Dr Lisa Lucas

• Academics' Experiences and Conceptions of 'Research' and 'Teaching': developing the relationship between these activities to enhance student learning with different disciplines and institutions
• Developing Teaching and Learning Programmes for New Lecturers in Higher Education to allow for exploration of the link between research and teaching: a collaborative UK/Canadian Project
• The Learning Needs of Mature and Part-time Students in Higher Education, Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund (TQEF), funded project  in the department of Education and Professional Development (EPD) at University College London, Principal Researcher.View the final report for the Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund project.
• Communities of Learning in Postgraduate Education,  Faculty of Social Science Learning and Teaching Fund, Bristol, Principal Investigator,  (with Rosemary Deem and Marina Gall) (2006-2007)
• Partnership for Strengthening Education and Social Science PhD Training Programmes in Africa and the UK, Department for International Development (DFID), Researcher. (2007-2008)
• Globalization and  Europeanization (URGE),  FP7 IRSES Marie Curie Actions, Joint Research Exchange Programme and Collaboration, University Reform, Researcher (2009-2013)
• Higher Education Reform in East Asia and the UK: management and leadership in changing contexts, VC/Centre for East Asian Studies (CEAS) Initiative Funding, Co-Investigator (2010)
• Linking Research and Teaching in higher education, Higher Education Academy (HEA), Early Career Academics in the UK and Canada (ESCALATE), Grant Holder and Principal Investigator Sept 2006 – Aug 2007, (with Professor Mick Healey and Professor Alan Jenkins)

Research keywords

Sociology of higher education, higher education, university research evaluation and funding, the links between research and teaching in higher education, postgraduate education, research and teaching

Learned societies &
professional bodies

• Society for Research in Higher Education.
• Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia.
• European Educational Research Association.