School of Social & Political Sciences

Dr Felicity Cawley

  • Lecturer (Political & International Studies)
  • Tutor - Lifelong Learning (External Relations)

email: Felicity.Cawley@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: She/her/hers

Room 627, East Quad, Gilbert Scott Building, University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Import to contacts

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219

Biography

I am a lecturer in Economic and Social History with a focus on the history of the family, childhood, and popular culture.

Research interests

Research groups

Publications

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Number of items: 9.

2026

Cook, Vanessa, Cawley, Felicity ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219 and Gil Gil, Albert (2026) We're Going on a Scavenger Hunt! Building Student Confidence and Developing Group Work Skills Outside the Traditional Classroom. University of Glasgow Best Practice in Social Sciences Teaching Third Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 12 May 2026.

2025

Cawley, Felicity ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219, Cook, Vanessa and Hay, Kristin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0109-9167 (2025) Reflecting on 'true collaboration' [blog post]. [Website]

Cook, Vanessa and Cawley, Felicity ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219 (2025) Transition to active learning: introducing widening participation students to active learning. In: Horrocks, J. and Wilson-Medhurst, S. (eds.) Making Active Learning Happen for All: Practical Ideas for Developing and Sustaining Active Learning. Open Press University of Sussex. (Accepted for Publication)

Cawley, Felicity ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219 and Cook, Vanessa (2025) In Pursuit of a Successful Student Experience: Increasing Academic Staff Engagement. SCAPP Conference 2025 - Shaping the Future of Access and Participation: sharing knowledge, valuing impact, Glasgow Caledonian University, 27 May 2025.

Cawley, Felicity ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219, Cook, Vanessa and Hay, Kristin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0109-9167 (2025) ‘True’ Collaboration? Navigating Collective Leadership, Co-creation, and Professional Development of Staff in an Undergraduate Team-taught Honours Course. 18th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 02-08 April 2025.

2024

Cawley, Felicity ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219 (2024) Reconfiguring Research and Research Identity. Motherhood and Maternity in 20th century Britain: Reflections on Research and Research Led Teaching, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, 06 Dec 2024.

Cawley, Felicity ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219 and Cook, Vanessa (2024) ‘Tea and Pedagogy’: Graduate Teaching Assistant-staff support network in learning and teaching practice. Postgraduate Pedagogies, 4(1), pp. 296-312.

Cawley, Felicit ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219 (2024) Confidence and Academic Preparedness: Students’ Experiences Transitioning into Undergraduate Study. European Access Network Conference 2024: New Beginnings for European Access - Designing Equity, Transitions and Student Success, Dundee, UK, 11-12 Jun 2024.

2023

Cawley, Felicity ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219 (2023) “It Definitely Geared Me Up”: Academic and Study Skill Development and Access to Higher Education Students’ Experiences of Transitioning to Undergraduate Study. 16th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 29 March and 13 April 2023. (Unpublished)

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Number of items: 9.

Articles

Cawley, Felicity ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219 and Cook, Vanessa (2024) ‘Tea and Pedagogy’: Graduate Teaching Assistant-staff support network in learning and teaching practice. Postgraduate Pedagogies, 4(1), pp. 296-312.

Book Sections

Cook, Vanessa and Cawley, Felicity ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219 (2025) Transition to active learning: introducing widening participation students to active learning. In: Horrocks, J. and Wilson-Medhurst, S. (eds.) Making Active Learning Happen for All: Practical Ideas for Developing and Sustaining Active Learning. Open Press University of Sussex. (Accepted for Publication)

Conference or Workshop Item

Cook, Vanessa, Cawley, Felicity ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219 and Gil Gil, Albert (2026) We're Going on a Scavenger Hunt! Building Student Confidence and Developing Group Work Skills Outside the Traditional Classroom. University of Glasgow Best Practice in Social Sciences Teaching Third Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 12 May 2026.

Cawley, Felicity ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219 and Cook, Vanessa (2025) In Pursuit of a Successful Student Experience: Increasing Academic Staff Engagement. SCAPP Conference 2025 - Shaping the Future of Access and Participation: sharing knowledge, valuing impact, Glasgow Caledonian University, 27 May 2025.

Cawley, Felicity ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219, Cook, Vanessa and Hay, Kristin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0109-9167 (2025) ‘True’ Collaboration? Navigating Collective Leadership, Co-creation, and Professional Development of Staff in an Undergraduate Team-taught Honours Course. 18th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 02-08 April 2025.

Cawley, Felicity ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219 (2024) Reconfiguring Research and Research Identity. Motherhood and Maternity in 20th century Britain: Reflections on Research and Research Led Teaching, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, 06 Dec 2024.

Cawley, Felicit ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219 (2024) Confidence and Academic Preparedness: Students’ Experiences Transitioning into Undergraduate Study. European Access Network Conference 2024: New Beginnings for European Access - Designing Equity, Transitions and Student Success, Dundee, UK, 11-12 Jun 2024.

Cawley, Felicity ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219 (2023) “It Definitely Geared Me Up”: Academic and Study Skill Development and Access to Higher Education Students’ Experiences of Transitioning to Undergraduate Study. 16th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 29 March and 13 April 2023. (Unpublished)

Website

Cawley, Felicity ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0219, Cook, Vanessa and Hay, Kristin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0109-9167 (2025) Reflecting on 'true collaboration' [blog post]. [Website]

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Grants

Learning and Teaching Development Fund, University of Glasgow (2024-2025)

 

Supervision

I regularly supervise undergraduate and master's projects that focus on the family, childhood, gender, or 20th century popular culture. I also supervise students engaging with oral history or qualitative interviewing methodologies.

 

I am open to act as PhD supervisor for students interested in the history of the family, parenting, or childhood.

Teaching

Economic and Social History

Level One
  • Economic and Social History 1A: Towards Globalisation, c. 1750-1914
  • Economic and Social History 1B: Themes in Globalisation, c. 1914-2008 (convenor)
Level Two
  • Economic and Social History 2A: Britain 1770-1914
  • Economic and Social History 2B: Britain since 1914
Honours
  • Motherhood and Maternity in 20th Century Britain (co-convenor)
  • Researching Economic and Social History 1
  • Researching Economic and Social History 2
  • World War II: Economy and Society

 

Postgraduate Methods Courses

  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Research Design

 

Access to Higher Education

  • Course convenor - Access Social and Economic History: British Social and Economic History, c. 1830-1980
  • Course co-convenor - Widening Participation Summer School Economic and Social History: Glasgow and the Globe

Additional information

Awards

  • Tutor Award, School of Social and Political Sciences Learning and Teaching Awards (2022)
  • Greatest Student Engagement, School of Social and Political Sciences Learning and Teaching Awards (2025)

Professional Recognition 

Qualifications

  • MEd Academic Practice, University of Glasgow (2023)