Dr Roz Fox
Senior Lecturer in Social Policy
My profile
Biography
Roz is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is Programme Lead for BA (Hons) Public Services and Master’s in Public Administration and teaches on both programmes. She is also Pathway Lead for BA (Hons) Politics: Policy, Society and Community.
She is also Placement Coordinator and liaises with public sector, charities, social enterprises and the voluntary and community sectors to create placement opportunities for first, second and sandwich year undergraduate and post graduate students.
Academic and professional qualifications
Doctorate of Philosophy (2015) ‘Transformative Community Engagement for Sustainable Regeneration’, Roz used an action research approach to work with practitioners, senior managers and residents to develop local services and enhance engagement practice and policy.
Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (2012)
Post Graduate Certificate in Management (2003)
BSc (Hons) Politics and Sociology (2001) Roz’s undergraduate Dissertation explored the political participation of 18-25 year olds. As part of her final year, Roz undertook a Parliamentary Placement, working for Paul Stinchcombe MP as a Research Assistant for 6 months in the House of Commons.
Other academic service (administration and management)
BA (Hons) Public Services Programme Lead
MPA Programme Lead
Personal Tutor for UG and PG
Departmental Personal Tutoring Strategy Group
Departmental Online Teaching Working Group
Past roles:
Health and Safety Coordinator for the Department of History, Politics and Philosophy
Research Ethics and Governance Representative for the Politics and Public Services Section.
External examiner roles
Roz was the external examiner on the validation panel in 2015 for Foundation Degree in Public Services accredited by UCLAN.
Consultancy and advisory roles
Roz previously chaired a National Housing Federation Board Members Steering Group that aims to positively contribute to the social housing sector by improving the standard of governance in housing associations in the North West.
Teaching
Why study…
Public Services are vital. Education, housing, health and social care, local government, the prison and police service provide the everyday things we take for granted but are massively important to our society and way of life. These services form the basis of our infrastructure at a local, regional and national level and have been undergoing wide ranging and substantial change over recent times. There is also a growing political view that public services can be delivered more cost effectively by the private, voluntary and community sectors.
As the placement co-ordinator for the course, Roz aims to bring together theory and practice by inviting students to reflect upon their experience gained from placement. This encourages a more holistic worldview, develops employability skills and contributes to the work of local organisations.
Postgraduate teaching
on Master’s in Public Administration:
- Dissertation
- Housing and Health in the Community
Subject areas
Public Services
Supervision
She would be interested in supervising students exploring the following research areas:
- Co-production in public services, especially higher education
- Public Services, especially new innovative models of service delivery
- Organisational change, staff engagement and wellbeing
- Community based models of support to tackle unemployment, health and wellbeing, financial inclusion, and digital literacy using holistic approaches.
Research outputs
Roz has research expertise in social housing, regeneration, community engagement, community development, tenant involvement and user involvement. Research interests include anti-poverty strategies, development of neighbourhood services, methodologies to demonstrate social impact and use of arts in community work.
Roz is part of the Research Centre for Applied Social Science (RCASS) based in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/research/our-research/education-business-and-social-sciences/rcass/
Roz also works with colleagues in The Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) on housing and homelessness issues http://www.mmuperu.co.uk/
Roz’s work was submitted to the REF 2014 as part of the University of Bolton’s Architecture, Built Environment and Planning category as an Impact Case Study - Regeneration and Facilities Management – Empowering communities through engagement.