Ms Rachel O Dowd
BA; HDip in Applied Communications; MA
Lecturer in PR & Marketing
Biography
Rachel O'Dowd is a lecturer in Marketing at Waterford Institute of Technology since 1997. She specialises in teaching Public Relations at undergraduate and postgraduate level and Rural Entrepreneurship to Land Sciences students.
Rachel won the WIT Teaching Excellence Award in 2010. In 2014 she mentored the student winner of the National Alltech Innovation Awards. More recently she has mentored two student finalists in the National Innovation Arena Awards which will be held at the National Ploughing Championships in September, 2015.
1997 – to date Waterford Institute of Technology
Main Subjects Taught Level Courses
Public Relations Masters MA in Management of Education
MA in Arts & Heritage Management
PG Diploma in Enterprise Development
Degree BBS (Hons)
BA in Marketing
BSc (Hons) in Land Management
Entrepreneurship Degree BSc in Agriculture
BSc (Hons) in Land Management
BSc (Hons) in Agricultural Science
Marketing for Small Businesss Degree BSc in Agriculture
BSc in Horticulture BSc (Hons) in Land Management
BSc (Hons in Agricultural Science)
Executive Education Courses Delivered
2012/2013 PG Diploma in Innovation & PG Diploma in Enterprise Development
Workshops in Presentation Skills; Influencing & Communication Skillls; Public Relations
1999 - 2013 South East Enterprise Platform Programme
Workshops in Public Relations & Reputation Management
2008 Mergo Tourism Networks
Workshops in Public Relations
Non-lecturing Duties
Mentor on the South East Enterprise Platform Programme; PG Diploma in Enterprise Development
Thesis Supervisor on the MA in Management of Education; MA in Arts & Heritage Management