Tracey Holker

Tracey Holker serves as a Senior Lecturer in Business Management at Coventry University, affiliated with the School of Strategy and Leadership within Coventry Business School (Faculty of Business and Law). After a 20+ year career in banking encompassing project management, product management, and corporate analysis, she joined the university as a mature student in 2006 and transitioned to full-time lecturing in 2010.

Her academic qualifications from Coventry University include:

• Postgraduate Certificate with Distinction in Higher Education Professional Practice (2010)
• MA in Management with Distinction (2009)
• BA (Hons) in Business and English (2008)

Dr. Holker's research centers on pedagogical strategies to cultivate student self-efficacy as a critical component of employability credentials. She investigates institutional frameworks for developing robust self-efficacy beliefs and growth mindsets that directly impact educational outcomes and career success, bridging educational psychology with business education.

Her publication record features a seminal 2012 contribution to the HEA Compendium of Effective Practice, which analyzes learning attitudes that strengthen self-efficacy and employability. This work establishes her research trajectory in evidence-based educational interventions for business contexts.

She secured a 2012 HEA Teaching Development Grant (£6,992) for her project 'Supporting students to develop robust self-efficacy beliefs a key component of their employability credentials'. As an educator, she teaches Business Management BA, International Business Management BA, Business Administration BA, and supervises International Business MSc dissertations, leveraging industry expertise in career development and leadership instruction.