Dr Sally Jones
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Profile
Qualifications
2011 PhD (Education and Professional Training) Leeds Metropolitan University
2003 MSc Multimedia and Education (E-learning) University of Huddersfield
2001 PGCE (Post-compulsory Education and Training) Teaching specialism: ICT
1991 BA(Hons) Humanities (Drama and English) University of Huddersfield
Experience
Dr Sally Jones BA (Hons), PGCE, MSc, PhD is an experienced educator and project manager. Before joining the University of Leeds she previously worked at Bradford University School of Management as a Research Associate. She completed her PhD thesis - exploring gender, higher education and entrepreneurship – in 2011 and is building her research profile in this area. Sally is also currently a Research Associate at Dundalk Institute of Technology. Other roles prior to joining Leeds Enterprise Centre include Business and Community Development and Knowledge Transfer roles at the University of Huddersfield and Business Advice/Project Management roles at Artimedia (Batley) and the Women’s Electronic Village (Manchester).
Sally is currently a member of the Organising Committee for the Gender and Enterprise Network, (ISBE) and reviews for several entrepreneurship, education and gender focused journals. In addition to being a member of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) she is also a member of the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) and the Gender and Education Association (GEA).
Research
Research Interests
Gender and entrepreneurship; gender and entrepreneurship education in HE; gender and education; HE entrepreneurship education curriculum development; teaching and learning practices in post-compulsory education; entrepreneurship education policy discourse; the historical and political development of entrepreneurship policy and theory; Bourdieu’s theory of practice; educational sociology.
Teaching
Leeds Enterprise Centre Elective Modules:
Innovation and Creativity in Business (LUBS1000) Understanding Social Enterprise (LUBS1010)
Sally has over 15 years experience of teaching and training in a variety of settings including FE, HE, creative industries, charities and the not-for-profit sector where she has taught multimedia, ICT, video production and business start-up courses. She has also managed several successful European Funded business training and support projects.
Publications
Book Chapters
Jones, S. (2011) The Self-Made Man or the Man-Made Self? HE Entrepreneurship Education (Heee) and Gender. In Kill, R. and O'Rourke, K. (Eds.) Inspiring Enterprise: Transforming Enterprise Education at Leeds Metropolitan University Leeds: Leeds Met Press pp. 32 -41
Journal Papers
Jones, S. & Treanor, L. (2011) New Directions in Women's Entrepreneurship Research: Diana International 2010 Research Conference International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 3(2) pp.174-178
Jones, S. (2010) Working with Words: A Bourdieuian Approach to Researching HE Enterprise Education and Gender in Methodology: Innovative approaches to research Spring pp. 8-10
Jones, S. (2010) Stuck in Neutral? HE Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Education (HEee) and Gender Assessment, Learning and Teaching Journal (ALT) Special Issue on Enterprise Education, Number 8 pp.42 – 44
Jones, S. & Hill, K. (2010) Editorial in Methodology: Innovative approaches to research in Leeds Metropolitan University pp. 3 - 4
Jones, S. (2009) The Historical Gendering of Entrepreneurship: A Graduate Enterprise Perspective MBA Review December pp. 17 – 20
Articles
Jones, S. (2009) The Social Construction of Entrepreneurship: The Self-Made Man or the Man-Made Self? A debate piece for Enterprising Matters, online members publication for Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Available at: www.isbe.org.uk/Saljones
Refereed Conference Papers
Jones. S. (2011) Gendered Discourses of Entrepreneurship in Higher Education: The Fictive Entrepreneur and the Fictive Student Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) 34th International conference, November 2011, Sheffield
Jones, S. (2010) Entrepreneurship Education in UK Higher Education: A Gendered Perspective Paper presented at 5thDiana International Conference on Women's Entrepreneurship Research, 3 -4 August 2010, Banff, Canada
Jones. S. (2009) Under the Influence? Symbolic Violence in UK HE Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Education (HEee) Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) 32nd International conference, November 2009, Liverpool
Other Conference Papers
Jones, S. (2008) Contextualising Entrepreneurship Education in HE: history, policy and gender Discussion paper presented at Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) 31st International conference November Belfast
Jones, S. (2008) Learning to Earn: A Bourdieuian approach to exploring entrepreneurship education and gender in higher education Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) December, Liverpool
Jones, S. (2008) Women, enterprise education and entrepreneurship Paper presented at Promoting Women’s Enterprise Success (PROWESS), 6th national conference Peterborough , February
Jones, S. (2007) Learning to Earn: A Bourdieuian approach to exploring women, enterprise education and entrepreneurship Discussion paper presented at the 31st ISBE International conference, November, Glasgow
Gongor B., Tyrell E., Woodhams C., Hunt C. and Jones S. (2007) Measures of Success (Touchstone) Paper presented at 5th national conference Promoting Women’s Enterprise Success (PROWESS), Brighton February 2007