Dr Jude Preston

Tel: 0121 204 3303

Email: j.preston1@aston.ac.uk

Jude Preston is a Lecturer in the Work and Organisation Department at Aston University. Prior to taking up an academic career in 2011, Jude garnered over 15 years of cross-industry experience in strategic and operational HRM and business management. Her current research interests focus on diversity at work, with a particular interest in the challenges faced by the older workforce. An experienced teacher, she is currently leading the Aston Global Advantage professional development programme. Jude also runs her own consultancy company, specialising in providing learning and development services to the rail engineering industry.

My research interests broadly cover the learning processes and needs of non-typical learners, with a particular interest in older learners, those with learning differences, and those on the autism spectrum. This arose because of my observations of how older workers on the railway had different learning success which resulted in generally lower attainment, and this led to curiosity about what they found more challenging and why, and finally for my PhD, to explore the psychological changes associated with aging, how these impact on older workers' learning experience and what managers can do to support older workers' learning.

My PhD thesis title was:

'The Impact of perceived Human Resource Management System Strength on older workers' mental well-being, in-role behaviours, and satisfaction with learning opportunities'. Aston University, supervised by Dr J. Crawshaw and Prof Pawan Budhwar.

I also have a huge interest in pedagogy and ways to to support learning in different student groups such as apprentices, and in the master's level business students here at Aston.

PhD (Awarded by Aston University, January 2020): Thesis title: The Impact of perceived Human Resource Management System Strength on older workers’ mental well-being, in-role performance behaviours, and satisfaction with learning opportunities. Aston University, supervised by Dr J. Crawshaw and Prof Pawan Budhwar

MSc Human Resource Management and Business: Aston University (Distinction)

MEd in Professional Practice in Higher Education: Aston University (Distinction)

BA (Hons) Business Management - Human Resources (2.1): University of East London, by distance learning

PGDip in Professional Practice in Higher Education (Distinction)

PGCert in Team Coaching (expected 2024)

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Member of the British Academy of Management 2012 -

Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Fellow of the Society for Education and Training 2011 –

2011 June: Awarded the CIPD Professor Ian Beardswell ‘New Thinking’ Prize for my Master’s Dissertation: ‘The Relationship between Age, Stress and Learning during Organisational Change’

Publications

Khavandkar, E., Theodorakopoulous, N., Hart, M., and Preston, J. (2015). In H. Shipton, P. Budhwar, P. Sparrow, A. Brown (Eds.), Human Resource Management, Innovation and Performance.  London: Palgrave Macmillan

Knight, L. A., Tu, Y. & Preston. J. (2014). ‘Building procurement capability and flexibility: matching skills with circumstance’ International Journal of Production Economics, 147, pp. 271-283

Crawshaw, J., Preston, J. & Hatch, A. (2017) ‘Introduction: Context and Challenges for HRM’, in Human resource management: strategic and international perspectives. (2nd. ed.) Crawshaw, J., Budhwar, P. & Davis, A. (eds.). London (UK): Sage

Crawshaw, J., Preston, J. & Hatch, A. (2020) ‘Introduction: Context and Challenges for HRM’, in Human resource management: strategic and international perspectives. (3rd. ed.) Crawshaw, J., Budhwar, P. & Davis, A. (eds.). London (UK): Sage

Preston, J. and Rosairo, F. (2021). ‘Reflections on the value of simulations in developing employability skills in postgraduate business students’. Elliott, C., Guest, J. and Vettraino, E. (eds.) Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing

Preston, J. (2023)’ People management for techies; the challenges of teaching leadership and people management to technically-focused apprentices’. Business teaching beyond silos. Traczykowski, L., Goddard, A. D., Knight, G. and Vettraino, E. (eds.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing

Preston, J and Crawshaw, J. (2023) ‘Introduction: Context and Challenges for HRM’, in Human resource management: strategic and international perspectives. (4th. ed.) Crawshaw, J., Budhwar, P. & Davis, A. (eds.). London (UK): Sage

Aldossari, M., Meliou, E and Preston, J.  (2023) ‘Diversity in Organisations’, in Human resource management: strategic and international perspectives. (4th. ed.) Crawshaw, J., Budhwar, P. & Davis, A. (eds.). London (UK): Sage

Accepted Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

2017

Preston, J. & Caine, K. ‘Growing Ergonagogy: The art and science of facilitating learning in Management Apprentices, Higher Education Academy Annual Conference, Manchester, July

2015

Preston, J. & Crawshaw, J. ‘Operationalising Socioemotional Selectivity Theory, British Academy of Management Conference, Portsmouth, September

2011

Preston, J. & Shipton, H. ‘The Relationship between Age, Stress and Learning during Organisational Change’. Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Centres Conference. Keele University, June

Preston J. & Shipton, H. ‘Age, Learning, Stress and Organisational Change’. British Academy of Management Conference, Birmingham, September.

Preston, J. & Shipton, H. ‘Older Workers during organisational change; does learning lead to stress?’ Dutch HRM Network. Groningen University, November

• Programme Lead for BPG125 / BPG130 Aston Global Advantage Personal Development Programme (PG). This is a full-time role and involves the strategic development of the Programme, working through a multidisciplinary, multifunctional team.

• The team development and line management for a team of 10 Postgraduate Academic Support Tutors.

• Extensive outreach to local, national and global businesses and organisations.

• Managing and developing the Term 2 vocational offering for the Work & Organisation Department

2022-2024

• The Joy of Teams (part of the Aston Global Advantage)
• Some sessions for the AGA T2 offering for HRM students.
• Sessions for the CMI Leadership Award
• Effective Teamworking, Network Building and Intercultural Ethics session for the Global Innovation Challenge at Aston University.

up to 2022 (Lecturer)

• Module Leader:

Undergraduate modules

• BH3315 Learning, Training and Development (UG)
• LBM404 Managing People and Team Leading (UG Apprenticeship Module)
• LBM405 Exploring your Professional Context and Yourself (UG Apprenticeship module)

Postgraduate modules

• BHM351 Learning and Talent Development
• BPG125 Personal Development Planning