Bio

About Delyth Wyndham

I am undertaking my PhD in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of Chester having been awarded the highly sought-after Tom Mason Memorial Scholarship. My thesis is considering how flexible shared parental leave may shape infant feeding decisions in the UK. With a background in business and technology (BSc Business Information Systems) I spent my early career in local government.

Having developed an interest in policy and particularly policy failure, I successfully completed my Masters of Public Administration (MPA) with the University of York. Following a change in perspective prompted by the birth of my sons, my attention turned to policy on infant feeding and parental leave. My main research interests include: policy, cascading policy failure, infant feeding, maternity, paternity and parental leave, decision making and mixed methods research.

Work

Presentations, Posters & Publications

Aug, 2016: MMIRA Conference 2016
Presentation: The challenges of internet-mediated mixed methods health research: Reflections on longitudinal sequential designs

Apr, 2016: Faculty of Health & Social Care Postgraduate Research Conference, University of Chester
Presentation: Flexible parental leave: Shaping infant feeding decisions in the UK

Feb, 2016: Parental leave: Bad for breastfeeding?
Publication: Childhood Remixed, 2016(1), 61-70.

Jul, 2015: International Children and Childhoods Conference 2015
Presentation: Parental leave: Bad for breastfeeding?

Jun, 2015: The Equality Act 2010: Five-years on - FRED Conference 2015
Poster: Breastfeeding and the Equality Act 2010: Changes to the law, changes in attitudes?

Apr, 2015: Faculty of Health & Social Care Postgraduate Research Conference, University of Chester
Presentation: Flexible parental leave: Shaping infant feeding choices in the UK

Mar, 2015: University of Chester Diversity Festival: Equality through the ages
Poster: Equality through the ages: Parental leave (awarded prize)

Apr, 2014: Faculty of Health & Social Care Postgraduate Research Conference, University of Chester
Presentation: How to plan, prepare and present an academic poster

Mar, 2014: University of Chester Diversity Festival: Diversity and difference
Poster: Infant feeding: Diversity and choice; Equity and opportunity (awarded prize)