Dr Lisa Lucas

Research summary

• 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 ...

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Biography

Lisa Lucas joined the Graduate School of Education in October 2002. Her background is in Sociology and she was previously a Research Fellow in the Department of Educational and Professional Development at University College London working on projects relating to Widening Participation initiatives in Higher Education.

She is the Director of the MPhil/PhD Programme. She is also Deputy Director of Teaching, Learning and Assessment. She teaches across a wide range of courses on the MSc Educational Research, MEd

Her most recent research projects include, a Higher Education Academy (HEA) study looking at the links between research and teaching in ...

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Selected publications

• Cuthbert, R., Jary, D., Lebeau, Y. & Lucas, L. ‘Review Symposium - The Fourth Way: the inspiring future for educational change’, British Journal of Sociology of Education, 32, (pp. 643-663), 2011
• McAlpine, L. & Lucas, L. ‘Different Places, Different Specialisms: similar questions of doctoral identity under construction’, Teaching in Higher Education, 16, (pp. 695-706), 2011

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Selected conference contributions

• McAlpine, L., Amundsen, C., Turner, G. & Lucas, L. ‘Academic identity-trajectory: Constructing an identity through time’, ECER Conference: Urban Education, Freie Universitat, Berlin, 2011
• Lucas, L. ‘The UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE): issues, debates and ways forward?’, Harry Crowe Foundation Conference on Accountability and Quality in Higher Education, 29-31 January, Novotel Toronto Centre, Toronto, 2010

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View complete publications list in the University of Bristol publications system