Mrs Theresa Waight

Qualifications

MSc Social Research

Professional membership

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Member of British Sociological Association

Member of Social Policy Association. 

Teaching interests

I am module leader for the following foundation stage modules:

SSC301 Discovering your Inner Academic 

SSC304 Human Rights and Social Justice

Previous teaching experience:

Foundation Stage 

LCG005 Social Justice (2021/22) - Module Lead

LCG007 Human Rights (2021/22) - Module Lead

LCG001 Foundational Ideas & Concepts in Law, Government & Society (2019-2021) - Module Lead 

LCG004 Work and employment in the 21st century (2019/20) - Module Lead

LCG 003 Introduction to Government and Society. (2019-2021)

PSPM 304 Public Service Delivery and Evaluation - (2007-2016)

PSPM 301 Human Resources Management, Strategy and Planning in the Public Sector (2007 -2017; Module Lead 2014-16)

PSPM 302 Ethical Decision Making (207-2016; Module Lead 2014-16)

PSPM 303 Managing Change and Performance in Public Organisations (2007-2016)

Dissertation supervision 

BSc(Hons) International Business (2020/21)

BSc (Hons) Public Services (2010- 2017)

MBA 

Research interests

My research, and teaching, interests have built upon the themes of gender, education, social justice, system and policy design, implementation and evaluation. While my interest in gender seeks to add to the limited body of scholarly research relating to lone fatherhood, by seeking to evaluate the ‘justness’ of national governmental responses to the creation and sustainability of lone father households. This work has lead to the development of a keen interest in the normative conceptions of social justice and systems design and an understanding of the complexities of cross national research and intergovernmental policy transfer. This interest in system design is further developed with my engagement in the part HEFCE funded Strategic Leadership Project, an applied research project which sought to build HE leadership, governance and management capacity at the Board of Governors, Senior Management Team and HE Coordinator levels within Colleges of Further Education in the South West. While my project evaluation skills were utilised to evaluate the Aim Higher project, jointly funded by the European Social Fund, and Universities of Plymouth and Bournemouth, this project sought to enhance the capacity of the Colleges of Further Education (FECs) in the South West to design and deliver high quality Foundation Degrees in Public Services administration and management.