Dr Becky Lees

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Becky Lees
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About

After completing my undergraduate degree at Kingston Business School, I returned as a member of staff in 2000. In my time here I have lectured in quantitative methods, management science and information management as well as held a variety of course management and quality focused roles.  I am currently Head of Department for Accounting, Finance and Informatics and School Lead for Assurance of Learning. 

I hold a PhD in Educational Research from Lancaster University and my interests lie within pedagogic research in higher education, focusing on the student journey from transition to HE, through their learning and assessment experience, to skills development to support employability and students' next steps.  I am particularly interested in supporting students to achieve programme learning outcomes, and the development of continuity, collaboration and co-construction in assessment across a student's degree programme. 

I am a Senior Fellow of the HEA and hold a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. I am a University Teaching Fellow and have achieved Certified Management and Business Educator status from the Chartered Association of Business Schools.

Academic responsibilities

Head, Department of Accounting, Finance and Informatics

Qualifications

  • 2018: PhD Educational Research, Lancaster University
  • 2013: HEA Senior Fellow, HEA Academy
  • 2003: MSc Computer Science, Birkbeck, University of London
  • 2002: Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 重口味SM
  • 1999: BA (Hons) Business Studies, 重口味SM

Teaching and learning

Undergraduate courses taught

Research

Wherever possible, my teaching is research-informed.  My research interests lie within pedagogy in higher education and I have published articles and presented at international conferences on the following areas of teaching and learning:

  • interventions to support student employability
  • teaching, learning and assessment strategies to promote student empowerment and engagement
  • social media policy research: comparative systems and implementation issues

In 2015, I was part of a small research group that were awarded runners-up for the Kingston UniversityRose Award, for a project on 'Growing a Research Community amongst Teaching Practitioners'.

Publications

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Number of items: 29.

Article

and (2017) Journal of Strategic Marketing, 25(2), pp. 128-137. ISSN (print) 0965-254X

and (2015) London Review of Education, 13(3), pp. 42-48. ISSN (print) 1474-8460

Book Section

, and (2020) In: Mawani, Sharmina and Mukadam, Anjoom A., (eds.) Student empowerment in higher education : reflecting on teaching practice and learner engagement. Berlin, Germany : Logos Verlag. pp. 439-452. 1 ISBN 9783832550899

and (2015) In: Mendy, John and Geringer, Susan D., (eds.) Leading issues in business research methods. Reading, U.K. : Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited. pp. 101-114. 2 ISBN 9781910810378

and (2012) In: McClean, Rachel, (ed.) Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Research Methods. Reading, U.K. : Academic Publishing International Limited. pp. 115-121. ISBN 9781908272461

Conference or Workshop Item

and (2023) In: Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Conference 2023; 22-23 May 2023, Newport, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, and Roberts, Ian (2021) In: Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Conference 2021; 29 - 30 Jun 2021, Held online.

, and (2019) In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2019 : Creativity, Criticality and Conformity in Higher Education; 11 - 13 Dec 2019, Newport, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, and (2019) In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2019 : Creativity, Criticality and Conformity in Higher Education; 11 - 13 Dec 2019, Newport, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, and (2019) In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2019 : Creativity, Criticality and Conformity in Higher Education; 11 - 13 Dec 2019, Newport, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, and (2019) In: 重口味SM's Annual Festival of Learning 2019; 25 Jun 2019, Kingston, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2018) In: 10th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, (SCSM 2018), held as part of HCI International 2018 : 20th Conference on Human Computer Interaction; 15 - 20 Jul 2018, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.. ISSN (print) 0302-9743 ISBN 9783319915203

Jones, Clare, , Horton-Walsh, Sarah, and Montano, Sarah (2017) In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2017 : Higher Education rising to the challenge: Balancing expectations of students, society and stakeholders; 6-8 Dec 2017, Newport, U.K..

, , , , and (2016) In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2016: Exploring Freedom and Control in Global Higher Education; 07-09 Dec 2016, Newport, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, , and (2016) In: British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference 2016; 13-15 Sep 2016, Leeds, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, and (2016) In: 45th European Marketing Academy (EMAC) Annual Conference: Marketing in the Age of Data; 24-27 May 2016, Oslo, Norway.

, and (2016) In: Higher Education Close Up 8 (HECU8): Locating Social Justice in Close-Up Reserach in Higher Education; 18-20 Jul 2016, Lancaster, U.K.. (Unpublished)

and (2015) In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2015; 9-11 Dec 2015, Newport, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, and (2015) In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2015; 9-11 Dec 2015, Newport, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2015) In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2015; 9-11 Dec 2015, Newport, U.K.. (Unpublished)

and (2015) In: Kingston Education Research Network (KERN) FORUM 2015: Engagement and Collaboration; 19 Jun 2015, Kingston Upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, and (2015) In: 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Marketing Issues (ICCMI) 2015; 30 Jun - 02 Jul 2015, Kingston upon Thames, U.K..

, and (2015) In: 14th European Conference on Research Methodology (ECRM) for Business and Management Studies; 11-12 Jun 2015, Valletta, Malta. ISSN (print) 2049-0968 ISBN 9781910810118

, and (2015) In: 14th European Conference on Research Methodology (ECRM) for Business and Management Studies; 11-12 Jun 2015, Valletta, Malta. ISSN (print) 2049-0968 ISBN 9781910810118

, and (2015) In: Festival of Learning 2015; 12-16 Jan 2015, Kingston Upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)

and (2015) In: 5th Assessment in Higher Education Conference (AHEC); 24-25 Jun 2015, Birmingham, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2014) In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2014: Inspiring future generations: embracing plurality and difference in higher education; 10-12 Dec 2014, Newport, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2012) In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2012: What is higher education for? Shared and contested ambitions; 12-14 Dec 2012, Newport, U.K.. (Unpublished)

and (2011) In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2011: Positive Futures for higher education; connections, communities and criticality; 7-9 Dec 2011, Newport, U.K..

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Professional practice, knowledge exchange and impact

I am a member of the CABS Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE) CPD review board. I am also an External Examiner for the Open University.

Professional and scholarly affiliations

  • Chartered Association of Business Schools CMBE CPD review board

Leadership and management

University responsibilities

  • Head, Department of Accounting, Finance and Informatics
  • School Lead on Assurance of Learning

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