Miss Lindsay Giddings

Professional biography

Lindsay is interested in the social work workforce and issues around resilience, satisfaction at work and stress and burnout. Lindsay's doctoral research focuses on retention within the social work workforce, and utilises IPA (Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis). 

Lindsay is also interested in research related to sustainability and the climate crisis, and how this intersects with social work.

Since moving to work in Higher Education, Lindsay has developed an interest in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and is interested in how academics develop their identity, and how we can teach practical skills to professional students online.

Lindsay is co-chair of the module team for the level 1 undergraduate social work module in Northern Ireland, K113 (Foundations for Social Work Practice), and part of the module team for the postgraduate social work module K833 (Advancing Social Work Practice). Lindsay is also co-chair of the postgraduate social work module K832 (Developing Social Work Practice). Lindsay has worked on production for the social work law module (K271), the social work apprenticeship End Point Assessment module (KXY324), and the rewrite of K113 (K123). Lindsay was an Academic Conduct Officer for a number of years. 

Lindsay also works as an associate leacturer, teaching on KE322 (Young Lives, Parenting and Families).