Dr Mike Sheaff

Former programme manager for BSc (Hons) Sociology

Lay Chair for NHS England Public Health appointments

Non-Executive Director and Vice Chair of Plymouth Primary Care Trust, 2001-2011. (Chair of Clinical Governance Committee until March 2008, and subsequently Chair of Commissioning Governance Committee).

Elected member of Plymouth City Council, 1991-2000 (and Chair of Social Services Committee, 1997-2000).

Co-Chair of Plymouth Health Action Zone 1998-2000

Inaugural Chair of Plymouth Community Partnership, 1995-1996.

Trustee of Plymouth Citizens' Advice Bureau, 1994-1998.

Member of Chief Medical Officer's project on strengthening the public health function, 1997-98.

Member of National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education/University and Colleges Union National Executive Committee, 2004-2007.

Member of Sociology Reference Group for C-SAP (Higher Education Authority Subject Centre for Sociology Anthropology and Politics), 2006-2010.

Previous responsibility for a wide range of teaching, including module leadership roles, on the following programmes:

BSc (Hons) Sociology
BSc (Hons) Health & Social Care Studies
BSc (Hons) Nursing and BSc (Hons) programmes for Allied Health Professions
MSc Social Research
MSc Health and Wellbeing

Newspaper articles:

Sheaff, M (2010) The health service must cling to Bevan's egalitarian vision. The Guardian, 10 July 2010
Sheaff, M (2014) The nature of power. Western Morning News on Sunday. 20 July 2014.