Bronwen Williams
Background
Dr Bronwen Williams has worked in Higher Education for 18 years, starting out first as an hourly paid part-time lecturer and progressing to her current position as Academic Director of Swansea Law School. As Academic Director, Bronwen is responsible for the leadership and management of the Swansea Law School, which involves clear curriculum development, together with the day-to-day management of curriculum delivery, quality assurance, enhancement of the student experience and the effective and efficient deployment of physical and human resources. UG and PG programmes offered in the Swansea Law School are programmes across Law, Criminology and the Emergency Services, such as policing and fire and rescue. Bronwen has developed significant relationships and partnerships with external organisations in order to design innovative qualifications, creating opportunities for collaboration and enhancement of the student experience, with all programmes having a strong focus on employability.
Specialist Subjects
- Legal Education
- Employability in Higher Education
Professional and/or Research Experience
DProf thesis:
How the University through its Police Student Volunteer scheme helped develop employability skills to prepare students for a career in the police service.
Further research into legal education in Wales led to the paper supporting the case for a Level 7 Legal apprenticeship in Wales as commissioned by the Law Society Wales office released May 2025 and presented to the Counsel General.
Research undertaken in 2017 on behalf of Dyfed-Powys Police evaluating life sign monitoring in Police detention cells in order to reduce the number of deaths in police custody.
Qualifications
- Doctorate in Professional Practice – UWTSD 2024
- MA (PDET) – Swansea Metropolitan University – 2012
- PGCE (PCET) – Swansea Metropolitan University – 2009
- LLB (hons) – Exeter University – 2000
Languages Spoken
Professional Membership or Roles
Academic Teaching
External Recognition or Rewards
Sister Member of the Order of Saint John
Link to Orcid Profile
Professional Publications
- “Pepper, I., Rogers, C., Turner, J., Louis, N. and Williams, B. (2024), "Enabling student employability through volunteering: insights from police volunteers studying professional policing degrees in Wales", Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learnin