Publications

Workhouse Lives : Staffing Institutions under the Old and New Poor Laws

King S, Shave Samantha A

(2024)

Introduction

Shave Samantha A, King S

Workhouse Lives: Staffing Institutions under the Old and New Poor Laws (2024) (2024)

Workhouse Chaplains in the early years of the New Poor Law

Shave Samantha A

Workhouse Lives: Staffing Institutions under the Old and New Poor Laws (2024) (2024)

Who cares? Mismanagement, neglect and suffering in the final decades of the Old Poor Laws

Shave Samantha A

Providing for the Poor The Old Poor Law, 1750-1834 (2022) (2022)

https://doi.org/10.14296/npin8958

The land agent and the old poor laws : examining the correspondence of William Spencer in Sapcote, Leicestershire

Shave Samantha A

Agricultural History Review Vol 68, pp. 190-212 (2020)

'Great inhumanity' : Scandal, child punishment and policymaking in the early years of the New Poor Law workhouse system

Shave Samantha A

Continuity and Change Vol 33, pp. 339-363 (2018)

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0268416018000231

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Teaching

Teaching Experiences

I have taught my subject specialism to undergraduate and postgraduate students in several universities in the UK over the last 18 years. This includes topics on welfare and health, welfare states, social security, the mixed economy of welfare including the voluntary and private sectors. I have considerable experience teaching core social science and humanities modules, including research methods and design, research ethics, social science issues and concepts, and academic study skills.

I have lots of experience in developing and reviewing degree programmes, and the revalidation process, in addition to designing and leading new modules.

I have supervised a significant range of student research projects at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including work-based dissertation projects. I have supervised doctoral research students and acted as an external PhD examiner at the Universities of Durham and Essex.  

Academic Leadership

I was Programme Leader (aka Programme Director in some HEIs) of the Social Policy, and Sociology and Social Policy, undergraduate degree programmes at the University of Lincoln (2018-2019).

My other leadership roles within the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Lincoln included Digital Education Lead (2020-2021), during the pandemic lockdowns, and Careers and Employability Lead (2021-2024), focusing on managing and undertaking School initiatives linked to the Graduate Outcomes. 

Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy

I gained Fellowship of the HEA in 2019. I am currently developing my application for Senior Fellowship of the HEA. 

Research Interests

My research interests include the following: 

• The development of British welfare policies from 1700 to the present day
• The history of the mixed economy of welfare 
• The development and impact of the poor laws and institutionalisation 
• Power and influence in the policy process