Rachel Williams
(she/her)
FHEA Chartered MCIPD
Reader in Human Resource Management
- WilliamsR6@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 75074
- Aberconway Building, Room Room C02, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
Overview
Rachel Williams is a Reader in Human Resource Management. She spent over 10 years working as an HR practitioner in the NHS, manufacturing and professional services before joining Cardiff University.
Rachel joined Cardiff Business School in 2007 as a lecturer with additional responsibility for obtaining CIPD accreditation for the School's MSc HRM programme. The School's full-time and part-time MSc HRM programmes are now accredited at level 7 by the CIPD and she maintains a close relationship with the CIPD in Wales. She is currently Admissions Tutor for the Business School's BSc Business Management degrees.
Areas of research include the experiences of recently qualified veterinary surgeons, recruitment and retention in the healthservice and barriers to employment for applicatns from low socio-economic groups.
Rachel is a Fellow of the HEA and a Chartered Member of the CIPD. She teaches on the MSc HRM and Diploma in Heath care Planning programmes and regularly delivers Executive Education courses.
Publication
2022
- Williams, R. H. 2022. Employing student experiences to improve EDI in education. Presented at: Advance HE: Equality Diversity and Inclusion Conference 2022: Inclusive Institutions in Action, Manchester, 16-17 March 2022.
2021
- MacNiven, L., Rosier, E., Strong, C. and Williams, R. 2021. Covid-19 the saviour of the lecture. Presented at: British Academy of Management Teaching & Learning (MKE) Conference 2021, Virtual, 23 June 2021.
- MacNiven, L., Rosier, E., Strong, C. and Williams, R. 2021. Let's keep the lecture alive. Presented at: Centre for Education Support and Innovation (CESI) Learning and Teaching Conference 2021, Virtual, 01-02 July 2021.
2020
- Burrow, R. and Williams, R. 2020. Stressed, depressed and exhausted: Six years as a teacher in UK state education. Work, Employment and Society 34(5), pp. 949-958. (10.1177/0950017020903040)
2019
- Kapitsinis, N., Munday, M., Roberts, A. and Williams, R. 2019. Export finance in Wales. Project Report. [Online]. Development Bank of Wales. Available at: https://developmentbank.wales/sites/default/files/2019-02/English_Bespoke Report_FINAL_25 Feb2019.pdf
Articles
- Burrow, R. and Williams, R. 2020. Stressed, depressed and exhausted: Six years as a teacher in UK state education. Work, Employment and Society 34(5), pp. 949-958. (10.1177/0950017020903040)
Conferences
- Williams, R. H. 2022. Employing student experiences to improve EDI in education. Presented at: Advance HE: Equality Diversity and Inclusion Conference 2022: Inclusive Institutions in Action, Manchester, 16-17 March 2022.
- MacNiven, L., Rosier, E., Strong, C. and Williams, R. 2021. Covid-19 the saviour of the lecture. Presented at: British Academy of Management Teaching & Learning (MKE) Conference 2021, Virtual, 23 June 2021.
- MacNiven, L., Rosier, E., Strong, C. and Williams, R. 2021. Let's keep the lecture alive. Presented at: Centre for Education Support and Innovation (CESI) Learning and Teaching Conference 2021, Virtual, 01-02 July 2021.
Monographs
- Kapitsinis, N., Munday, M., Roberts, A. and Williams, R. 2019. Export finance in Wales. Project Report. [Online]. Development Bank of Wales. Available at: https://developmentbank.wales/sites/default/files/2019-02/English_Bespoke Report_FINAL_25 Feb2019.pdf
- MacNiven, L., Rosier, E., Strong, C. and Williams, R. 2021. Covid-19 the saviour of the lecture. Presented at: British Academy of Management Teaching & Learning (MKE) Conference 2021, Virtual, 23 June 2021.
- MacNiven, L., Rosier, E., Strong, C. and Williams, R. 2021. Let's keep the lecture alive. Presented at: Centre for Education Support and Innovation (CESI) Learning and Teaching Conference 2021, Virtual, 01-02 July 2021.
- Burrow, R. and Williams, R. 2020. Stressed, depressed and exhausted: Six years as a teacher in UK state education. Work, Employment and Society 34(5), pp. 949-958. (10.1177/0950017020903040)
Teaching
Teaching commitments (current)
- Module leader Management of Human Resources, MSc HRM
- Human Resource Management, NHS Diploma in Health Care Planning
- Supervision of MSc, MBA and Executive MBA business projects
- Executive Education modules in HRM
Teaching commitments (previous)
- Programme Director on MSc Human resource managment
- Human Resource Management, MBA full-time
- Human Resource Management, Executive MBA
Biography
Qualifications
- MA HRM
- Postgraduate Certificate in University Teaching and Learning
- PG Dip HRM
- BSc (Tech) Occupational Psychology
Professional memberships
- Fellow Higher Education Academy
- Chartered Member Chartered Institute Personnel and Development