Laura Roper
- 01202 968762
- lroper at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
- http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1851-5953
- Accreditation Manager
- Dorset House D144, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
Biography
Laura has a passion for humanistic leadership and encouraging people to embrace continuous improvement and best practice. With a background in Higher Education quality assurance and project management, Laura has held a number of roles within Bournemouth University, giving her a wide range of experience and insights into HE processes.
Working with a variety of academic and professional colleagues in HE has prompted Laura to think differently about how to achieve improvements in service. To support this learning she is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Chartered Business and Management Educator. Laura is currently completing an MSc in Higher Education Management and Leadership.
Laura has presented at a number of national and international conferences and is currently involved in a Service Improvement Community of Practice (COP) as well as a founding member of a UK wide HE COP focused on providing support and guidance for individuals seeking to establish their own HEI based COPs...
Laura’s research focuses on humanistic leadership and breaking down barriers between disciplines in order to promote improved working practices. She is keen to share her learning from her experiences and continue to learn more from the experiences of others and has been published in the book 'Global Lean for Higher Education' in a chapter entitled 'Identity and values to drive respect for people: A case study based on embedding kindness as an organisational value'. Additionally, Laura has recently produced a chapter for the book 'Humanising Higher Education' with a chapter entitled 'Ubuntu; strengthening the heart of your team'.
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- Roper, L. and Clarke, S., 2020. Ubuntu; strengthening the heart of your team. In: Devis, ed. Humanising Higher Education A Positive Approach to Enhancing Wellbeing. Palgrave Macmillan.
- 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.
Chapters
- Roper, L. and Clarke, S., 2020. Ubuntu; strengthening the heart of your team. In: Devis, ed. Humanising Higher Education A Positive Approach to Enhancing Wellbeing. Palgrave Macmillan.
- 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.
Conference Presentations
- 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
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Higher Education Academy, 2020)
- Chartered Business & Management Educator (Chartered Association of Business Schools, 2020)
- Fellowship (Association of University Administrators, 2019)
- Accredited Member (Chartered Management Institute, 2019)