Speaker Profiles - Briga Hynes
Briga Hynes:
Briga is a lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the University of Limerick where her teaching extends to the area of entrepreneurship to include Enterprise Development,
Business Consulting, Managing International Business Growth and Internationalising Entrepreneurial Ventures. Her teaching experience spans undergraduate, postgraduate and post experience groups.
Briga’s main research interests lie in entrepreneurship and small firm growth. A second stream of research explores how best owner/manager skills and competencies
can be enhanced through management development interventions and mentoring programmes. Briga has also published on the topic of entrepreneurship education, where the research investigates the different pedagogical approaches to teaching entrepreneurship across discipline.
Briga is also involved in a number of outreach activities in the Mid West Region which involves the design and delivery of training and mentoring programmes for owner/managers and the provision of advice and consultancy on marketing and the management of business growth. She is also a board member of Limerick City Enterprise Board Southill Advisory Management Group, Management Development Council, Forfas and an evaluator for Social Entrepreneurs Ireland.
Briga is a lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the University of Limerick where her teaching extends to the area of entrepreneurship to include Enterprise Development,
Business Consulting, Managing International Business Growth and Internationalising Entrepreneurial Ventures. Her teaching experience spans undergraduate, postgraduate and post experience groups.
Briga’s main research interests lie in entrepreneurship and small firm growth. A second stream of research explores how best owner/manager skills and competencies
can be enhanced through management development interventions and mentoring programmes. Briga has also published on the topic of entrepreneurship education, where the research investigates the different pedagogical approaches to teaching entrepreneurship across discipline.
Briga is also involved in a number of outreach activities in the Mid West Region which involves the design and delivery of training and mentoring programmes for owner/managers and the provision of advice and consultancy on marketing and the management of business growth. She is also a board member of Limerick City Enterprise Board Southill Advisory Management Group, Management Development Council, Forfas and an evaluator for Social Entrepreneurs Ireland.
Local Activities
Please check the following links for activities in the region. Ballyheigue is a seaside town with a beatiful sandy beach. The annual Summer Festival coincides with the Summer School and offers lots of events for you to enjoy. Full details can be found on the festival website www.ballyheiguefestival.com