Rebecca Gladwin-Geoghegan
Head of School
Rebecca is Head of School at Coventry Law School, bringing over a decade of leadership and service within the School. She provides strategic academic direction across portfolio development, quality assurance, and student experience, with particular expertise in curriculum design and review, academic standards, and performance enhancement.
Rebecca’s leadership experience spans key strategic priorities, including course and curriculum development, student outcomes, and external engagement, having led initiatives to strengthen employability and professional identity and supported School-wide change programmes and cross-University enhancement activity. She also undertakes external academic roles, including external examining and subject expert work in relation to course approval and validation activity.
Her research interests lie in the fields of Medical Law and Ethics and Legal Education.
Curriculum Vitae
LL.B.(Hons) – University of Hertfordshire (2010)
BPTC – College of Law, Birmingham (2011)
Called to the Bar – The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (2011)
LL.M. – University of Birmingham (2012)
Subjects Taught
Tort Law
Law and Contemporary Problems
Accolades
Senior Fellow, Advance HE
Selected Publications
- Gladwin-Geoghegan, R. & Thompson, C., Legacy of Lockdown: Exploring the Opportunities for Development in Legal Education as a Consequence of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021) (3) Journal of Ethics and Legal Technologies 5-26.
- Gladwin-Geoghegan, R. Law Express Question and Answer: Tort Law (5th Edition, Pearson: 2019).
- Gladwin-Geoghegan, R. & Foster, S., Police liability in negligence: immunity or incremental liability? Case Commentary: Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [2018] UKSC 4 (2018) 23 (1) Coventry Law Journal 38-47.
- Gladwin-Geoghegan, R., Reignited concerns over resource allocation and the transposition of the Patients’ Rights Directive 2013 18(1) Coventry Law Journal 99-106.
- Gladwin-Geoghegan, R., ‘Loss of Chance’ in Geach, N. & Monaghan, C. (eds.) Dissenting Judgments in the Law (Wildy, Simmonds and Hill: 2012).
What students say about Rebecca…
“The teaching style has been exceptional. Becky is a credit to the law staff team. Every topic, even when complicated, is highly engaging and taught with patience. I have always felt like I have been heard and I am not afraid to ask questions as they are always answered.”
Latest posts by Rebecca Gladwin-Geoghegan
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Clause and Effect: a Legal Nightmare Before Christmas
Read more: Clause and Effect: a Legal Nightmare Before ChristmasLast week, one of the authors of this blog was watching The Santa Clause – a hit Christmas film from 1994 in which Tim Allen plays a businessman who becomes…
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Stateless Children: International Surrogacy and the War in Ukraine
Read more: Stateless Children: International Surrogacy and the War in UkraineRebecca Gladwin-Geoghegan comments on the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on international surrogacy arrangements and the children born out of them.
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Medical Negligence, Human Rights and the Duty to Protect
Read more: Medical Negligence, Human Rights and the Duty to ProtectRebecca Gladwin-Geoghegan and Dr Steve Foster comment on the recent decision in Traylor v Kent and Medway NHS Social Care Partnership Trust [2022] EWHC 260 (QB)