Catherine Lee is Senior Instructor in English and the Humanities. She has taught and led research at universities in the UK, Canada and the Netherlands; worked with NGOs in Nepal in the areas of education and microfinance; served as a director on several community boards, committees and advisory groups; and, designed and delivered workshops for international, national and local organisations. Her academic interests include the dynamics of cultural interactions, issues of governance in higher education, and the development of critical concepts and frameworks. She is a member of SRHE (Society for Research into Higher Education) and HEA – ESCalate (Higher Education Academy – Subject Centre for Education) among other organisations.

Contact Details

Email address: catherine.lee@aku.edu
Telephone: 020 7907 1049

Research Projects

Global learners and mobile learning. A series of research projects which explore ways in which mobile learning might engage 21st century global learners. The focus of this research is on the use of podcasting (the process of distributing audio and/or video broadcasts over the Internet for downloading and viewing or listening to on a digital media player) in higher education. Catherine has received a Curriculum Innovation Award in this area.

Academic practice and the rationalities of governance in higher education. Through documentary analysis and interviews, this research explores the relationships between governance and academic practice in higher education. The research engages with the debates concerning changes and new directions in global higher education.

Values in higher education. Through interviews and questionnaires, this project explores values in higher education and the question of whether there are specifically Muslim values in respect to higher education.

Culture and change. A collaborative research project (with Robert Bideleux) which investigates the dynamics of cultural encounters across time, space, place, generation and gender. This research draws on examples from music, painting, literature and cinema to investigate the ways in which cultures have been produced, disseminated, appropriated, contested, transformed and interlaced. A book project is underway, tentatively entitled: Oriental Europe: the interlacing and reshaping of Europe and its ‘others’.

Publications

Journal Article

• Lee, Catherine, (forthcoming, 2009) ‘“Europe”: What Kind of Idea?’ The European Legacy, vol. 14, number 1

Conference Presentations and Papers

• 'Pedagogies and practices of M-learning: Podcasting Strategies for Postgraduate Learning and Teaching', Handheld Learning 2007 Conference (London, UK)
• 'Internationalising Pedagogies and Practices: Investigating the Effectiveness of M-learning and Teaching Strategies for International Learners', Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Conference 2007: Reshaping Higher Education (Brighton, UK)