Personal statement
I joined Strathclyde in September 2002. My research and teaching interests lie in the field of international history, and in particular the history of the Middle East (the interwar period, the history of the mandates, Arab nationalism and the emergence of nation states, pan-Arabism and post war conflicts), propaganda and political communication, twentieth century Europe (Italian Fascism and post-war European political history), widening access in higher education. I currently lead a project that investigates widening access students' transition from undergraduate to postgraduate studies.
I am Director of Teaching in the School of Humanities
I am Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
I am Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
I was awarded the Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Award 2015.
I am a member of the steering committee of HistoryUK.
Professional activities
- Using reflective assessment to embed employability in History
- Speaker
- 8/10/2022
- ENHANCEMENT CONFERENCE 2022: RESILIENT LEARNING COMMUNITIES – INCLUSIVE, FLEXIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE
- Speaker
- 8/6/2022
- External Assessor
- Examiner
- 2021
- The Pandemic Pedagogy Handbook
- Contributor
- 7/2020
- External Examiner
- Examiner
- 2019
- External Assessor
- Examiner
- 2019
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Projects
- Teaching and scholarship seminars of the School of Humanities
- Lefever, Joan-Emilie (Co-investigator) Williams, Manuela (Principal Investigator) Sabala, Vanesa (Co-investigator) Acosta, Lidia (Co-investigator) Turner, Angela (Co-investigator)
- For several years prior to the COVID pandemic, the Modern Languages department organised the LATE (Language and teaching) seminars. In 20222/2023, I am a core member of the organising committee of the Teaching and Scholarship seminars in Humanities. The first guest in December 2022 was Dr Amparo of the Women’s legacy project, a European project creating a depository of resources of women’s work in art and literature. In 2023, the speakers , mostly internal, will present workshops and gave seminars on topics ranging from the technology of interactive lectures to pedagogical reflections on different types of feedback.
- 14-Jan-2022 - 23-Jan-2023
- Analysis of the Institutional Employability Audit
- Willison, Debra (Principal Investigator) Williams, Manuela (Principal Investigator)
- £2901.60 internal funding to support employment of a student intern to analyze the results of the institutional employability audit.
- 07-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2021
- Widening Access student transition into Postgraduate Education - implementation phase
- Williams, Manuela (Principal Investigator)
- Funded by QAA Resilient Learning Communities Enhancement Theme, this project will implement the findings of the 2019 research into Widening Access students transition into postgraduate studies. It will create online repositories of information on services and facilities, and academic skills.
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2022
- Widening Access students transition into Postgraduate Education
- Williams, Manuela (Principal Investigator)
- This project explores and assesses HaSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) Widening Access students’ transition from undergraduate to postgraduate studies and their perceptions of existing or potential barriers
- 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2019
- Widening Participation students through their undergraduate years.
- Williams, Manuela (Principal Investigator)
- Funded by QAA Transition Enhancement theme, this project examines the experiences of Widening Access undergraduate students of History at Strathclyde University
- 02-Jan-2015 - 31-Jan-2016
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