Penny Welch, University of Wolverhampton

Research interests

• Learning and teaching in higher education
• Higher education policy
• Feminist pedagogy

Publications

• ‘The evolution of government policy towards English higher education 1979–2007’, Learning and Teaching: the International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, Summer 2009, 2(2): 96–122.
• ‘Reclaiming higher education as a public good: teaching for social justice through feminist pedagogy’, in M. Todd and M. Alcala (eds) (2008) Teaching in Public – the Future of Higher Education?, Proceedings of the November 2007 C-SAP Conference, Birmingham: The Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP), pp. 99-108.
• ‘Feminist pedagogy revisited’, LATISS - Learning and Teaching in the Social Sciences, December 2006, 3(3): 171-199.
• 'Feminist pedagogy and power in the academy' in Gillian Howie and Ashley Tauchert (eds) (2002) Gender, Teaching and Research in Higher Education: Challenges for the 21st Century, London: Ashgate.
• 'Thinking about teaching politics', Politics, May 2000, 20(2): 99-104.
• 'The politics of teaching Women's Studies', Women's Studies Quarterly, Fall/Winter 1999, 27(3 & 4): 70-76.
• Key skills and the teaching of politics', European Consortium of Political Research News, Autumn 1999.
• 'Benchmarking Politics/International Relations', PSA News, October 1999.
• 'To what extent can feminist approaches to teaching be used across the HE curriculum?', Proceedings of the Improving University Teaching Conference, University of Maryland and Dublin City University, July 1998.
• 'The post-Dearing Agenda', PSA News, June 1998.
• 'Teaching and Learning after Dearing', PSA News, October 1997.
• 'What can tutors and students do to promote egalitarian relationships in the Women's Studies classroom?' in Fiona Montgomery and Christine Collette (eds) (1997) Into the Melting Pot: Women's Studies in the New Millennium, Ashgate.
• 'Assessing students' work: room for improvement?' in Stanyer, J. and Stoker, G. (eds) (1997) Contemporary Political Studies 2: 918-922.
• 'Teaching skills?', PSA News, Winter 1996.
• 'What skills do students learn on Politics courses? An introduction to the workshop' in Hampsher-Monk, I. and Stanyer, J. (eds) (1996), Contemporary Political Studies 3: 1631- 1637.
• 'Is a feminist pedagogy possible?' in Sue Davies, Cathy Lubelska and Jocey Quinn (eds) (1994) Changing the Subject: Women in Higher Education, London: Taylor and Francis.

Conference papers

• ‘Hollowing out the university: the impact of quality processes on higher education institutions and on the everyday lives of academics’, The Political Economy of University Governance conference, University of Birmingham, June 2010.
• 'Innovative curriculum design', 3rd Political Studies Association Teaching and Learning Group Conference, Leicester, September 2010.
• 'Feminist pedagogy in the Politics classroom', Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Edinburgh, March 2010,
• ‘What can tutors do to create an open and inclusive classroom atmosphere in higher education today?’, HEA Subject Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP) Conference, Birmingham, November 2009.
• ‘Thinking about teaching Politics in the twenty-first century’, 2nd Political Studies Association Teaching and Learning Group Conference, Leeds, September 2009.
• ‘Lecturing and Small Group Teaching’, workshop at Early Career and Refreshers Event For Politics Teaching Staff, HEA Subject Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP), Cardiff, February 2008.
• ‘Reclaiming Higher Education as a public good: teaching for social justice through feminist pedagogy’, Teaching in Public, Subject Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics, November, 2007.
• ‘Classroom interaction and dynamics in politics tutorials and lectures’, workshop at Early Career and Refreshers Event For Politics Teaching Staff, C-SAP, Birmingham, February 2007.
• 'Feminist pedagogy in the social science classroom', Workshop at Subject Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics Conference, March 2004.
• 'The implications of student fees for learning and teaching', Workshop at Subject Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics Conference, April 2003.
• 'Embedding information and communication technologies in the politics curriculum: Some Experiences from Wolverhampton', PSA Conference April 2002.
• 'Student-centred approaches to learning and teaching: reconciling the needs of learners and teachers', Keynote paper at Subject Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics Conference, January 2002.
• 'Feminist pedagogy in the politics classroom', PSA Conference, April 2001.
• 'Reflecting on curriculum development', Humanities and Arts Higher Education Network Conference, October 2000.
• 'Feminist pedagogy and equal access to the curriculum', Institute for Learning and Teaching Annual Conference, June 2000.
• 'Feminist pedagogy and power in the academy', Feminist Pedagogy Conference, University of Liverpool, January 2000.
• 'To what extent can feminist approaches to teaching be used across the HE curriculum?', Improving University Teaching Conference, July 1998.
• 'Educators as community activists', Empowerment Network Conference, March 1998.
• 'Student attitudes towards assessment', Northumbria Conference on Assessment, September 1997
• 'To what extent can feminist teaching methods be used across the HE curriculum?', Empowerment Network Conference, May 1997.
• 'Assessing students' work: room for improvement?', Political Studies Association Annual Conference, April 1997.
• 'What can tutors and students do to promote egalitarian relationships in the Women's Studies classroom?', Edge Hill University College, September 1996.
• 'The skills debate in Politics teaching', Political Studies Association Heads of Department Conference, September 1996.
• 'What skills do students learn on Politics courses?', Political Studies Association Annual Conference, April 1996.
• 'Classroom interaction', Political Studies Association Teaching and Learning Specialist Group Workshop, August 1995.
• 'Thinking about managing', Women in Higher Education Network Conference, November 1994.
• 'Influencing decisions in higher education institutions: a workshop for women', Women Teaching French Conference, Ilkley, May 1994.
• 'Is a feminist pedagogy possible?', Women in Higher Education Network Conference, Preston, November 1993.
• 'Promoting equality for women in the labour market', ACAS/IPM Conference, February 1989.

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