Professor Philippa Levy

Professor of Higher Education Development, Head of School

BA (Hons) (Birmingham), MA (Warwick), MA (Sheffield), PhD (Sheffield), FHEA

Teaching activities

Inquiry in information management, educational informatics.

Professional standing

• Editorial Board member: Teaching in Higher Education
• Member of AHRC Peer Review College (2004-7)
• External examiner, BSc Information Science, School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, UCL (2003-6)
• University of Sheffield Senate Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2002
• Fédération Internationale de Documentation (FID) ‘International Paper of the Year’ Award, 1995

Research interests

Inquiry-based pedagogies in higher education; networked learning and learner support; educational informatics; educational roles of information specialists; educational development and change facilitation in universities; scholarship of teaching and learning.

Key publications

Levy, P. (2007).  `Exploring and developing excellence: towards a community of praxis´.  In: Skelton, A. (ed). International Perspectives on Teaching Excellence in Higher Education.  pp.241-256. London: Routledge.

Levy, P. (2006). `Living´ theory: a pedagogical framework for process support in networked learning. ALT-J, Research in Learning Technology, 14 (3) 225-240.

Levy, P. and Roberts, S. (eds.) (2005). Developing the new Learning Environment: the Changing Role of the Academic Librarian. London: Facet.

Levy, P. (2003). A methodological framework for practice-based research in networked learning. Instructional Science, 31, 87-109.

Fowell, S.P. and Levy, P. (1995). Developing a new professional practice: a model for networked learner support in higher education. Journal of Documentation, 51 (3) 271-280.

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