Melanie Landells

Publications

1995 Butler, A. & Landells, M. ‘Taking Offence: Research as Resistance to Sexual Harassment in Academia’ in Morley, L. & Walsh, V. (Eds) Feminist Academics: Creative Agents for Change, London: Taylor & Francis Ltd.

1994 Butler, A. & Landells, M. “Telling Tales out of School: Research into sexual harassment of women academics” Equality Research Group Working Paper No 1: University of Plymouth.

1993 Brown, L., Collins, H., Green, P., Humm, M. and Landells, M. (Eds) Women's Studies: An International Handbook. Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf.

 

Reports & invited lectures

Invited speaker:

2008 Higher Education Equal Opportunties Network
        SES Who? Single Equality Schemes: Soundbite or Strategy?
2008  Higher Education Equal Opportunties Network
        Single Equality Schemes: A Multi-dimensional Approach - Plenary Debate
2005 Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities

       Admitting Equality: key developments in access for disabled students in HE

        “Building useful alliances to help meet the new disability duty'”

2005 Learning & Skills Council

        The Disability Equality Duty

        “Strategic Alliances for the Disability Equality Duty”

2004 Universities Personnel Association and SCOP HR Network

        Diversity Issues: Age Discrimination and Race Equality Policies

        “Implementing Race Equality Policies: Employment Perspectives”

2004 Athena Project

       ASSET Report Launch – Bristol University

       “Athena ASSET Survey: University of Plymouth Perspectives”

2003 Commission for Racial Equality and the Equality Challenge Unit - London

        Delivering the Duty and Demonstrating Success
       “Action Plans: Formulation and Implementation” – Plenary and workshop

2003 Higher Education Funding Council for Wales -Cardiff

        Analysis of Welsh HEI’s Race Equality Policies

        “Action Plans: Formulation and Implementation” – Plenary and workshop

2003 Commission for Racial Equality - London

        The Duty to Promote Race Equality in HE - Best Practice

        ‘Mainstreaming Race Equality and Achieving Outcomes’ –

2003 University of Derby

        Diversity Priority Day

        Mainstreaming Race Equality and Achieving Outcomes.”

 

Facilitator / Chair

2003 Women & Equality Unit / ESRC / National Statistics Gender Research Forum

        Equality and Diversity

        Chair “Experiences of discrimination and inequality/multiple discrimination”

2004 Moving Forward: Race Equality a Reality in Higher Education

        Meeting the Challenges and Examining Best Practice

        Chair of breakout session on action planning.

2004 Far South West Learning Practice Consortium

       Facilitator/organizer: Inclusive Processes: Admission, Teaching & Assessment

External Reports

1999 – 2000 “Straight Talking” funded by SW Devon Health Authority.
        Access to primary health care for women who have sex with women.

1997 “Farm Boundaries – Keeping Women’s Work Private” 
        Pilot study of women farmers and the concept of the public/private.

1996 “The Dictionary of Feminist Theory” Prof. M. Humm (Sociology defs)

1995 “Practising Feminist Criticism” - Prof. M. Humm (Glossary)

1994 “Informational Systems and Organizational Practices in Devon Social Services” 
        with Professor Tim May.

1993 “The Go-Between – Team Manager Perspectives on a Changing Organisation” 
        (Devon Social Services Policy Unit.)

1993 “Sexual Harassment of Women Teaching Staff at an English University”-

1993 “An Evaluative Research Project at the Rainbow Family Centre – Devonport”

1992 “Parents’ Views of the Needs of Families with Children Under 5 in Devon.” 
        Community Research Centre at the University of Plymouth.