Janet Goddard

Janet Goddard

Senior Lecturer in Social Work
College of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare
janet.goddard@uwl.ac.uk

Janet is a Senior Lecturer, specialising in law, at the University of West London. She is a Doctoral Researcher, with a focus on assessment and assessment feedback from the lecturer’s perspective. 

Janet is the Assessment Officer for the BSocial Work (Hons) programme. She completed the Transitioning to Leadership course in 2022 and is a trained Mental Health First Aider. Janet gained a merit award in 2020. She is a trained SEDA coach and mentor, supporting students and colleagues across UWL. Janet is a trained Union Senior Convenor, a Lead Personal Tutor and the Health and Safety Officer for CNMH.

Janet is a DSE Assessor, a Fire Marshall and an EMS Internal Auditor. She trained as an External Examiner, Course Validator and Critical Reader, and is an assessor for candidates undertaking the AFHEA and FHEA. Janet is a trained and licensed Assessment Board Chair. She supports social work and nursing undergraduate and postgraduate students with their research and projects. Janet is a Peer Reviewer for BERA and BERJ. Janet has also been engaged with the consultation of the revised quality code with the QAA (2024).

Areas of interest:

  • law and policy
  • social work law
  • EDI
  • education
  • assessment
  • feedback
  • dementia
  • jurisprudence
  • philosophy
  • suicide
  • assisted suicide
  • mental capacity
  • mental health
  • medical law
  • death and dying

  • Qualifications

    • LLM in ADR (Kingston University)
    • LLB (Kingston University)
    • PGCHE (University of West London)
    • FHEA (University of West London)
    • IIHHT Reflexology and Aromatherapy
    • JBI Systematic Review (2022)

  • Memberships

    Fellow of the Higher Education Authority (FHEA)
    Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
    Member of the British Association of Social Workers (MBASW)
    Society of Legal Scholars
    Member of the Association of Law Teachers (ALT)
    Howard League for Penal Reform
    The Law Society
    Member of the British Educational Research Association (BERA)
    Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH)
    Member of the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE)
    Member of the Academy for Social Justice

Teaching

My main subject areas currently are Social Policy and Law for Children and Families, Social Policy and Law for Adult Social Care, and Advanced Communication. I contribute to other modules in social work and on other courses, including engagement with interprofessional learning.

Research

  • Research and publications

    Professional Doctorate Feedback in Higher Education; the Lecturer Perspective 

    Abstract Reviewer 02/02/2024 BERA/WERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting  

    QAA: The UK Quality Code: Getting it Right: External Quality Review (Principles) (2023) 

    Chowthi-Williams, A. (2023) Wellbeing and Resilience for Nursing, Health, and Social Care Students. Sage. – Co-Author of 5 Chapters  

    Ch 1 Becoming a Health and Social Care Student (Goddard, Minette, Chowthi-Williams) 

    Ch 2 Life in Professional Practice (Chowthi-Williams, Goddard) 

    Ch 4 Creating Emotional and Mental Balance (Goddard, Holley, Marta) 

    Ch 9 Strategies and Tools for Enhancing and Promoting Our Wellbeing (Goddard, Chowthi-Williams) 

    Ch 10 Your Personal Wellbeing Journal (Chowthi-Williams & Team) 

    The Rainbow Assessment Tool (2023) 

    JBI Systematic Review (2022)  

    Constructive v Destructive Criticism (2022)  

    The Mentally Disordered Offender (2021)  

    The Rights of the Rapist Father (Born by Default rather than Design) (2021) - Born by default rather than design: What are the rights of the rapist father? | Social Work Today. 

    Book reviews:

    Carr & Goosey, D. (2021) Law for Social Workers. 16th edn. OUP. Oxford 

    Carr & Goosey, D. (2019) Law for Social Workers. 15th edn. OUP. Oxford  

    Carr & Goosey, D. (2017) Law for Social Workers. 14th edn. OUP. Oxford  

    Newburn, T. (2009) Key Readings in Criminology Willan Publishing Devon Crime and Justice  

  • Conferences

    Conference Grant Global Health, Global Goods, and International Community: 1-3 June 2010 Institute for Science, Ethics, and Innovation at the University of Manchester – funded by Manchester University 

    Conference Grant NHS Reform: 10 November 2011 Barbican Centre – funded by Kingston University 

    The Implications of Reforming the NHS – 2nd Annual Faculty of Business and Law Conference: Emerging Issues in Business and Law; May 2011 (Unpublished) Poster  

    From Here to Modernity: Accountability within the Health and Social Care Bill – 3rd Annual Faculty of Business and Law Conference: Emerging Issues in Business and Law; May 2012 (Unpublished) Poster  

    Modernising the NHS: Leading from the Frontline: 21 March 2012 GovNet Communications – funded by Kingston University 

    Conference on Child Sexual Exploitation CSE: 2017 – funded by the University of West London 

    Conference – The Future for Family Justice in England and Wales – Court Reform – Divorce Law and Care Proceedings 25.04.2018 – funded by the University of West London 

    Learning and Teaching Conference June (2018) Are We Delivering Information [In]effectively? The University of West London  

    The Mentally Disordered Offender (2021) UWL. 

    Conference -The Rights of the Rapist Father (Born by Default rather than Design) (2021) Compass, London. 

    Advance HE’s Assessment and Feedback Symposium 2022: Further Frontiers: Assessment and Feedback Policy and Practice at the Programme Level 2022 – funded by the University of West London 

    Learning and Teaching Conference (2022) Constructive v Destructive Criticism. The University of West London 

    Learning and Teaching Conference (2023) The Rainbow Assessment Tool. The University of West London

Courses taught on