Jamie Atkinson
Senior Lecturer
I teach Employment Law and Legal Professionalism & Ethics on the LLB. My research interests are in gender equality and the workplace, focusing particularly on how new parents reconcile work and care.
My profile
Biography
Who am I?
Having studied Modern History at undergraduate level, I completed the CPE and LPC at the College of Law (Guildford), and qualified as a solicitor in September 2000. I practised as an employment lawyer in London and then Oxford. I preferred the academic side of the law, so decided to do a PGCE at Oxford Brookes University and got my first lecturing post at Bradford College (West Yorkshire), teaching on the LLB (Hons). In 2005 I moved to BPP Law School in Leeds, where I taught Constitutional & Administrative Law and EU Law on the Graduate Diploma in Law. I started teaching at Manchester Met in September 2009.
Specialism
Employment Law, Intellectual Property & Media Law
Academic and professional qualifications
- FHEA
- LLM
- BA (Hons)
- CPE
- LPC
Other academic service (administration and management)
Unit leader for Employment Law, joint unit leader for Intellectual Property & Media Law, Professional Lives and Legal Education research cluster lead, Personal academic tutor
Impact
I am a member of the International Network on Leave Policies and Research. The Network is an international collaboration of academic researchers who are specialists in parental leave policies. The Network produces an annual report that details changes in parental leave provision worldwide. I have contributed to the UK section of the report since 2018. https://www.leavenetwork.org/introducing-the-network/
Teaching
Undergraduate courses
LLB - Employment Law, Intellectual Property & Media Law, Legal Professionalism & Ethics
Postgraduate teaching
LLM Equalities & Human Rights
Research outputs
My recent work has focused on evaluating the efforts of policymakers and organisations to encourage new fathers to become more involved parents as well as continuing to work.
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Reports
Koslowski, A., Blum, S., Dobrotic, I., Moss, P., Macht, A. (2019) 15th International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research 2019. International Network on Leave Policies and Research.
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Journal articles
Atkinson, J. (2023) 'Reconciling the ideal worker norm and involved fatherhood: new fathers’ experiences of requesting Shared Parental Leave in UK organizations.' Community, Work and Family,
Atkinson, J. (2021) 'Involved fatherhood and the workplace context: a new theoretical approach.' Gender, Work and Organization, 29(3) pp. 845-862.
Rouse, J., Atkinson, J., Rowe, A. (2021) 'Peering inside mutual adjustment : rhythmanalysis of return to work from maternity leave.' International Small Business Journal, 39(8) pp. 709-731.
Atkinson, J.L. (2017) 'Shared Parental Leave in the UK: can it advance gender equality by changing fathers into co-parents?.' International Journal of Law in Context, 13(3) pp. 356-368.
Atkinson, J.L. (2017) 'Maistrellis v Minister for Justice [2015] IRLR 944 CJEU.' Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 68(1) pp. 95-98.
Atkinson, J.L. (2016) '‘Letters aren’t good’: the operation of the right to request flexible working post-maternity leave in UK small and medium-sized companies.' Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 38(4)
Atkinson, J.L. (2013) 'Do women returning to work following maternity leave have access to quality part-time work?.' Business Law Review, 34(4) pp. 130-136.
Atkinson, J. (2011) 'Gendered organizations and women's career progression in the UK financial services sector.' Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 33(3) pp. 243-254.
Atkinson, J.L. (2010) 'Does the sex discrimination act provide a right to work part-time for mothers?.' Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 32(1) pp. 47-57.
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Other
Atkinson, J.L. (2010) Women Directors: Reversing the Trend of Under-Representation.