Dr Ama Eyo-Otung
CELT Learning & Teaching Development
Senior Lecturer in Public Procurement Law / Dean of Education and Student Experience (School of History, Law and Social Sciences)
Overview
Dr. Eyo-Otung is the Dean of Education and Student Experience in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
At the undergraduate level, she teaches Tort Law and Company Law, while her postgraduate responsibilities include modules on Business and Human Rights and research supervision of PhD students in Public Procurement Law & Sustainable Development. Her exceptional teaching skills earned her a nomination and shortlisting as one of six finalists for the Oxford University Press Law Teacher of the Year Award in 2015. Additionally, she teaches modules for the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) course at 挓乾勛圖's Management Centre.
As a specialist in public sector procurement, she has extensive experience leading sustainable and strategic procurement transformation programs, capacity-building initiatives, and achieving efficiency savings through public procurement, both within and outside the United Kingdom. Before relocating to the UK, she practiced as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, focusing on regulatory and commercial law.
Dr. Eyo-Otung holds a degree from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and the Nigerian Law School, Abuja. She also earned an LLM in International Commercial Law and a PhD in Public Procurement Law from the University of Nottingham. Her doctoral research, funded by the same institution, explored the European legal framework on electronic auctions in regulated procurement. She regularly writes and speaks on the use of electronic technologies in procurement and their implications for practice.
Additional Contact Information
Email: a.eyo@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: +44(0) 1248 383073
Location: Room 406 Top Floor, New Arts Building, College Road, 挓乾勛圖 LL57 2DG
Qualifications
- PhD: Electronic Reverse Auctions under the European Community (now European Union) procurement rules: Perspectives on the rules and practice from the United Kingdom
University of Nottingham, 20062009
Teaching and Supervision
Teaching
Undergraduate
- Tort Law;
- Partnerships and Company Law;
- Introduction to Public Procurement Law; and
- Introduction to International Procurement Law.
Postgraduate
- Businesses and Human Rights;
- Public Procurement Law & Sustainablebe Development;
- National and EU Public Procurement Law;
- Contract Design and Management;
- International Procurement Regimes; and
- Risk Management in Public Procurement.
PhD Supervision
- Dr Miriam Mbah,泭Addressing Human Trafficking through Public Procurement: An Examination of US and Australian Federal Procurement Frameworks, Graduated July 2020泭(first supervisor).泭
- Dr Wenyi Lian, The definition of government entity in the GPA/WTO: a comparison between the WTO and the EU,泭Graduated December 2019 (first supervisor).
- Dr Monalisa Odibo, Access to justice through court-annexed Alternative Dispute Resolution programmes: a critical assessment of the Multi-Door Courthouse System in Nigeria,泭Graduated July 2017,泭(Second supervisor),
- Dr Tianyi Jiang, Developing a transfer of rights regime in Chinese Maritime Law a recognition of the Anglo-American approaches,泭Graduated December 2017泭(Second supervisor).
- Femi Osunsade, "Empowering Women and Women Owned Small and Medium Scaled Enterprises through Public Procurement: An Examination of Nigerias Public Procurement Framework" (First Supervisor).
- Oluwatimilehin Bada, "Sustainable Public Pocurement in NIgeria - a critique on mechansims for enforcing the rights of Persons with Disabilities in Nigeria" (First supervisor).
- Stephen Clear, To what extent is judicial review an effective and appropriate mechanism for the resolution of public procurement disputes? (First supervisor).
- Chufan Yang, Transparency and Disclosure in public-private partnerships: a cross-jurisdictional investigation (Graduated 2023).
- Abdulkareem Mohammed Ikbal, Insurance of nuclear installations: towards a legal framework (Second supervisor).
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
Publications
2024
- Accepted/In press
Eyo, A. & Clear, S., 22 Mar 2024, (Accepted/In press) Sweet and Maxwell. 950 p.
Research output: Book/Report Book peer-review
2023
- Published
Amanze, M. & Eyo, A., 31 Mar 2023, Sustainable Public Procurement of Infrastructure and Human Rights : Beyond Buying Green. Martin-Ortega, O. & Trevino-Lozano, L. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 86-110 25 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter peer-review - Published
Amanze, M. & Eyo, A., 9 Jun 2023, In: Public Contract Law Journal.
Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
2022
- Published
Evans, C., Cahill, D. & Eyo, A., 8 Apr 2022, In: Public Contract Law Journal. 51, 2, p. 185-226
Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
2021
- Published
Clear, S. & Eyo, A., 10 Jun 2021, Sweet and Maxwell. 800 p.
Research output: Book/Report Book peer-review
2020
- Published
Eyo, A., 2020, Public Procurement Regulation in Africa: Development in Uncertain Times Development in Uncertain Times. Quinot, G. & Williams-Elegbe, S. (eds.). South Africa: Lexis Nexis, p. 317-343 26 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter peer-review
2018
- Published
Akenroye, T. O., Nyg疇rd, H. M. & Eyo, A., Mar 2018, In: International Area Studies Review. 21, 1, p. 3-8 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
2017
- Published
Eyo, A., 31 Jul 2017, In: European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review. 12, 3, p. 253-265
Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review - Published
Eyo, A., 2017, In: Public Procurement Law Review. 6, p. 237-248
Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
2014
- Published
Pedro Telles, Cahill, D., Evans, C., Clifford, G. & Eyo, A., 1 Jun 2014
Research output: Book/Report Other report - Published
Pedro Telles, Cahill, D., Evans, C., Clifford, G. & Eyo, A., 1 Jun 2014
Research output: Book/Report Other report - Published
Pedro Telles, Cahill, D., Evans, C., Clifford, G. & Eyo, A., 1 Jun 2014
Research output: Book/Report Other report
2013
- Published
Eyo, A. B., Eyo, A., Akenroye, T. & Oegoke, A., 1 Jan 2013, In: International Journal of Procurement Management. 6, 1, p. 1-23
Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
2012
- Published
Eyo, A. B. & Eyo, A., 1 Jan 2012, In: Procurement Law Review 1. 21, 1
Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
2011
- Published
Eyo, A. B. & Eyo, A., 26 Feb 2011.
Research output: Contribution to conference Paper
2009
- Published
Eyo, A. B., Arrowsmith, A., Eyo, A. & Arrowsmith, S. (Editor), 1 Jan 2009, Reform of the UNCITRAL model law on procurement: procurement regulation for the 21st century.. 2009 ed. Thomson West, p. 413-453
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter - Published
Eyo, A. B., Williams, S. & Eyo, A., 1 Jan 2009, In: Public Procurement Law Review. 2009, 3, p. 103-113
Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review
Activities
2022
Project description: During the pandemic, the UK awarded numerous public contracts to large companies exceeding 瞿30.2 billion, via emergency procurement decisions. In the same period many SMEs, including those in Wales, seemingly lost out on these opportunities. Immediate analysis as to the reasons for this is required, particularly given Wales is disproportionately reliant on SMEs to sustain its economy. We will investigate the impact of Welsh public bodies' emergency procurement decision-making on SMEs' ability to achieve sustainability.
Funding awarded through the 挓乾勛圖 Innovation and Impact Award (Research Wales Innovation Funding). Value = 瞿9579
1 Apr 2022 31 Mar 2023
Activity: Other (Contributor)
2021
Understanding the Experiences of Legal Education Facilitators and Learners During a Pandemic: Are We All in This Together?
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about the most seismic changes to the delivery of education in modern times, including in Universities. It is on the premise of this disruption to higher Legal Education that the authors set out to empirically investigate the experiences of both facilitators (law teaching staff) and learners (law students).
In light of the inability of Universities to offer a traditional classroom teaching environment, legal scholars had to adapt both their materials, and delivery and assessment methods swiftly to meet learners needs during the pandemic. Further, both those who teach, as well as those who learn, have had to overcome new personal complexities and pastoral wellbeing challenges as we all adjusted to new homeworking environments and hybrid learning delivery methods.
The purpose of this paper is to start to map the experiences of both lecturers and students. In doing so the research identifies trends and shared experiences amongst respondents.
This presentation starts to develops a new body of knowledge around efficient teaching and learning practices that legal education facilitators can deploy in future situations of disrupted (non-traditional) delivery.
Whilst such presents the result of our pilot study, going forward this research will map experiences across Wales in 2020/2021. In doing so such will help other facilitators reflect upon future learning practices when administering learning outside of traditional teaching practices. This is in order to better respond to the shared needs of our Law School communities, whilst further promoting excellence in legal education during times of crises.
15 Apr 2021
Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)
Other Grants and Projects
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- College of Arts, Humanities and Business, 挓乾勛圖: Seed Fund award, "Emergency Procurement, Public Contracts and Sustainability for Welsh Businesses! - 瞿494.95 (April 2021).
- ESRC Impact Acceleration Procurement Modernisation Accelerator Project value & Duration; 瞿25,000, June - December 2018, (Co-investigator).
- ESRC Impact Acceleration Brexit Rewriting the Procurement Playbook) Project value & Duration: 瞿10,450.00, 1-31 March 2017 (Co-Investigator).
- The Public Procurement and Cross-Border Tendering (PPACT Project) with partners from United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal for the European Union COSME programme (Project value & Duration: 325,000; 2015 - 2018), (Secured as part of ICPS team, Bangor Law School).
- Three Counties Public Procurement Reformation project (Project value & Duration: 瞿45,000; 2015- 2016), (Secured as part of ICPS team, Bangor Law School).
- Three Counties Procurement Service Full Business Case 挓乾勛圖 - 瞿31,000 (January May 2014, part泭of ICPS team);
- Procurement Summer School, Welsh Government - 瞿4,000, (July/August 2014, part of ICPS Team);
- The Transnational Ecosystem Laboratory and Actions (TESLA project), with partners from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, France, Germany and Belgium. (Project value & Duration: value - Euro 3.7m, funded by the European Union under the North West Europe INTERREG funded project; 2013-2016) (Secured as part of ICPS team, Bangor Law School);
- EU/INTERREG Ireland-Wales Winning in Tendering project - 3.2M (2011- 2013, part of WIT team);
- University of Nottingham, International Office, PhD Tuition Scholarship (2005 2008, 瞿29,250);
- PPRG, University of Nottingham, PhD Maintenance Scholarship, - (2005/2008 -瞿21,600);
- University of Nottingham, LLM Travel Scholarship August 2004, 瞿600.
Other Information
External Collaboration
- External PhD Supervisor, Universitity of South Wales;
- Researcher, UK-China Centre for Public Procurement Law Research Centre;
- Associate Researcher, the African Public Procurement Regulation Unit, Stellenbosch University, South Africa;
- International Advisory Board member: World Bank/National Univeristies Commission (NUC) Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) Project;
- Researcher, Centre for Public Procurement and Public-Private Partnership, Lodz University, Poland;
- Facilitator, European eProcurement Forum, Czech Republic
- Trainer, Public Procurement Research Centre, Bureau of Public Procurement, Abuja, Nigeria.
Publications and Conference presentations
- Public Procurement Law & Practice (Sweet & Maxwell, 2021) (with S. Clear (https://www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/Product/Local-Government/PublicProcurement-Law-and-Practice/Looseleaf/30793800).
- Unpacking failure in unsuccessful SME public sector tender submissions: reasons, perspectives and implications (accepted by Public Contracts Law Journal, accepted 2021), (with C. Evans and D. Cahill).
- Legal education across Wales in a pandemic: mapping our shared experiences, presented at the Society of Legal Scholars Conference, Durham University, 31 August 2021.
- UK Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement: Reflections on the Enforcement Provisions, presented at Public Law Project Conference, 5 May 2021.
- Understanding the Experiences of Legal Education Facilitators and Law Students in Wales during the Cobid-19 Pandemic, presented at the Association of Law Teachers Conference, Aston University, 16 March 2021.
- The Digitilisation of Public Procurement: Forward Steps and Challenges, presented at the University of Nottingham Public Procurement Research Conference, 20 October 2020.泭
- Delivering Sustainability through Community Benefits in Welsh Public Contracts, presented at (In)Corporate Sustainability Conference, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain, 16 September 2020.
- Public Procurement & Sustainable Development: a conversation about our future, presented at泭European Horizons Society, 挓乾勛圖, 22 November 2019;
- "Public Procurement for Sustainable Development, presented at Nile University, Nigeria, 8 April 2019;
- "Framework Agreements in Public Procurement in Africa: Progress & Limitations, presented at the 3rd International Conference on Public Procurement Law in Africa, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 2 November 2018;
- Public Procurement & wider government policies a brief perspective, presented at Public Sector Summit, 5 December 2017;
- Possible Impact of Brexit on Public Procurement, presented at Public Affairs Ireland Conference, Dublin, 24 November 2017;
- Enabling transformative change through procurement - evidence from the use of the Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS) in the United Kingdom, presented at Public Procurement: Global Revolution VII, University of Nottingham, 12 June 2017;
- Brexit and the requirements of small businesses across the UK - Some Practical Legal Problems for UK Importers and Exporters, presented at Gwynedd Business Week, 25 May 2017.泭
- Corruption and the challenge to Sustainable Public Procurement: a Perspective on Africa presented at Procurement beyond price: Sustainability and CSR in public purchasing, Copenhagen University, 5 May 2017;
- Socio-Economic Impact of Public Procurement Reforms", presented at 挓乾勛圖's Procurement Week, 23 March 2017.
- Implementation of e-Procurement in Nigeria Opportunities and Challenges an, presented at the Bureau of Public Procurement Conference, Nigeria, 28 August 2016. (Invited speaker);
- e-Procurement in Regulated Procurement: comparative experiences from selected African Countries, Lagos State Public Procurement Journal, July 2016;
- e-Procurement and e-Auctions in the UK, presented at the European eProcurement Conference in Ostrava, The Czech Republic, 5th November 2015;
- Mandatory e-Procurement in The United Kingdom: Governance Issues and Related Challenges, Paper presented at the Reform of the Public Procurement Law, Public Utilities Sector and PPP, Lodz University Poland, 9th October 2015;
- e-Procurement in Supplier Selection: Reflections on the SQuID experience in Wales, Public Procurement Law Review, presented at Global Revolution Conference, University of Nottingham, June 2015;
- Interaction between International Norms and Domestic Regulation: a case study of the Nigerian Public Procurement Act 2007 in the light of the 2011 UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Procurement, presented at the Public Public Research Group Seminar Series, University of Nottingham, 24 November 2014;
- e-Procurement and e-Auctions in the UK, Conference presentation, eBF Conference, Czech Republic 6th October 2014;
- Chinas Accession to the WTO/GPA: The e-Procurement Issues, Conference presentation, Global Government Procurement Conference, Dongbei University of Finance & Economics, Dalian China, 22nd August 2014;
- Procurement Design and Management for efficient outputs, Presentation at Business Law Academy Workshop on Public Procurement in Nigeria, 6th- 8th September 2013, Lagos State, Nigeria;
- 泭E-auctions in Regulated Procurement Operations and Outcomes, Paper presented at the Public Procurement Research Group Seminar Series, University of Nottingham, 22nd November 2012;
- Regulation of E-Auctions in the US Federal Procurement System: Lessons from the E-Auction Rules in the United Kingdom, Paper presented at the 5th IPPC Conference, Seattle, Washington, 19 August 2012, available at ;
- Public Procurement Law in Ghana and Nigeria comparative assessment of the Public Procurement Acts for future reform, Paper presented at the Public Procurement Regulation in Africa Conference, 25th October 2011;
- Intellectual Property Ownership in Sponsored Government Research Contracts, Paper presented at the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) Conference, 23rd October 2009.泭 泭 泭 泭 泭