Stacey Mottershaw

Profile

I joined Leeds University Business School (LUBS) in September 2018, where my teaching focuses on business ethics and employabilty. My role also includes being an academic personal tutor, module leader for our faculty-wide year in industry programme and a dissertation supervisor. Prior to joining Leeds I worked at the University of Sheffield for over 10 years, across a range of departments including study abroad, outreach, law and engineering.

Alongside my role in LUBS I am pursuing my Doctorate in Education (EdD) at the University of Sheffield. My thesis explores the career decisions, journeys and trajectories of academics from working-class backgrounds.

I am a committee member for the Alliance of Working-Class Academics (AWCA) and the Working-Class Studies Association, for which I am also Chair Elect (incoming 2026-27) of the Working-Class Academics Section.

Since December 2023 I have been Trustee of the National Education Opportunities Network (NEON).

Resources:

• Listening Rooms Toolkit
• Leeds Institute of Teaching Excellence (LITE) Podcast ‘Listening Rooms’
• Academics of Working-Class Heritage Talking project site
• Ensuring all student voices are heard: case study
• How Might We Guide: engaging with student voices

Responsibilities

• School Ethics Lead for Business, Environment & Social Sciences
• Co-Director, Centre for Scholarship and Research in Business Education (ScRiBE)

Research interests

My research predominantly seeks to understand the needs of marginalised groups in higher education, with a focus on equitable and socially just career development work. I am particularly interested in qualitative research methods that provide an inclusive, creative and alternative approach to data collection, such as Listening Rooms and photo elicitation.

As Co-Director of Scholarship and Research in Business Education (ScRiBE), I support colleagues within Leeds University Business School and beyond to design, conduct and publish educational research.

Qualifications

• PG Diploma and QCD, Career Development - Nottingham Trent University
• MA (Hons) Political Theory - University of Sheffield
• BA (Hons) Philosophy - University of Sheffield

Professional memberships

• Alliance of Working-Class Academics (AWCA)
• Career Development Institute (CDI)
• Recognised Senior Adviser (RSA), UK Advising and Tutoring (UKAT)
• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
• Society for Research in Higher Education (SRHE)
• Working-Class Studies Association (WCSA)

Student education

Since joining LUBS in September 2018, I have taught on a range of modules covering academic and employability skills, business ethics, CSR and sustainability. I have supervised both undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations, and support students undertaking a year-in-industry. I have been personal tutor to hundreds of undergraduate students, with particular expertise in supporting students from under-represented backgrounds.

In 2021 I won the Faculty Early Career Teaching Award and came runner-up in the Personal Tutoring category of the University Partnership Awards. In 2023 I won the Faculty Global Award for my contribution to the Leeds International Summer School.