Staff

Elisabeth Skinner
B.A., Cert. Ed., ILTM

Positions
Principal Lecturer
Local Policy Leader

Contact
Email: eskinner@glos.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1242 714558

Elisabeth Skinner is subject leader for the Local Policy course where students examine policy as it affects local communities. The aim of this course is to prepare students for supporting local communities so that local people can influence the policy decisions that affect them. Many students taking Local Policy are distance learners who work with parish and town councils; Elisabeth therefore specialises in writing workbooks, organising short residential schools and designing web-based materials for distance learning and flexible delivery. She also contributes to teaching on the Community Development, and Heritage Management courses.

Her current research includes an examination of the use of ICT for more flexible forms of teaching and she has been pioneering the use of WebCT in the University. Elisabeth also works for the Centre for Local Policy Studies at the University, delivering short courses and undertaking consultancy work for parish and town councils. She is a member of the Parish and Town Council Development Group set up by Defra to develop a National Training Strategy for parish and town councils and is co-author of 'The Good Councillor's Guide, Pointers to Good Practice and Working with your Council'. 

Undergraduate Teaching
EL101 Environment & Society
EL102 Management at Work
EL104 Town & Country Planning
EL106 Action with Communities
EL108 Project Management with Communities
EL109 Finance & Resources for Community Organisations
EL110 Procedures for Local Council Administration
EL202 Unit 7 Information Search
EL213 Managing Local Heritage 
EL304 Impact of Policy on a Community

Research Interests
Local Policy
Rural Development
Distance and Online Learning

Recent Publications
Skinner, E. (2005) Sheepscombe: One Thousand Years in this Gloucestershire Valley, Sheepscombe History Society.

Skinner, E. et al (2005) Pointers to Good Practice - A Guide for Town and Parish Councils, London: Commission for Rural Communities. 

Skinner, E. (2003) Internet Resources for Town and Parish Councils, a report for the Countryside Agency.

Skinner, E. (2002) The Flexible Delivery Project: A report to SOLT.

Howes, L., Skinner, E. and Derounian, J. (2003) The Good Councillor's Guide, London, National Training Strategy for Town and Parish Councils and the Countryside Agency.

Skinner, E. (2002) Working with Your Council: Core Topics and Skills Society of Local Council Clerks. (Welsh Version 2005)

Skinner, E. (2000) Using the Web to Widen Access. Journal of Learning and Teaching, 6:1.

Skinner, E. and Howes, L. (2000) Working for Your Council: An Induction Course for Clerks. Society of Local Council Clerks.