Dr William E. Donald

Will has been a guest lecturer on the following modules in Southampton Business School at the University of Southampton

• 2021-2022 MSc International Management [invited by Yehuda Baruch].
• 2021-2022 MSc Project Management [invited by Ramesh Vahidi].
• 2016-2018 MSc Contemporary Career Issues [invited by Melanie Ashleigh].
• 2009-2010 MSc Knowledge and Information Systems Management [invited by Thanos Papadopoulos].

Additional keynotes and seminars include

• 2023: Unlocking the secrets to scholarly publishing, Peer Learning Society, UK [invited by Neil Ford and Catherine McConnell].
• 2023: Academics as actors within sustainable career ecosystems, Employability Summit, Newman University, UK [invited by Ian Fellows].
• 2022: Academia and systemic barriers to inclusion, Education Talks Podcast, Thailand [invited by David Burke]
• 2022: Sustainable careers and the future of work: Challenges and opportunities, Keynote with Maria Mouratidou, GiLE4Youth International Conference, Hungary [invited by Judit Beke].
• 2021: Conceptualisation of weather as a career metaphor, Lightning Talk, Ronin Institute, USA [invited by Jon Wilkins].
• 2020: Impact of COVID-19 on graduate careers, Graduate Recruitment Bureau, UK [invited by Dan Hawes].
• 2020: Careers advice for the COVID-19 era: How to drive, strive, and thrive [invited separately by Cardiff University, CityGrad, Southampton Careers Exchange, and University of Kent].

Will has published over 50 peer-reviewed works (journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers)–which have been read nearly 30,000 times (ResearchGate) and cited over 825 times (GoogleScholar) as of October 2023.

Notable achievements include

• 2023 Winner of the Human Resource Management Special Interest Group Best Paper Award at the British Academy of Management Conference [with Beatrice Van der Heijden & Graham Manville].
• 2023 Greatest Unsung Hero for the Careers Sector, Shorlisted, Careers in Careers Festival, The Talent Cycle, UK.
• 2022 Oustanding Reviewer Award for Management Research Review, Emerald.
• 2019 Doctoral College Research Award, Southampton Business School Runner-Up, University of Southampton.
• 2018 Doctoral College Research Award: Southampton Business School Highly Commended Nominee, University of Southampton, UK.
• 2017 Postgraduate Research Publication Award, Southampton Business School, University of Southampton.
• 2016 Best Paper Award, Relational Leadership and Change Stream, Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, UK.

Prizes

• Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2017)
• Fellow of the Learning and Performance Institute (2018)
• Best Paper Award, Relational Leadership and Change Stream, Southampton Business School Conference (2016)
• Postgraduate Researcher Publication Award (2017)
• Doctoral College Research Award, Highly Commended Nominee, Faculty of Business & Law, University of Southampton (2018)
• Doctoral College Research Award, Southampton Business School Runner-Up, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southampton (2019)
• Winner Outstanding Reviewer for Management Research Review, 2022 Emerald Literati Awards (2022)
• Best Paper Award for Human Resource Management Special Interest Group, British Academy of Management Conference 2023 (2023)