Keele Management School

I joined Keele Management School (KMS) in 2011 as a Lecturer of Management having previously worked as a sessional Lecturer/Tutor at Keele. I am also one of the Academic Conduct Officers for KMS and part of the project team working on a Teaching Innovation Project “Study Write - An interactive resource for improving academic scholarship”. 

I was awarded my PhD (Keele) in 2011 for my work on Apprenticeships and young male workers (ESRC funded).  Since 2004, I have also achieved a MBA, Masters in Research (ESRC funded), Post Graduate Certificate in Organisational Change and Management Development (MMU) and Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

Prior to my career in academia I gained extensive managerial experience, to Senior Management level, within Food and Consumer Goods Manufacturing Industries. My expertise is within the field of European supply chain, production planning, operations and project management. 

My current research interests are around English Apprenticeship schemes. Using qualitative and longitudinal research methods, I am interested in the impact that apprenticeships have on different stakeholders. This research bridges a number of themes including workplace learning, enterprising workers, Government policy, sustainability agendas, CSR, workplace discourse, identity and organisational socialisation.

Journal Articles

Oultram, T (2012) ‘Simulated Work Environments: Facilitating Learning within the Pre-Apprenticeship Program’, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 20(2):238-250 

Oultram, T (2012) ‘Fresh insights into British Apprenticeship schemes: Why multiple perspectives can be useful’, International Journal of Organizational Analysis (special issue), 20 (1):51-67

Book Chapters

Brannan, M. and Oultram, T. (2012) “Participant Observation”, in Cassell, C. and Symon, G, (eds.) The Practice of Qualitative Organizational Research: Core Methods and Current Challenges, Sage Publications

Conference Papers

“Learning to become a young male worker: The reproduction of masculinity in the Apprenticeship scheme”, Gender, Work and Organization Conference, Keele University, 27-29 June 2012

“The production of the young male worker: controversies and contradictions”, Organisation Studies Network, Keele University, 15th May 2012

‘‘In the field’: Identity work and representation during data collection’, Developing the social sciences: A postgraduate research conference, Keele University, 18th March 2011 [3rd prize]

 ‘The Making of the Modern Apprenticeship’, British Academy of Management Conference, University of Sheffield, 14-16th Sept 2010

‘The Production of Future Workers – The Role of the Apprenticeship Scheme’, British Academy of Management Conference, University of Brighton, 15-17 Sept 2009

‘Simulated Work Environments:  Learning to be a worker prior to being a worker’, Ethnography Symposium, Liverpool University 24-25 Aug 2009

‘Learning in the Small British Firm – The Role of Apprenticeships’, Research Symposium, Keele University, 13 May 2009

‘Is this learning? – the case of the small British Firm’, Research Symposium, Keele University, 23 April 2008

Module lead on the following modules: 

MAN10018 Management in Context

MAN40004 People and Organisations (P/T MBA)