Laura Roper
- lroper at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
- http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1851-5953
- Senior Lecturer in Business and Management
- Dorset House D127, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
Biography
Laura is dedicated to the principles of humanistic leadership and the cultivation of a culture of best practices. Her professional background is firmly rooted in Higher Education quality assurance and project management. These roles have given her a diverse spectrum of experience and insights into the intricacies of the Higher Education environment.
Laura has earned the distinction of being a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Chartered Business and Management Educator. Laura also holds the position of Deputy Chair (Communication) for the global LeanHE group.
She has been a distinguished presenter at both national and international conferences. Currently, she actively participates in a Service Improvement Community of Practice (COP) and is a founding member of a UK-wide Higher Education Community of Practice, which is dedicated to offering support and guidance to individuals aspiring to establish their own Higher Education Institution-based Communities of Practice.
Laura's doctoral research is focused around the exploration of staff social identity and the breaking down of barriers between academic disciplines... Her research endeavours are geared towards fostering enhanced working practices through the facilitation of effective and meaningful communication. She is deeply committed to the dissemination of knowledge acquired from her experiences and is equally eager to continue learning from the wealth of experiences that others bring to the table.
moreFavourites
- 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"
Quality education
"Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all"
Quality education
"Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all"
Decent work and economic growth
"Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all"
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
"Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation"
Peace, justice and strong institutions
"Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels"
Journal Articles
- Roper, L., 2024. Early Career Researchers and their quest in finding space amongst the Professoriate to facilitate research collaboration: A qualitative case study. The Open Review, 9.
- Roper, L., 2021. Encouraging Interdisciplinary Collaboration: A Study of Enablers and Inhibitors Across Silos in Higher Education. Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, 8 (1).
Books
- Polkinghorne, M. et al., 2023. Fusion Learning Conference 2023 - Proceedings. Poole, Dorset, UK, BH12 5BB: Bournemouth University.
- Allen, S. et al., 2022. Fusion Learning Conference 2021 - Supplement. Poole, UK: Bournemouth University.
Chapters
- Roper, L. and Devis-Rozental, C., 2024. Peering over the parapet; using communities of practice to break down silos of working practice. Building Communities of Practice in Higher Education: Co-creating, Collaborating and Enriching Working Cultures. 67-85.
- Roper, L., 2023. Embedding Hoshin Kanri for Continuous Improvement: Lessons Learned from Managing AACSB Accreditation. In: Balzer, W. and Sinha, T., eds. Hoshin Kanri in Higher Education A Guide to Strategy Development, Deployment, and Management. CRC.
- 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
- Devis-Rozental, C., Clarke, S., Roper, L., Farquharson, L. and Forster, J., 2021. Humanising Higher Education as a tool to enrich society: challenges and opportunities’. In: Society of transnational academic researchers global conference 10-12 December 2021 India.
- Roper, L., Devis-Rozental, C. and Farquharson, L., 2021. Hybridity in Higher Education: Positive Transformation? In: SRHE 6-10 December 2021 Virtually. https://srhe.ac.uk/arc/21/SRHE2021-0138.pdf SRHE.
- Roper, L., 2021. One Size Does Not Fit All: Ensuring quality across HE sub-cultures. In: Society for Research into Higher Education 22-23 June 2021 Online.
Internet Publications
- Devis-Rozental, C. and Roper, L., 2022. Hybridity at work: A higher education model for our times. University World News. Available from: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2022012709033113.
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
External Responsibilities
- Lean in Higher Education, Deputy Chair: Communication (2023-), https://www.leanhe.org/
Journal Reviewing/Refereeing
- Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, Anonymous peer review, 01 Feb 2022
Conference Presentations
- European Conference on Positive Psychology, Developing a positive culture with our head, hand and heart, 29 Jun 2022, Iceland
- 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
- Senior Fellowship (SHEA) (Higher Education Academy, 2023)
- 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
- Hybridity at work: A higher education model for our time, University world news, 29 Jan 2022. https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2022012709033113
- Hybridity at work: A higher education model for our times, University world news, 29 Jan 2022. https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2022012709033113