Laura Roper

Laura Roper

  • Lecturer in Business and Management
  • Dorset House D127, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography

Laura Roper is a Lecturer in Business & Management and Programme Leader for the Bournemouth University Business School Foundation Year. Laura's doctoral research is focused on social identity and sub-cultures in Higher Education and how humanistic leadership practices can be used to break down barriers between silos in order to promote improved working practices. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Chartered Business and Management Educator, and has presented at a number of national and international conferences. Laura is a founding member of a UK wide Higher Education Community of Practice (COP) focused on providing support and guidance for individuals seeking to establish their own HEI based COPs. She is keen to share her learning from her research and experiences and has mostly recently published a journal article entitled 'Encouraging Interdisciplinary Collaboration: A study of enablers and inhibitors across silos in HE'. Additional published works include a chapter entitled 'Identity and values to drive respect for people: A case study based on embedding kindness as an organisational value' in the book 'Global Lean for Higher Education' as well as in 'Humanising Higher Education' with a chapter entitled 'Ubuntu; strengthening the heart of your team'.

Favourites

  • Roper, L., 2021. Encouraging Interdisciplinary Collaboration: A Study of Enablers and Inhibitors Across Silos in Higher Education. Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, 8 (1).
  • Roper, L. and Clarke, S., 2020. Ubuntu: Strengthening the heart of your team. Humanising Higher Education: A Positive Approach to Enhancing Wellbeing. 167-180.
  • Clarke, S., Roper, L., Farquharson, L. and Renaud, V., 2019. Identity and Values to Drive Respect for People: A case-study based on embedding kindness as an organizational value. In: Yorkstone, S., ed. Global Lean for Higher Education A Themed Anthology of Case Studies, Approaches, and Tools. Routledge.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

Good health and well-being

"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages"

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Quality education

"Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all"

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Industry, innovation and infrastructure

"Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation"

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Journal Articles

Books

Chapters

  • Roper, L. and Clarke, S., 2020. Ubuntu: Strengthening the heart of your team. Humanising Higher Education: A Positive Approach to Enhancing Wellbeing. 167-180.
  • Clarke, S., Roper, L., Farquharson, L. and Renaud, V., 2019. Identity and Values to Drive Respect for People: A case-study based on embedding kindness as an organizational value. In: Yorkstone, S., ed. Global Lean for Higher Education A Themed Anthology of Case Studies, Approaches, and Tools. Routledge.
  • Clarke, S., Farquharson, L. and Roper, L., 2019. Identity and Values to Drive Respect for People: A Case Study Based on Embedding Kindness as an Organisational Value. In: Yorkstone, S., ed. Global Lean for Higher Education A Themed Anthology of Case Studies, Approaches, and Tools. Abingdon: Taylor and Francis, 101-114.

Conferences

Internet Publications

Grants

  • Putting the heart back into Higher Education: reconnecting and learning from HE Communities of Practice to enable hybrid ways of working (ODHE, 01 May 2021). Awarded

Journal Reviewing/Refereeing

  • Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, Anonymous peer review, 01 Feb 2022

Conference Presentations

  • SRHE Conference 2021, (Re)connecting, (Re)building: Higher Education in Transformative Times, Hybridity in Higher Education: Positive Transformation?, 06 Dec 2021, Virtual
  • SRHE International Conference 2021, Hybridity in Higher Education: Positive Transformation?, 06 Dec 2021, Online
  • AUA Annual Conference, Putting the heart back into Higher Education: reconnecting and learning from HE Communities of Practice to enable, 18 Nov 2021, Online
  • AUA: Managing Change, Humanistic leadership as a tool for change management, 05 Jul 2021, Online
  • AUA Annual Conference 2019, Building Teams and Communities with Lean Thinking, 14 Apr 2019, Manchester University
  • AUA 3rd Southern Region Symposium, Designing Service Excellence: Developing Personal Effectiveness, 14 Nov 2018, Bournemouth University
  • Lean In Higher Education 2018 Conference, Ubuntu and the Power of Active Listening, 01 Nov 2018, Norway
  • LeanHE Annual Conference 2018, Ubuntu and the power of active listening, 30 Oct 2018, The Arctic University of Norway
  • ASET - Integrating work and learning, Ubuntu and the power of active listening, 04 Sep 2018, Nottingham University
  • AUA Annual Conference 2018, Designing excellent service: Getting to great - starting from empathy, 25 Mar 2018, Manchester University
  • Festival of Learning, The Power of Positivity, 11 Jul 2017, Bournemouth University

Qualifications

  • MSc in Higher Education Management and Leadership (Nottingham Trent University, 2021)
  • Project Fundementals Qualification in Project Management (Association of Project Managers, 2017)

Honours

  • Chartered Business & Management Educator (Chartered Association of Business Schools, 2020)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Higher Education Academy, 2020)
  • Accredited Member (Chartered Management Institute, 2019)
  • Fellowship (Association of University Administrators, 2019)

External Media and Press