Adjunct Faculty and Research Fellow, Centre for International Higher Education, Boston College. Ellen teaches “Managing Change in Higher Education on the Executive Doctorate programme, and “Global Perspectives on Leadership & Management”, MA in International Higher Education – with responsibility for design, development, organisation, on-line delivery and assessment,
Organiser, “Forward Look”, Professional Development Programme, Higher Education Authority, 2013-on-going - responsibility for design, development and organisation.
Research and Innovation Advisory Panel, Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, UK. The LFHE is responsible for “developing and improving the management, governance and leadership skills of existing and future leaders of higher education.” https://www.lfhe.ac.uk
Guest Lecturer, Leadership of Higher Education, Professional Development Programme, University of Liverpool, 2010, 2011;
Guest Lecturer, Leadership of Higher Education, Professional Development Programme, University of Southampton 2007;
Vice President Research and Enterprise, and Dean of the Graduate Research School, Dublin Institute of Technology, 2008-2014 – with responsibility for quality and delivery of doctoral education across the entire university, and research support and promotion, commercialization of research, knowledge transfer and entrepreneurship training especially for SMEs;
Vice President and Founding Dean of the Faculty of Applied Arts (Creative & Performing Arts and Media, Humanities and Social Sciences), Dublin Institute of Technology,1996-2008 - with responsibility, inter alia, for education programming and promotion, quality assurance and assessment, academic recruitment and human relations, promoting quality student experience and welfare, etc., from undergraduate to doctoral level.