Joan Upson

After a short period in Local Government I embarked upon a career in academia, initially at De Montfort Leicester, and Loughborough, and latterly at Sheffield where I have worked on a part-time and full time basis for almost 10 years. Before arriving at Sheffield the focus of my work was on Environmental and European Law which I taught at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Since arriving at Sheffield I have gained experience teaching across the ‘core’ legal subjects and currently work in the areas of Contract, Tort, Land Law and Employment Law. I am the subject convenor for Contract law on the undergraduate programmes and the MA Law.

I enjoy teaching and aim to adopt an interactive style both in seminars and large scale lectures. I try to remember what worked for me as a student, but know that there are always other ways of doing things and so am keen to hear feedback from students and remain open to change.

I hold a number of significant administrative positions within the department, in particular Deputy Director of Teaching and Director of Skills and Employability, which give me a broad interest in teaching across all programmes.