缅北禁地

Profile

Sam joined the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences as a Lecturer in Education in September 2016. Sam became the ECLS Director of Education in August 2025. Sam is the Co-Degree Programme Director for the Education BA. Sam teaches on the undergraduate Education BA programme. She also supervises doctoral students. Prior to this she was an Education Lecturer at the Scarborough campus, University of Hull. She started her lecturing career at De Montfort University, Leicester. Sam began her career working as a primary school teacher mainly with mixed year 3 and year 4 classes. During that time she was Subject Co-ordinator for Geography and mentored B.Ed students. She also had the opportunity to lead staff development on assessment for learning practices, and her M.Sc dissertation examined the NVQ assessment experiences of Teaching Assistants’. Subsequently Sam left school teaching to undertake a Ph.D studentship at the University of Wolverhampton; this focused on students’ experiences of engaging with formative feedback. She has worked on several pedagogic research projects, focusing on assessment and feedback, and has published in this area. Her current research is at the intersection of social mobility, gender and higher education students (home and international).

Memberships

Centre for Learning and Teaching (CfLaT), 缅北禁地

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

British Sociological Association (BSA) member

Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) member

• The Learning School: International comparative research (in collaboration with the Hungarian-Netherlands School of Educational Management)
• Erasmus mobility grant: Maastricht University, Netherlands and Leuven University, Belgium, June 2015
• College of Basic Education, Kuwait Teacher Training Partnership Project, September 2012 –2013
• ESCalate ‘Assessment Reassessed: A student and lecturer collaborative enquiry’, March 2011-Jan 2012
• NTFS ‘It’s Good to Talk: Feedback, Dialogue and Learning’ project, Dec 2009 – July 2012
• ‘Equitable Assessment for Diverse Students’ project, Sept 2008 – March 2009
• ESRC/TLRP ‘Learning and Teaching for Social Diversity and Difference’ project, July 2007 – Aug 2008

• Articles

  • Schartner A, Shields S, Wang Y. . Comparative and International Education 2024, 53(2), 1-17.
  • Shields S, Schartner S. . Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education 2024, 16(2), 196-212.
  • Shields S. . International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions 2023, 2(1), 1-14.
  • Schartner A, Shields S. . Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice 2023, 23(11), 15-31.
  • Shields S. . International Studies in Sociology of Education 2023, 32(4), 992-1012.
  • Shields S, Murray M. . International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education 2017, 6(4), 317-331.
  • Shields S. . Teaching in Higher Education 2015, 20(6), 614-624.
  • Blair A, Wyburn-Powell A, Goodwin M, Shields S. . Studies in Higher Education 2014, 39(6), 1039-1054.
  • Blair A, Curtis S, Goodwin M, Shields S. . Politics 2013, 33(1), 66-79.
  • Blair A, Curtis S, Goodwin M, Shields S. . European Political Science 2013, 12(2), 231-244.
  • Curtis W, Goodson A, McDonnell J, Shields S, Wyness R. Learning together and expanding horizons:reflections on a student-lecturer collaborative enquiry. Enhancing Learning in the Social Sciences 2012, 4(3), 1-11.

• Authored Books

  • Shields S, Schartner A, Curtis W, Murphy M. . Abingdon: Routledge, 2024.
  • Shields S. . Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
  • Curtis W, Murphy M, Shields S. . Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2014.

• Book Chapters

  • Shields S. . In: Da Silva Dias, D; Ribeiro Candeias, M, ed. Academic Performance - Students, Teachers and Institutions on the Stage. IntechOpen, 2023.
  • Shields S. . In: Waller L; Waller S, ed. Higher Education - Reflections from the Field. London: IntechOpen, 2023.
  • Shields S. . In: Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp.19-29.
  • Shields S. . In: Working Class Female Students' Experiences of Higher Education : Identities, Choices and Emotion. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp.31-41.
  • Shields S. . In: Working Class Female Students' Experiences of Higher Education : Identities, Choices and Emotion. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp.89-99.
  • Shields S. . In: Working Class Female Students' Experiences of Higher Education : Identities, Choices and Emotion. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp.59-74.
  • Shields S. . In: Working Class Female Students' Experiences of Higher Education : Identities, Choices and Emotion. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp.1-18.
  • Shields S. . In: Working Class Female Students' Experiences of Higher Education : Identities, Choices and Emotions. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp.43-57.
  • Shields S. . In: Working Class Female Students' Experiences of Higher Education : Identities, Choices and Emotion. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp.101-107.
  • Shields S. . In: Working Class Female Students' Experiences of Higher Education : Identities, Choices and Emotion. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp.75-88.

• Online Publications

  • Hodgkin K, Shields S. . Dundee: University of Dundee, 2021. Available at: .
  • Shields S. . Social Research Publications, 2018. Available at: .
  • Shields S. . BERA, 2016. Available at: .

• Reviews

  • Shields S. . International Journal of Research and Method in Education 2017, 40(4), 443-444.
  • Shields S. . Journal of Education for Teaching 2015, 41(5), 608-609.
  • Shields S. . International Journal of Lifelong Education 2013, 32(6), 839-841.