Katharina De Vita

Katharina De Vita is Director of Education for the Faculty of Business and Law at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is founder and co-director of the Innovation and Teaching Excellence Learning Lab (I-TELL) within the Faculty of Business and Law, an initiative focused on advancing educational excellence through innovation, experimentation, and evidence-informed practice. Katharina is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and a Certified Management & Business Educator (CMBE). Active in academic leadership and governance, Katharina serves as a member of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) Committee for Education and Learning and sits on the Board of the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) Special Interest Group for Teaching and Coaching. Throughout her career, she has secured funding from a range of national and international sources, including, but not limited to, the British Council, the British Academy and the QAA, to support teaching innovation and discipline-based research, alongside undertaking consultancy work. Katharina obtained her PhD from the University of Cambridge.