Paul Lees
Liverpool Business School
Faculty of Business and Law
Email: P.Lees@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 904 1985
Paul has worked within the higher education sector for over twelve years. Paul joined Liverpool Business School in February 2020. He has a background in teaching and leadership in both the UK and overseas. Improvement projects led to Paul’s interest in further study, and he holds a Master's degree in education and leadership.
Immediately prior to joining LJMU, Paul was a senior educationalist at the Royal College of Physicians. Paul’s research interests encompass both a business and education perspective. He is currently exploring the relationship between action learning and organisational development and the perception and utility of generative AI from both a staff and learner perspective . He has experience of engagement with private, public, and third-sector organisations.
Paul is a senior fellow of the higher education academy (SFHEA) and is a certified management and business educator (CMBE). He is stream leader for the University Forum for Human Resource Development and holds the post of external examiner at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Other Professional Activity:
External Examiner for Royal Holloway, University of London. 2024
CMI Level 7 in Leadership Coaching and Mentoring. 2024
Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE).
MKTP LJMU and Cobalt Housing. Planning, delivery and evaluation of organisational change initiatives.
Conference presentation:
Davis-Crane, N., Lees, P. and Taylor, C. An exploration of the perception and utility of artificial intelligence within Liverpool Business School., The purpose, politics, and prospects of higher education, Edge Hill University, Oral presentation. 2024
Beattie, L, Grdzelidze, I and Lees, P. Academics amidst the pandemic: exploring perceptions of the impact of COVID19 on academics’ workload across English and Georgian Universities., Transitions and Transformations: Educational Research in Rapidly Changing Contexts, Edge Hill University, Oral presentation. 2022
Humphreys, D.M. and Lees, P. Development of a relational model of critical social reflection, Making a contribution in a practice field: Action learning in a changing world, Online, Oral presentation. 2021
Conference organisation:
University Forum for Human Resource Development, Stream Lead (Leadership and Management), https://rededoempresario.pt/evento-ufhrd-conference-streams/. 2024
Fellowships:
Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy.