Fellowship for Altnagelvin man
He has undertaken numerous consultancy projects on behalf of the Northern Ireland Civil Service and government departments, including Department of Finance and Personnel, Department for Employment and Learning and the Northern Ireland Audit Office.
Dr McBride has worked on a variety of projects for the private sector in the Far East and the Middle East, India, Europe and the USA. He, along with colleagues, has been instrumental in attracting a range of new income streams to the University from areas such as consultancy, EU funding, knowledge transfer programmes and bursaries in excess of £1.4 million.
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Hide AdHis special interests lie in the development of student entrepreneurship and he has assisted many students on their journey towards self-employment and self-sustainability. In addition, he has attracted a significant number of corporate sponsors across a range of degree programmes within the UBS including, PricewaterhouseCoopers, HSBC, Invista (UK) Ltd and First Trust Bank
Combining his commercial experience with academic activities, bringing substantial monies into the University and significantly increasing the profile of academic enterprise amongst colleagues within UBS, has resulted in enhanced activity with external organisations in the public and private sectors.