Ysgol Hanes, Athroniaeth a Gwyddor Cymdeithas/Unded Sicrhau Ansawdd

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@DrMyfanwyDavies

Mae fy addysgu'n olrhain prosesau ac arferion ffurfio polisi oddi fewn DU ddatganoledig gyda phwyslais arbennig ar iechyd yng Nghymru. Mae hefyd yn tynnu sylw at safbwyntiau amlddisgyblaeth i ddeall y profiad o gaethineb (at sylweddion neu ymddygiad) ac i alluogi myfyrwyr i ymgysylltu'n feirniadol â'r hyn y mae'n ei olygu i adfer neu wella o caethiwed

 

Llywodraethiant: Iechyd a Lles

Cyflwynwyd fy modiwl arloesol ar Lywodraethiant o fewn Iechyd a Lles yn 2016. Mae’r archwilio polisi ac ymarfer gan ganolbwyntio ar gysyniadau allweddol megis cyfrifoldeb, cymdeithas sifil, y "cafnu’r wladwriaeth", partneriaeth, cyfranogiad y cyhoedd, dyrchafu’r syniad o ‘”ddinasyddiaeth weithredol”(active citizenship) a defnyddio targedau a chymhellion i yrru ymddygiad ymarferwyr.

 

Y Corff Caeth/The Addicted Body –cyd-awdur gyda Dr. Paul Carre

Gan ddefnyddio damcaniaethau cyfoes ar Y Corff gan gynnwys ffenomenoleg a llywodraetholdeb (Governmentality), mae'r modiwl hwn yn archwilio ystod o gaethinebau (addictions). Mae'n ystyried y profiad o ymgorfforiad (embodiment) a rôl symbolaidd y corff yn y gymdeithas fel ffordd o drafod profiadau unigolion o gyflyrau mor amrywiol â chaethineb i gyffuriau neu alcohol, anorecsia neu gaethineb at y we (internet addication) a chaethineb rhyw, a’r rhesymau dros ymddangosiad y cyflyrau hynny. Mae hefyd yn cyflwyno ddealltwriaeth biofeddygol a bioseicogymdeithasol (biopsychosocial) o gaethineb ac adferiad. Gan ddefnyddio theori Boudiewsaidd a dulliau ethnograffig, mae’n cyflwyno cyd-destun diwylliannol a chymdeithasol ymddygiad caethiwus a'r amodau byw a greir trwy’r “fusnes cyffuriau” a’r ymyrraethau polisi a ddaw yn sgil hynny o fewn ardaloedd penodol.

 

Traethawd Hir (3ydd Blwyddyn) Cyd-lynydd Modiwl

Ar hyn o bryd mae pob fyfyriwr israddedig o fewn yr Ysgol Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol yn paratoi traethawd hir yn ystod blynyddoedd 2 a 3. Tra bod myfyriwr wedi eu paru â goruchwyliwr bydd yn cwrdd â hwy yn rheolaidd i gynnig cyngor ac adborth, mae dewis y pwnc yn agored a disgwylir i fyfyrwyr ddatblygu eu gwaith yn annibynnol i raddau helaeth. Fel cydlynydd modiwl ar gyfer y modiwl traethawd hir cyfrwng Cymraeg, rwy'n paratoi cyfres o weithdai gyda’r bwriad o addysgu myfyrwyr gyflawni ymchwil annibynnol. Cynnwys y rhain addysgu ar llunio a datblygu cwestiwn ymchwil, casglu a dadansoddi data a chynnig cyngor o ran paratoi'r drafft terfynol.

 

Prosiectau PhD

Mae fy mhrosiectau goruchwylio presennol yn cynnwys astudiaeth ethnograffig o anabledd a gwaith o fewn rhwydwaith teuluol (Williams), astudiaeth bywgraffyddol o hunaniaeth a’r cysyniad o ofal ‘person-ganolig’ ofewn sefyllfa deuluol, profiadau cleifion strôc sydd a’r Gymraeg fel iait gyntaf o ran triniaeth a chefnogaeth(ap Gruffydd) a chyd-destun diwylliannol dewisiadau cerddoriaeth poblogaidd ymysg dwy genhedlaeth yng Ngwynedd (ap Rhisiart).

Mae gennyf ddiddordeb hirdymor yng nghyd-destun diwylliannol a chymdeithasol y penderfyniadau a wneir gan unigolion o fewn Iechyd a Lles. Dyddia hyn yn ôl degwadau i fy nhraethawd hir MSc. ar hanesion menywod Somali o fewn gwasanaethau mamolaeth (gweler y rhestr gyhoeddiadau). Yn fwy diweddar, rwyf wedi defnyddio fframwaith Bourdieusaidd i ddeall dewisiadau megis brechu a phenderfyniadau o ran iechyd rhyw (gweler hefyd oruchwyliaethau). Mae gennyf ddiddordeb yn y profiad o 'fyw polisi' er enghraifft ymhlith y rheiny sy'n derbyn budd-daliadau (o wahanol fathau) lles, ymysg mamau ifanc a mamau fel phenderfynwyr gofal ac iechyd plant (gweler prosiectau ymchwil cyfredol). Rwyf hefyd yn cyfrannu at waith cydweithredol sy'n asesu sut mae llywodraethau yn lleoli eu hunain o ran syniadau megis cyfrifoldeb torfol ac unigol, cydraddoldeb, hawliau a ‘gwerth am arian’ trwy ddadansoddiad discwrs o ddogfennau polisi allweddol. 

I am interested in developing PhD proposals in a range of fields relating to the Sociology of Health and Illness and Health and Social Care policy. I have a particular interest in using a Bourdieusian framework to understand these choices for example in relation to childcare choices, vaccination or sexual health decision making across the social spectrum. I am increasingly interested in examining the experience of living 'with policy' in terms of experiences of participation in interventions (obligatory or otherwise) among participants and in relation to welfare receipt and 'entitlement' and changing attitudes to work, disability and parenting.

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  • Swings, Roundabouts and Slides: TNE in the 21st Century

    International partnerships and particularly transnational education offer enormous opportunities for HE. This online seminar will identify the main strategic risks and opportunities of expansion into new markets and will illustrate successful strategies for extracting added value from existing partnerships.

    PROGRAMMME

    10.00 Welcome and introduction on behalf of CVU

    Dr. Myfanwy Davies, Bangor University

    10.05 What works? Global experience of successful partnerships

    Dr. Nishat Riaz: Global Head of Higher Education Systems and Internationalization, British Council

    10.30 Bringing added value to the partnership – research, pedagogy and learning from your partners.

    Prof Martin Snowden: Educational Consultant Formerly Pro Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich

    11.00 BREAK

    11-15 Creating an international culture and a sense of community across the University

    Prof Liz Warren Head of International, Faculty of Business and Law, Manchester Metropolitan University

    11-35 Reputational risk, the challenge of student outcomes and cultural-institutional difference

    Dr. Helen Driscoll, Academic Director for Educational Partnerships, University of Sunderland

    12.05 Opportunities and challenges in TNE: reviewer perspectives from the QAA scheme and the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development) scheme.

    Prof. Janice Allan, Dean of Salford Business School &

    Prof. Vish Maheshwari: Associate Dean Academic, Salford Business School

    12.25 Q&A Panel Session.

    12.45 – 1.00 Close

    9 Meh 2022

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Siaradwr)
  • The future of enhancement in partnerships: ways forward from across the UK.

    Expectations on Higher Education providers to monitor their enhancement and compliance activities are diverging across the UK with major implications for the management of partnerships. The Office for Students has consulted on minimum standards and proposes new quality definitions to replace the UK Quality Code. No such changes will be mandatory in Scotland and Wales where it is likely that institutions will continue to work to a more wide-ranging enhancement approach.

    Speakers from across the UK will outline models for monitoring enhancement within and across partnerships and provide expect perspectives on the future of enhancement. They will also consider implications for a single UK-HE brand in transnational education.

    2pm Chair’s Welcome and Overview Dr. Myfanwy Davies, Bangor University

    2.05 pm

    Prof Michael Young, DVC University of Sunderland

    Academic quality enhancement in TNE – present and future

    The University of Sunderland has for many years successfully used adaptable franchise models for TNE, involving close cooperation between on-campus and partner-based academics and an overall approach closely aligned to the QAA Quality Code. This talk will explore how these existing approaches to quality monitoring, support and partner engagement are being rethought in response to radical changes proposed by the English regulator, the Office for Students.

    2.30 pm

    Prof Oliver Turnbull, DVC Bangor University

    Learning from our mistakes: an enhancement approach from Wales

    Setting up and maintaining partnerships is a complex and challenging exercise. This talk offers five pieces of hard-won advice, with particular reference to the Welsh sector and TNE. We’ve made the mistakes, so you don’t have to! The suggestions reflect some advice about: setting up good systems at the initial phases; assigning manageable tasks to responsible people; building in good governance; taking advantage of what might be described as ‘Celtic’ approaches to regulation; and finally, the advantages of Celtic approaches to quality enhancement. Partnerships can be a difficult to set up and maintain, but can also be rewarding, and the talk ends with a brief list of the positives, for both staff and students.

    2.55 pm

    Dr. Margaret King, Head of Academic Quality, Herriot-Watt University

    Multi-Mode Partnerships in a Multi-Location, Multi-Mode Institution: The Challenges of Enhancement”.

    3.20 Break

    3.25 pm

    Dr. Elizabeth Gormley-Fleming, Associate Director Academic Quality Assurance and

    Dr. Jo Cahill, Deputy Associate Dean - Quality Assurance and Enhancement, e, University of Hertfordshire.

    “Transnational Education in Egypt: a case study examining how quality is ensured at institutional and programme level in a new and rapidly expanding partner during the Covid 19 Pandemic”

    3.45-4pm

    Q&A

    4 Maw 2022

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Siaradwr)