Dr Leonidas Efthymiou is an Assistant Professor in Organisation, Tourism and Hospitality Studies at Unicaf University and the University of Nicosia. He previously worked at Intercollege, Pearson Education and the University of Leicester. He has also taught online for Universities in Europe, Africa and the United States. He travels frequently to Africa, in his capacity as Instructional Designer. He has co-edited and published several books, articles, media reports, policy papers and encyclopedia articles. His research output lies at the intersection of employment, digitisation and education. He has received a number of awards, including the best PhD Thesis award, from the Academy of Management in 2011, Boston Massachusetts. Prior to this, he trained at the universities of Leicester (PhD, MSc), Derby (BA) and the Higher Hotel Institute Cyprus (Dip. Hons). He is currently involved in 4 funded projects with a total budget of 4 Million Euros.