Jenny Paxman RNutr (Food), BA (Hons), MMedSci, PGCert, MPhil, FHEA
Principal Lecturer in Nutrition, Subject Group Leader for Food and Nutrition
- Department of Service Sector Management
- Health Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Institute
- Social and Economic Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Institute
Summary
I am a Principal Lecturer in Nutrition, Subject Group Leader for Food and Nutrition and a Registered Nutritionist (Food). As a passionate higher education leader, academic and educator I have been involved in the design, delivery and accreditation of undergraduate and postgraduate food and nutrition courses for over 22 years. My research interest lies in appetite regulation, obesity, weight management, dietary fibre, and plant-based foods.
About
Throughout my career I have acted on and/ or chaired numerous committees and working groups both here at Sheffield Hallam (ethics, health and safety, research sub-committee, departmental board, Concordat, Athena SWAN) but also at a national level, including with the Association for Nutrition (AfN), Nutrition Society, Nutrition North, The Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE), and the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA). I have acted as an internal and external panel member for validation events and am a Course Accreditor and active member of the Course Accreditation Committee for the AfN. I have held academic roles including Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Lead, Level Leader, Special Programmes Manager and Professional and Statutory Bodies Liaison.
I have published 30+ peer-reviewed outputs and have been returned in the two most recent REFs. I am a member of the UoA 3 leadership group and maintain Significant Responsibility for Ï㽶ÊÓƵ status. I have successfully procured over £260,000 of funding, from over £1 million worth of bids and peer review for numerous journals, publishers, and funding bodies. I am an award-winning research supervisor and teacher.
I have delivered projects for various major retailers and manufacturers including healthy eating/ product training. I work with local and national partners including major retailers, charities, and trusts. I currently spearhead the trailblazer for the level 6 occupational standard for Nutritionist working directly with IfATE, key nutrition employers and other HEIs.
I regularly work with young people from aged 3 to 18 years as a RNutr (Food). I am a Sheffield Ambassador, recognised as such for the civic impact of my work. Over many years I have held voluntary roles within my community including proudly serving as a school governor (7 years, including OFSTED inspection) and as secretary to the parent-teacher association of a local school.
Teaching expertise
- Nutrition
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- Nutrition, specifically appetite regulation and control and weight management.
Industry Links
- Accreditation Committee Member and Assessor for Association for Nutrition
Teaching
Department of Service Sector Management
Sheffield Business School
I predominantly teach in Food and Nutrition but have contributed more broadly, both internally and externally, from foundation year to level 7 and supervised award-winning undergraduate, PGT and doctoral research.
I currently contribute to teaching, learning and assessment on:
BSc Human Nutrition and Health
BSc Food and Nutrition
MSc Food and Nutrition Sciences
MSc Food Consumer Marketing and Product Development
MSc Nutrition with Public Health Management
I have taught and led modules far too numerous to mention but most recently this has included:
Dissertation, Global Issues in Nutrition & Health, and Epidemiology of Diet & Disease
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I chaired the local organising committee for the competitively won 2022 Nutrition Society Summer Conference: Food and Nutrition: Pathways to a Sustainable Future. From 2020-2022 I coordinated design, facilitation and delivery of this highly successful 4-day international conference, coordinating the efforts from the three host organisations. This first Nutrition Society, in-person conference since Covid was widely billed as a success, attracting delegates from Australia, Canada, Chile, Ireland, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Nigeria, Singapore, Spain, United Arab Emirates, UK and the USA. The conference was specifically designed to embrace and showcase the importance of applied research and, working directly with industry, we shared world-leading research via specialist symposia and championed our civic work in a ‘Greener, Fairer, Healthier’ Sheffield Showcase. A report on the event and its impact has been published in a Proceedings of the Nutrition Society editorial (Paxman et al., 2022: https://doi:10.1017/S0029665122002865).
I aim to share and further develop innovative nutrition education practice by attending and presenting at education conferences (e.g.; LTA https://sites.google.com/my.shu.ac.uk/lta-conference-2022/poster-presentations and https://aseannualconference2022shu.sched.com/event/luHK/frontier-science-why-we-eat-what-we-eat-exploring-human-appetite-regulation).
The Nutrition Fair, a novel and ‘live’ student assessment that I conceived, designed and delivered, ran for 16 years attracting around over 3000 visitors during this time. This TLA activity was published as a ‘best practice’ case study by (Beard & Wilson. ISBN-10-0749444894). Furthermore, I led research with Nutrition Fair students to explore how nutrition undergraduates learn and succeed which was published in the Journal of Food Science Education (Paxman et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-4329.2011.00129.x).
In 2018 a small bidding team were awarded institutional (Sheffield Hallam) funding to form an internal/external research cluster. I was a core member of the original bidding team and, since 2020, have co-led SHARe (Sheffield Hallam Appetite REsearch, part of the SHUFood network: https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/chefscluster/). In this role I have helped convene and overseen the delivery of paired papers, run writing/ networking activities for academics, PGRs and other scholars and represented the cluster internally and externally including as part of our civic activities (e.g. our recent ESRC funded ‘Picturing Good Food’ event - October 2023 https://festivalofsocialscience.com/events/how-do-people-think-and-do-food/).
Publications
Journal articles
Yakubu, A., Platts, K., Sorsby, A., Clegg, M., & Paxman, J. (2023). . Journal of Functional Foods, 102.
Flint, M., Bowles, S., Lynn, A., & Paxman, J.R. (2023). . The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 1-36.
Hart, K., Marsden, R., & Paxman, J. (2020). . Nursing and Residential Care, 22 (12).
Rocha, J., Paxman, J., Dalton, C., Hopkins, M., & Broom, D. (2018). . Appetite, 128, 87-94.
Rocha, J., Paxman, J., Dalton, C., Winter, E., & Broom, D. (2016). . Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, 41 (11), 1129-1136.
Rocha, J., Paxman, J., Dalton, C., Winter, E., & Broom, D. (2015). . Appetite, 89 (1), 183-191.
Rocha, J., Paxman, J., Dalton, C., Winter, E., & Broom, D. (2013). . Appetite, 71, 369-378.
Hall, A., Fairclough, A., Mahadevan, K., & Paxman, J. (2012). . Appetite, 58 (1), 379-386.
Harden, C., Richardson, J.C., Dettmar, P.W., Corfe, B.M., & Paxman, J. (2012). . Journal of functional foods, 4 (1), 122-128.
Morris, C., Paxman, J., & Sorsby, J. (2012). Food science at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. Food Science and Technology (London), 26 (4), 12-15.
Paxman, J., Nield, K., & Hall, A. (2011). . Journal of Food Science Education, 10 (4), 45-53.
Paxman, J., Hall, A., Harden, C., O'Keeffe, J., & Simper, T. (2011). . Nutrition Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, 31 (5), 327-337.
Harden, C., Corfe, B.A., Richardson, J.C., Dettmar, P.W., & Paxman, J.R. (2009). . Nutrition Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, 29 (6), 379-382.
Paxman, J.R., Richardson, J.C., Dettmar, P.W., & Corfe, B.A. (2008). . Nutrition Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, 28 (8), 501-505.
Paxman, J.R., Richardson, J.C., Dettmar, P.W., & Corfe, B.M. (2008). . Appetite, 51 (3), 713-719.
Conference papers
Flint, M., Leroy, F., Bowles, S., Lynn, A., & Paxman, J. (2024). . Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 82 (OCE5), E278.
Ashworth, P., Morris, C., Giove, S., & Paxman, J. (2016). . Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 75 (OCE3), E226.
Ashworth, P., Jensen, Y.L., Stockton, H.J., Morris, C., Giove, S., & Paxman, J. (2016). . Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 75 (OCE3), E136.
Rocha, J., Paxman, J., Dalton, C., & Broom, D. (2016). . Journal of Sports Sciences, 34 (S1), s61.
Brownlee, I., Fairclough, A., Hall, A., & Paxman, J. (2011). . In Culinary Arts and Sciences VII:Global, National and Local Perspectives, (pp. 82-88). Bournemouth University UK: Bournemouth University International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
Sorsby, A., & Paxman, J. (2010). Seaweed (ascophyllum nodosum) enriched bread is acceptable to consumers. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 69.
Hall, A., Fairclough, A., Mahadevan, K., & Paxman, J. (2010). . Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 69 (OCE5), E352.
Simper, T., Paxman, J.R., & O'Keeffe, J. (2008). . International Journal of Obesity, 32, S230.
Harden, C., Paxman, J., Richardson, J.C., Dettmar, P.W., & Corfe, B.M. (2008). . Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 67 (oce8), E422.
Book chapters
Brownlee, I., Fairclough, A., Hall, A., & Paxman, J. (2012). . In Pomin, V.H. (Ed.) Seaweed : ecology, nutrient composition and medicinal uses. (pp. 119-136). Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers
Theses / Dissertations
Ashworth, P. (2017). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Morris, C.
Ashworth, P. (2017). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Morris, C.
Rocha, J.B.P.F.D. (2013). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Broom, D., Paxman, J., & Dalton, C.
Presentations
Telling, R., Paxman, J., Raynes, A., & Hetti Arachchige, C.N. (2024). What we learned from piloting a 'one-stop shop' approach to Student Voices at Hallam. Presented at: Student Voices in Higher Education 2024 conference, London, UK, 2024
Paxman, J., & Rundle, R. (2014). Mapping Sheffield-based Nutrition Enterprises.
Paxman, J. (2013). Feeding the Future: why weight?
Sorsby, A., & Paxman, J. (2010). Motivation, Control and Confidence in 'live' assessment; a learning journey.
Sorsby, A., & Paxman, J. (2010). Presentation - Dietary Seaweed and Human Health.
Harden, C., O'Keeffe, J., Paxman, J., & Simper, T. (2009). . Presented at: Tackling Child and Adult Obesity in Sheffield: Evidence, Policy and Practice
Posters
Simper, T., Harden, C., Paxman, J., & O'Keeffe, J. (2009). . Presented at: Tackling Child and Adult Obesity in Sheffield: Evidence, Policy and Practice
Paxman, J., O'Keeffe, J., Harden, C., & Simper, T. (2009). . Presented at: Tackling Child and Adult Obesity in Sheffield: Evidence, Policy and Practice
Other publications
Paxman, J., & Nield, L. (2022). . Cambridge University Press:
Other activities
• Nutrition Society Member (2001- )
• Registered Nutritionist (Food; 2002- )
• AfN Course Accreditor (2008- )
• AfN Working Group member for development of the RNutr ‘Food’ specialism (finite post 2010-11)
• AfN Course Accreditation Committee member (2017- )
• Invited Chair of the AfN MSc Working Group (finite post 2019-22)
• AfN’s Expert Member of the QAA Advisory Group to review the Subject Benchmark Statement for Agriculture, Rural Environmental Sciences, Animal Studies, Consumer Science, Forestry, Food, Horticulture and Human Nutrition (finite post 2023-4)
• Nutrition Society Science Committee member (finite post 2019-22)
• Fellow of the HEA (2004- )
• Convener and lead for the Trailblazer to develop the level-6, degree apprenticeship standard for Nutritionist with the Institute of Apprenticeship and Technical Education (IfATE: 2022- )
Postgraduate supervision
Inspirational Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Supervisor Award (SHU) - 2022
Current DoS:
Megan Flint ‘Plant-based convenience foods: consumer perceptions, nutrient profile and satiety.’:
winner best e-poster at SBS PGRs/ECRs Conference ‘Does Impact matter?’ – 2022;
winner PG Competition, NS Summer Conference 2022;
Inspirational Student Award
Current Supervisor:
Samantha McCormick ‘Navigating the foodscape in Sheffield: A co-production approach’
Supervised to completion:
2017 Pippa Ashworth ‘Leptogenicity of the Food Environment and Food Choice Behaviour in Leisure Centres’
2013 Joel Rocha ‘Effects of exercise on hunger, food intake and energy expenditur
Internal examiner: 1 (2019)