Claire Toogood
MA, BA (Hons), SFHEA, Assoc CIPDVisiting Scholar
Visiting Scholar at Harper Adams Business School.
Previously Lecturer with responsibility for final year modules including Leadership and People Management, and International Human Resource Management. Also lectured on first year modules including Business Data Analysis and Introduction to Business for Rural Advisors, as well as holding the role of Course Tutor for second year Business students. Researcher and project manager on multiple projects detailed in "Publications" and "Additional Information" sections below.
Also worked as Careers Adviser, working with undergraduate, postgraduate and distance learning students. Held responsibility for data management in multiple institutions, including planning and student number forecasting at a Russell Group institution and statutory gradaute outcomes survey management at a specialist institution. Further professional experience in human resources, finance, tax, projects and client management.
Professional Memberships
Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (Assoc CIPD)
Academic Department: Harper Adams Business School
Research: Informing Sustainable Policy, Planning and Professional Practice (IS4P)
Research profile: ORCID
Publications
Other publications
- Claire Toogood, Fiona Williams and Caroline Nye (2025) Exploring calling to farming careers in the United Kingdom: a scoping review British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
- Claire Toogood and Katy Hale (2025) Empowering professional identity and positive outcomes through Third Space collaboration: A subject lecturer and EAP practitioner case study Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education 33
- Claire Toogood and Samantha Kilmartin (2025) Subjective Measures of Career Outcomes from National Surveys in the United Kingdom and Australia Journal of Student Affairs, Inquiry, Improvement and Impact 8(1)
- Claire Toogood (2023) Report - Effective leadership, management and development of people working in agriculture and agri-food: supporting new entrants from non-agricultural backgrounds
- Claire Toogood (2023) Project overview, case studies and teaching resources - Effective leadership, management and development of people working in agriculture and agri-food: supporting new entrants from non-agricultural backgrounds
- Claire Toogood (2023) Supporting students to engage with case studies: a model ofengagement principles Educational Review
- Claire Toogood and Olivia Bennett Jones (2022) Graduate jobs in Wales: perceptions and pull factors
- Claire Toogood, Claire Robertson and Rachel Hilton (2022) Supporting undergraduate research into resilient and sustainable careers in food and farming
- Claire Toogood (2018) What makes graduates choose self-employment?
2023 Joint Research Lead evaluating New Entrants Incubator pilot
2022 Case Teaching Scholar (The Case Centre)
2022 HAU Student Voice Award winner
2021 onwards - Peer Reviewer for Vitae HR Excellence in Research Award
2021 recipient of an Agricultural Educator Award from the Farmers Club to research "Effective leadership, management and development of people working in agriculture and agri-food: supporting new entrants from non-agricultural backgrounds."
Modules
You can contact Claire Toogood if you would like to discuss any of the following course modules: