About Teaching, Academic Tutoring, Coaching, & Student Wellbeing. York St John University, February 2023.
     
  • Conference paper: Bedwei-Majdoub, C. (2016). ‘Derrida, Participation, and The Question of The Book.’ Liberal Arts Education, Culture and Society, Blackfriars, Oxford University.
     
  • Panel Member: 'How Can Assessment Design Support Student Self-Regulation? Rethinking Tasks, Briefs, and Feedback.' MyFest, July 2025

Books

  • Book chapter: Maher, C., & Bedwei-Majdoub, C. (2024). Engaging International Students as Curriculum Co-Creators, in eds. Andy Jiahao Lui & Cassandra Conway, Preparing Students from The Academic World to Career Paths: A Comprehensive Guide, IGI Global.
     
  • Book chapter: Maher, C. & Bedwei-Majdoub, C. (2024). ‘Semi-structured Qualitative Study: Process and Considerations for Doctoral Students,’ in ed. Robin Thorne, Qualitative Research Methods for Dissertation Research. IGI Global.
     
  • Book chapter: Bedwei-Majdoub, C. (2022). ‘Derrida’s Meaning of Meanings (via Augustine),’ in eds. Catherine Knowles, Birute Briliute, & Harry Schnitker, Aspects of Doctoral Research, Vol 4, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars.

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