Dr Peter Sharp

Peter studied History at Oxford University before qualifying as a commercial solicitor. Then, he did an MSc in Computing Science and a PhD in Knowledge Management in which he applied his ideas in industry. Since obtaining his PhD in 2003, Peter qualified with professional certificates in Teaching in Higher and Professional Education and Research Degree Supervision and has worked in the field of business management and professional skills at Regent’s University London. 

Peter has always been interested in the crossover of skills from business to higher education and vice versa and he mentors/supervises learners through postgraduate work placement programmes and business start-up enterprises and encourages staff in a wide variety of creative endeavours (e.g. through painting wellbeing painting workshops). Peter has written extensively on knowledge management, creative enterprise, and innovation, and has run an art club for over 10 years. He is a passionate watercolour artist and illustrator.

• PhD
• MSc
• BA (Oxon)
• PgCHPE
• PgCRDSupervision
• PgCRM
• FHEA 

• October 2004 – present - Regents College/Regent's University London as Senior Lecturer/Programme Manager/Principal Lecturer and now Assistant Professor of Creative Enterprise
• 2009 – 2011, Cornhill Training course, The Proclamation Trust, Willcox House, 140-148 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1LB.
• 2005, Visiting lecturer at London Metropolitan University
• 2003 – 2004, Research Supervisor at Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology, Beaconside, Staffordshire University.
• 2001 – 2003, Scholarship funded Doctoral KM project researcher and advisor to one of the largest UK Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies.
• 1999 – 2001, MSc Computing Science scholarship student at School of Computing, Staffordshire University and Instem Limited, Stone, Staffordshire.
• 1998 – 1999, Database developer experience at Alphasure Limited, South Woodford, London.
• 1997 – 1998, Assistant solicitor at Stephenson Harwood, 1 St Paul's Churchyard, City of London EC4M 8SH.
• 1995 – 1997, Trainee solicitor at Beachcroft Stanleys 20 Furnival Street, Fleet Street, London, EC4A 1AU.

• Over 200 blog articles on Knowledge Learning and Personal Development
• Over 30 peer reviewed academic papers on Knowledge Management (KM) and Learning in international conferences and journal articles
• Over 15 years' experience as peer reviewer of academic papers and journal articles in KM

Some examples of peer-reviewed, published academic papers from the last eight years:

• Sharp, P. J. (2022) The Changed Nature of Learning in Universities in the Covid-19 Knowledge Society, Published at Conference on Theme of ‘The Knowledge Economy and Society in the Post-Covid-19 Era’, Proceedings of Theory and Applications in the Knowledge Economy (TAKE) 2022 Conference, A Hybrid Conference hosted by Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique, Porto, Portugal, 6th to 8th July 2021, Abstract 4.35 in Conference Book of Abstracts, July 2022.

• Sharp, P. J. (2021) Learning from an Auto-Ethnographic Account of a University Tutor in London in the First Covid-19 Year, Proceedings of Theory and Applications in the Knowledge Economy (TAKE) 2021 Conference, A Virtual Conference, Hosted by Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique, Porto, Portugal, 7th to 9th July 2021, Abstract 3.57 in Conference Book of Abstracts, July 2021.

• Sharp, P. J. (2021) Learning from Online Professional Practice in Higher Education in the Covid-19 Knowledge Economy, Proceedings of the American University of Bahrain – Innovative Learning and Teaching Conference: Lessons from Covid-19, 24th to 26th May 2021. {accessible online as Paper No. 23 on https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/JELJOUR_Results.cfm?form_name=journalbrowse&journal_id=3792419}

• Sharp, P. J. (2020) Learning from Leonardo da Vinci in Higher Education, The Scribe - Regent’s Interdisciplinary Journal, June/July.

• Sharp, P. J. (2020) The Value of Knowledge Cafes to Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Bichler-Ripfel, H. and Kragulj, F. (2020) Building Future Competences – Challenges and Opportunities for Skilled Crafts and Trades in the Knowledge Economy, published by Institute for Applied Research on Skilled Crafts and Trades (IAGF), ISBN: 978-3-7089-2014-6, Facultas Verlags-und Buchhandels AG, Wiedner Hauptstraße 63, 1045 Wien, Vienna, Austria [June 2020].

• Sharp, P.J. (2019) Knowledge and Skills for Postgraduate Business Students for the Future; Chapter 11 in Remenyi, D., Grant, K.A., and Singh, S. (2019) (eds) The University of the Future, ACPIL, Reading, RG4 9SJ, United Kingdom (First Edition, December 2019) ISBN: 978 1 912764 51 8.

• Sharp, P. J. (2019) Why Knowledge Cafes can be Valuable to Organisations, Proceedings of the International Conference - Theory and Applications in the Knowledge Economy TAKE 2019, Vienna, Austria, 3rd to 5th July 2019 [editors Eduardo Tome and Florian Kragulf], WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, and Institute for Applied Research on Skilled Crafts and Trades (IAGF), [pp631-644].

• Sharp, P. J. (2019) Learning from How Leonardo da Vinci Thought: Factors that Assist Knowledge Accumulation and Creativity, Keynote Paper, TAKE 2019, Vienna, Austria, 3rd to 5th July 2019.

• Sharp, P. J. (2019) Reflection on Action Research applied to a Knowledge Management (KM) Project in a Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Company (FMCG), SAGE Research Methods Cases Part 2, Online ISBN 9781526474230 [8th January 2019].

• Sharp, P. J. (2015) Make Organisational Life Work, European Conference of Knowledge Management (ECKM) 2015, University of Udine, Italy, 3rd-4th September, 692 -701.

Over 20 years of experience of supervision at all levels of Higher Education.

• Knowledge management
• Creative enterprise
• Professional development
• Life skills
• Coaching 
• Innovation

• 2011 Learning and Teaching Working Group approved on 7th July 2011 research project proposal entitled: “Enriching the Learning Experience of International Business and Management Postgraduate Students doing Dissertations” Dr Peter Sharp and Dr Anabel Gutierrez

• FHEA
• CMI
• Peer reviewer on Editorial Boards of a number of international KM conferences
• Guest Editor of Journals (e.g. 'Knowledge')

• Sharp, P. J. (2011). Teaching Philosophy of Knowledge Perspectives in Business and Management (Developmental paper) British Academy of Management (BAM 2011), 25th Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management, 13th – 15th September 2011, Aston University, Birmingham.
• Skinnarland, K.I.T. and Sharp, P.J. (2011). Knowledge Sharing (KS), Organizational Learning and Competitive Advantage - a Scandanavian Hotel Company, in Proceedings of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Conference, Hull University Business School, University of Hull, p. 101.
• Sharp, P. J. (2010). The LIFE Technique – Creation of Personal Knowledge and Skills Profiles for Future Planning, in Proceedings of European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM 2010), 11th European Conference on Knowledge Management, Universidade Lusiada de Vila Nova Famalicao, Famalicao, Portugal, 2nd – 3rd September 2010, pp 921-932.
• Sharp, P. J. (2008). Action Research applied to Knowledge Management (KM) in a Fast Moving Consumer Goods company (FMCG), in Proceedings of European Conference of Research Methodology in Business and Management Studies (ECRM 2008), 7th European Conference of Research Methods, Regent's College, London, 19th and 20th June 2008.
• Sharp, P.J. (2007). MaKE First Steps – How a Definition of Knowledge can Help Your Organisation, in Proceedings of European Conference of Knowledge Management (ECKM 2007), Remenyi, D. (ed.) 8th European Conference on Knowledge Management, Consorci Escola Industrial de Barcelona (CEIB), Barcelona, Spain, 6-7 September 2007.
• Sharp, P.J., Simm, M., Eardley, W.A. and Shah, H. (2005). MaKE First Steps: a Practical Approach to Collaboratively Defining Knowledge in Organisations, in Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Management (ICICKM 2005), Remenyi, D. (ed), American University of Dubai, UAE, 21st-22nd November 2005, ACL, Reading, 439-458.
• Sharp, P.J. (2004). MaKE: a Knowledge Management Method, in: Proceedings of European Conference of Knowledge Management (5th ECKM), Conservatoire Nationale des Arts et Metiers (CNAM), Paris, France, 30th September-1st October 2004, ACL, Reading, UK.
• Sharp, P.J. and Hanlon, S. (2004). MaKE Measures: a Synthesis of a KM Process with Intangible Asset Measures, in: Proceedings of European Conference of Knowledge Management (5th ECKM), Conservatoire Nationale des Arts et Metiers (CNAM), Paris, France, 30th September-1st October 2004, ACL, Reading, UK.
• Sharp, P. J., Eardley, W.A. and Shah, H. (2003). Use of Visual Tools in the Context of Development of MaKE – a KM Method, in: Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM 2003), McGrath,F. and Remenyi ,D. (Eds.) Oriel College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, 18-19th September 2003, MCIL, Reading, UK, 799-808.
• Sharp, P. J. (2002). SolSkeme - A Scheme for Managing Knowledge in Organisations, in: Proceedings of Third European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM 2002), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 24th-25th September 2002, MCIL, Reading, UK, 609-617.
• Sharp, P. J., Eardley, W.A, and Shah, H. (2002). Evaluating Knowledge in Organisations Holistically as part of Information Systems Development Strategy, in: Proceedings of Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 2002), Third International Symposium, 15th to 17th July 2002, Co-sponsored by IEEE, IEE, EURASIP, BCS, Hosted by School of Computing, Staffordshire University, 193-196.
• Sharp, P. J., Eardley, W.A, and Shah, H. (2002). Prioritising Knowledge Requirements in Organisations as part of Information Systems Development Strategy. Poster presentation paper at Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 2002), Third International Symposium, 15th to 17th July 2002, Co-sponsored by IEEE, IEE, EURASIP, BCS, Hosted by School of Computing, Staffordshire University.
• Sharp, P.J. (2002). Production and Validation of a Method for Evaluating Knowledge in Organisations Holistically (for PhD Consortium). In: Appendix to Proceedings of 7th Annual UKAIS Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, 10th to 12th April 2002

Peter received a Distinction in PgCHPE and PgCRDSupervision, and has helped to develop Postgraduate Masters courses and new Regent's Curriculum Model.