Dr Janet Francis

• Member of the British Computer Society
• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Postgraduate Associate Member, LCT Centre for Knowledge-Building

• Doctorate in Education, Staffordshire University
• MSc in Computer Science, University of Birmingham
• PGCE (Science Teaching), Chelsea College, University of London
• PGCert Research Methods, Staffordshire University

• Data Management and Databases
• Data Analytics and Business Intelligence
• Data Mining and Machine Learning
• IT Project Management
• Service Innovation and Digital Transformation
• Work-based learning and Apprenticeship
• Legitimation Code Theory
• Service Dominant Logic

• Service Innovation and Digital Transformation
• Work-based learning and Apprenticeship
• Legitimation Code Theory
• Service Dominant Logic

I welcome opportunities to work with industry partners and am involved in part-funded innovation projects in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science.

My teaching focus reflects my industrial experience and is centred on Informatics, Data Science, Technical Service Management and IT Project Management. I teach at all levels from level 3 (Foundation Year) to level 7 (master’s).

I work with students in our foundation year and at level 4 to develop their professional and academic skills. I am an accredited Strengths Profile Practitioner, and my coaching uses the strengths approach to help learners to develop.https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9843-221X

Selected publications:

Stanier C., Mansfield G, Lawton J., Wilson E., Hasan M., Knight F., Francis J., Cornes R., Eardley W.A., Hodgkiss D., (2017) Sharing Ideas and Practice In Higher Education, Proceedings of INTED 2017 (11th International Technology, Education and Development Conference) 6-8 March 2017, Valencia, Spain. IATED. DOI: 10.21125/inted.2017

Uden, L., Francis, J. (2011) Service Innovation Using Actor Network Theory, In Tatnall, Arthur, Ed. Actor-Network Theory and Technology Innovation: Advancements and New Concepts. IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-197-3

Uden, L., Francis, J.(2008) Actor-network theory for Service Innovation, International Journal of Actor Network Theory and Technological Innovation Vol. 1, Issue 1 Pages: 23-44. DOI: 10.4018/jantti.2009010102

Uden, L., Francis, J., Dai, W (2008) Service Quality for Service Innovation, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, October 12-15, 2008, Beijing, China, Volume 2 Page(s): 2779-2784. DOI: 10.1109/SOLI.2008.4683007S.