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Dr Sam Giove PhD

Director of Sheffield Business School


Summary

Dr Sam Giove is the Director of Sheffield Business School, SHU. Sheffield Business School has approximately 6,500 students and 250 academic staff. We are an applied and purpose driven AACSB accredited Business School. This places us among the best business schools across the globe. We are members of UN Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) and have Small Business Charter status. We work to empower future leaders, bring together businesses, students, academic expertise, and drive societal change. 

Sam has a particular passion for ensuring HE experiences can enable social and economic mobility and genuinely transform lives.

About

Dr Sam Giove is the Director of Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University.

Sheffield Business School has approximately 6,500 students and 250 academic staff. We are an applied and innovative Business School recognised by the leading accreditation body, Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), placing us among the best business schools across the globe. Since 2013 we have been members of UN Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME). We have undergraduate and postgraduate courses accredited by European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). We also have Small Business Charter status.

Sheffield Business School provides an exceptional student experience; we do this through programmes designed with industry, giving our students real-world learning, industry placements and global challenges to support excellent student outcomes.

Sam has over 28 years of experience working across the HE sector. She has held several senior academic posts to include Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning for Sheffield Business School and the College of Business, Technology and Engineering, Assistant Dean, Student Experience (SBS), Assistant Dean, Employer Engagement (SBS).
She is a recognised authority in the design of Learning, Teaching, Assessment, Student Engagement, Experience and Employability that leads to excellent student outcomes. She has a particular passion for how Higher Education experiences can enable social and economic mobility and genuinely transform lives.

Teaching

Department of Service Sector Management

Sheffield Business School

Research

Featured research projects 

Giove, S (2023) Learning and Teaching that engagements students within innovative spaces and provides inclusive opportunities for them to develop into confident, collaborative leaders and world ready citizens  8TH Innovative Learning Spaces Summit 2023 Prague, Czech Republic.

Giove, S., L,Tipi and E,Shimwell (2022) Maximising the impact of staff-student partnerships on students development AdvanceHE Teaching and Learning Conference 2022:Teaching in the spotlight: Where next for enhancing student success? Newcastle, UK

Mawani, S and Mukadam,A.A (2020) Student Empowerment in Higher Education – Reflecting on Teaching Practice and Learner Engagement, Chapter 1 From the Pursuit of a Good Grade to a Desire to Learn for its Own Sake Giove,S and McCullen,J Logos Verlag Berlin

Hirst, C., Beresford, P and Giove,S  (2019) A Service Eco-System View of HDA's in UK Higher Education: Emerging insights into value co-creation  Second Global Conference on Creating Value New York City

Giove, S (2019) Chartered ABS - Small Business Charter - Guest speaker - Preparing Students for employment in small businesses – Convened at Birmingham City University

Giove, S (2019) AACSB UK and Ireland Network - Panel member ICAM Conference

Hill-Crane, E., Jones,S., Giove,S. and Goulding,P (2018) 'Staff and Students working in partnership to develop a model of academic and professional support' Presentation and Workshop RAISE Annual Conference Sheffield Hallam University

Giove, S and Jones,S (2018) Communities of enhanced engagement presentation Chartered Association of Business Schools Learning and Teaching Conference Glasgow

Ashworth.P.A., Jensen.Y.L., Stockton.H.J., Morris.C., Giove.S., Paxman.J.R. (2016) Influence of the obesogenic/leptogenic food environment on consumer behaviour in leisure centres, Poster presentation The Nutrition Society Summer Conference University College Dublin

Ashworth.P.A., Morris.C., Giove.S., Paxman.J.R. (2016) Influence of the obesogenic/leptogenic food environment on consumer behaviour in leisure centres,  Abstract and Presentation The Nutrition Society Summer Conference University College Dublin

Ashworth.P.A., Morris.C., Giove.S., Paxman.J.R. (2016) Impact of nudging strategies on consumers’ intended food choice behaviour in leisure centres Presentation Sheffield Business School Doctoral Conference 2016 Sheffield Hallam University

Blackburn, M., Giove, S., Jones,S., Robinson.J (2016) Capturing the Contribution of Placement Representatives Presentation RAISE Conference

Giove.S., Rigg.C (2016) Professional Student led Societies - Communities of Enhanced Engagement Open University Annual Conference Birmingham

Ashworth.P.A., Morris.C., Giove.S., Paxman.J.R. (2015) Leisure centre cafés as obesogenic/ leptogenic environments: situational analysis and stakeholder perceptions ESRC Festival of Social Science Sheffield Hallam University

Ashworth.P.A., Morris.C., Giove.S., Paxman.J.R. (2015) Impact of Calorie information on consumer food choice behaviour in leisure centres. Poster Presentation ESRC Festival of Social Science Sheffield Hallam University

Ashworth.P.A., Morris.C., Giove.S., Paxman.J.R. (2014) Impact of the obesogenic/leptogenic environment on consumer behaviour in leisure centres. Sheffield Business School Doctoral Conference

Ashworth.P.A., Morris.C., Giove.S., Paxman.J.R. (2014) Understanding the Interaction between Leisure Centre Users and their Environment using the ANGELO Framework Abstract and Presentation The Nutrition Society Postgraduate Conference Sheffield Hallam University

Ashworth.P.A., Morris.C., Giove.S., Paxman.J.R. (2014) Understanding the Interaction between Leisure Centre Users and their Environment using the ANGELO Framework  Poster Presentation World Public Health Nutrition Association Conference University of Oxford

Publications

Journal articles

O'Leary, C., & Giove, S. (2013). Fostering student engagement. Student Engagement and Experience Journal, 2 (2). http://doi.org/10.7190/seej.v2i2.81

O'Leary, C., & Giove, S. (2013). Fostering Student Engagement. Student Experience and Engagement Journal, 2 (2), 1-2. http://doi.org/10.7190/seej.v2i2.81

Giove, S. (2012). Gathering Student Feedback at Sheffield Hallam University. Student Engagement Quarterly, 0.

Conference papers

Beresford, P., Hirst, C., & Giove, S. (2019). A Service Eco-System View of HDA's in UK Higher Education: Emerging insights into value co-creation. In The Second Global Conference on Creating Value (New York), New York, NY, USA, 14 May 2019 - 16 May 2019. http://www.creatingvalue.co/conference/

Ashworth, P., Morris, C., Giove, S., & Paxman, J. (2016). Impact of nudging strategies on consumer food choice intentions and behaviours in leisure centres. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 75 (OCE3), E226. http://doi.org/10.1017/S002966511600241X

Ashworth, P., Jensen, Y.L., Stockton, H.J., Morris, C., Giove, S., & Paxman, J. (2016). Influence of the obesogenic/leptogenic food environment on consumer behaviour in leisure centres. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 75 (OCE3), E136. http://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665116001518

Books

Mawani, S., & Mukadam, A.A. (Eds.). (2020). Student Empowerment in Higher Education - Reflecting on Teaching Practice and Learner Engagement. (First). Logos Verlag Berlin.

Theses / Dissertations

Giove, S. (2001). The influence of social values on consumer perceptions of food risks. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Daly, L.

Presentations

Giove, S. (2019). Giving students a taste of small business life. Presented at: Preparing students for employment in small businesses, Birmingham City University

Giove, S., Hill-Crane, E., Jones, S., & Goulding, P. (2018). Staff and Students working in Partnershipto develop a model of academic and professional support. Presented at: RAISE Annual Conference, Sheffield Hallam University

Giove, S., & Jones, S. (2018). Communities of enhanced engagement. Presented at: Chartered Association of Business Schools Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Annual Conference, Glasgow

Giove, S. (2016). Impact of nudging strategies on consumers' intended food choice behaviour in leisure centres presentation.

Giove, S. (2016). Capturing the Contribution of Placement Representatives Abstract and Presentation.

Giove, S. (2016). Professional Student led Societies - Communities of Enhanced Engagement. Presented at: Open University Conference

Jones, S., Blackburn, M., & Giove, S. (2016). Capturing the Contribution of Placement Representatives.

Ashworth, P., Morris, C., Giove, S., & Paxman, J. (2016). Impact of nudging strategies on consumer food choice intentions and behaviours in leisure centres.

Giove, S. (2015). Leisure centre cafes as obesogenic/leptogenic environments: situational analysis and stakeholder perception.

Giove, S. (2015). Impact of Calorie information on consumer food choice behaviour in leisure centres.

Giove, S. (2014). Impact of the obesogenic/leptogenic environment on consumer behaviour in leisure centres.

Giove, S. (2014). Understanding the Interaction between Leisure Centre Users and their Environment using the ANGELO Framework Abstract and Poster Presentation.

Giove, S. (2014). Understanding the Interaction between Leisure Centre Users and their Environment using the ANGELO Framework Poster Presentation.

Giove, S. (2014). Student led Subject Based Societies - Communities of enhanced engagement - Abstract and Presentation.

Giove, S. (2014). An Insight into the Experience of Sheffield Business School SHU Executive Reps 2013/14.

Giove, S. (2012). If another student tells you: Fostering student engagement with institutional priorities.

Giove, S., & Ryan, J. (2011). Communication works for those who work at it: Amplifying the student voice using new technologies.

Giove, S. (1997). Food Risk Perceptions and Risk Relieving Strategies of Consumers in the Twenty-First Century. A Social Values / Lifestyle Approach.

Other publications

Giove, S. (2016). Influence of the obesogenic/leptogenic food environment on consumer behaviour in leisure centre - Poster presentation. Dublin: Nutrition Society Conference

Giove, S. (2016). Influence of the obesogenic/leptogenic food environment on consumer behaviour in leisure centres - Abstract and Presentation. Nutrition Society Conference

Other activities

Member of the Board of Governors, The Sheffield College  

Postgraduate supervision

Completed supervisions

  • 2016:Supervisor (2 students)

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