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Dr Amit Rawal

Lecturer in Management (Education)

Bayes Business School , Faculty of Management

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About

Overview

Amit currently works as a Lecturer in Management at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass). He currently leads a range of research methods, life coaching and entrepreneurship-related modules.

Prior to working at Bayes Business School, Amit was the Course Director for the MSc Management and the acting Course Director for the MSc Enterprise and Innovation at Coventry University London. Amit has also held a teaching position at Brunel Business School. Before working in academia Amit worked as a Business Analyst, Marketing Assistant and Research Assistant. He has worked within the public and private sector.

Amit holds a PhD in Management and a MSc in International Business from Brunel University London as well as a BSc in Psychology from Aston University. His research focusses on learning from entrepreneurial failure. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and accredited Life Coach from The Coaching Academy. Amit has experience of embedding life coaching within higher education as well as delivering exceptional teaching to a range of students. He has won awards for using innovative teaching and assessment methods as well as compassion shown to his students. This includes the Teaching Excellence Award at the 2026 City St Georges Academic Impact Awards and the Community Recognition Award at the Bayes Recognition Awards 2026.

Outside of academia, Amit is the founder of the motivational speaker and life coaching service, 1TakeMotivation. Amit's aim in life is to help people become more employable, develop their entrepreneurial abilities, and learn how to embrace failure effectively by enhancing their soft-skills.

Qualifications

  • Personal Performance Coaching Diploma, The Coaching Academy
  • Management PhD, Brunel University London, United Kingdom
  • International Business MSc, Brunel University London, United Kingdom
  • Psychology BSc, Aston University, United Kingdom

Postgraduate training

  • Senior Fellow of Advance HE, City St Georges, United Kingdom, September 2024 - July 2025
  • Fellow of Advance HE, Coventry University, London, United Kingdom, January - July 2023
  • Associate Fellow of Advance HE, Brunel University London, London, United Kingdom, September 2019 - August 2020

Employment

  • External Examiner, University of Salford, United Kingdom, December 2023 - present

Expertise

Primary topics

  • Entrepreneurship

Publications

Chapter

  1. Sarpong, D. and Rawal, A. (2020). From Open Labs to DiY Labs–Harnessing ‘the wisdom of crowds’ for Innovation. In Fritzcshe, A., Jonas, J.M., Roth, A. and Moslein, K.M. (Eds.), Innovating in the Open Lab (pp. 263-274). Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter. ISBN 9783110628210.

Conference papers and proceedings (2)

Internet publication

  1. Hulene, G., Cronshaw, S., Davies, E., de Main, L., Holmes, H., Hope, A.... Wolstencroft, P.(2023).Student Engagement Guidelines: Learning from innovative practices introduced in response to COVID-19. Quality Assurance Agency.

Journal articles (2)

  1. Rawal, A. and Sarpong, D. (2024). How do Entrepreneurs Experience Business Failure and Rebound to Venture Again? A Review of Literature and Research Agenda. International Review of Entrepreneurship, 22(2), pp. 157-196

    [publisher’s website]

  2. Rawal, A., Sarpong, D. and Singh, S.K. (2023). Phoenix rising: Rebounding to venture again post firm-failure. Industrial Marketing Management, 112, pp. 71-84. doi:10.1016/j.indmarman.2023.05.007

    [publisher’s website]

Media

  1. Rawal, A.(2024). How to establish if leaders need a mentor or a life coach. https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1880238/establish-leaders-need-mentor-life-coach.

Thesis/dissertation

Professional activities

Collaborations (academic) (4)

  1. Budget 2025: Sugar tax expanded but UK tightens belt and growth slims down project (December 2025)
    Other partners: Amit Rawal contributed to this article.
  2. Uber says it is ‘ready to go’ as government delays driverless vehicle legislation project (May - June 2025), United Kingdom
    Other partners: Amit Rawal contributed to this article.
  3. Darzi NHS Review – the sequel: City St George's experts respond project (September 2024), United Kingdom
    Other partners: Amit Rawal contributed to this article.
  4. Bayes academics react to the Chancellor's Autumn Budget project
    Other partners: Amit Rawal contributed to this article.

Event/conference

  1. Researchers of Colour Symposium by Brunel University London and University of Westminster. (Conference) London (2023). Panel Member

Keynote lecture/speech

  1. Brilliant Club Graduation - Keynote Speech. City St Georges - Clerkenwell Campus (2026). Dr Amit Rawal delivered the keynote speech at the Scholars Programme graduation ceremony, in which over 100, 9, 10 and 11-year-olds graduated.

Online articles (16)

  1. Ian Somerhalder was staked to an 8-figure debt after ‘Vampire Diaries’ — and sold everything to claw his way back. (2026). moneywise Dr Amit Rawal's research has been featured in this article.
  2. What's going wrong for Luke Johnson? (2026). MCA Dr Amit Rawal has contributed to this article.
  3. Learn, recover, and relaunch: How to bounce back from business failure. (2025). Crisis Response Amit Rawal has contributed to this article.
  4. Jobseekers fear AI is unfairly screening out applications, research finds. (2025). People Management Dr Amit Rawal has contributed to this article.
  5. Half of British employees are put off by management careers. (2025). HR magazine Amit Rawal has contributed to this article.
  6. CIPD urges chancellor to prioritise skills in spring statement to boost UK growth. (2025). People Management Dr Amit Rawal has contributed to this article.
  7. Is ‘Failing Fast’ A Fad Or The Path To Innovation? (2025). Forbes Dr Amit Rawal's research features in this article as a contribution to it.
  8. Uber and Bolt protest live as Birmingham convoy block off Birmingham Airport car park. (2025). BirminghamLive Dr Amit Rawal has contributed to this article.
  9. Study provides framework for entrepreneurs to bounce back from business failure. (2024). PHYS ORG Amit Rawal has contributed to this article.
  10. Learning from mistakes: new study provides framework for entrepreneurs to bounce back from business failure. (2024). Bayes Business School Amit Rawal has contributed to this article.
  11. Ford axes 800 jobs in the UK due to weak EV demand. (2024). FleetNews Dr Amit Rawal has contributed to this article.
  12. City St George's experts react to Chancellor's Autumn Budget 2024. (2024). City St George's Dr Amit Rawal has contributed to this article.
  13. Now trains are hit in Crowdstrike outage as ticket machines and scanners go down at London stations on one of year's busiest travel days - while families queue at Dover and 28,000 Brits battle to fly home with another 45 UK flights axed today. (2024). This is Money Dr Amit Rawal has contributed to this article.
  14. Bosses are using 'silent lay-offs' and 'quiet firing' to get rid of employees. It could backfire. (2024). Business Insider Dr Amit Rawal has contributed to this article.
  15. James Watt steps down as BrewDog chief. (2024). Personnel Today Dr Amit Rawal has contributed to this article.
  16. Should you hire a life coach in 2025?Amit Rawal contributed to this article