Professor Leanne de Main

Leanne is an experienced leader in Higher Education, currently as Associate Pro Vice Chancellor Education and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law at De Montfort University. She is a Principal Fellow of Advance HE (PFHEA), a Chartered Management and Business Educator (CMBE) with the Chartered Association of Business Schools, a Member of the British Academy of Management (BAM), an Advance HE Aurora Mentor and Associate Member of the Association of Learning Technology (ALT).

Leanne is an International Peer Reviewer for the European Federation of Management Development (EFMD) accreditation. In January 2022, Leanne joined the QAA Advisory Group for Business and Management Benchmark Statements.

Allman, Z. and de Main, L. (2024) 'Sprinting in Hindsight: What we learned from validating university programmes at pace" Times Higher Education [online blog]

Gandy, R., Wolstencroft, P., Geer, K. and de Main, L. (2023) "Clear Vision: a step towards unravelling student recruitment in English Universities", Benchmarking: An International Journal. DOI: 10.1108/BIL-02-2023-0094.

Hulene, G., Cronshaw, S., Davies, E., de Main, L., Holmes, H., Wolstencroft, P. (2023) Student Engagement Guidelines: Learning from innovative practices introduced in response to Covid-19. A collaboration of ten UK modern unversities. Quality Assurance Agency (Online Report)

de Main, L. and Jones, S. (2022) "Sprint to the Finish: redesigning university programme validation" Times Higher Education [online blog]

de Main, L., Holmes, H. and Wakefield, L. (2022) "Why Won't They Engage in Extra-Curricular Opportunities?" Advance HE [online blog]

Xia, S., Ling, Y., de Main, L., Lim, M. K., Li, G., Zhang, P. and Cao, M. (2022) Creating a Low Carbon Economy through Green Supply Chain Management: Investigation of willingness-to-pay for green products from a consumer's perspective. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications. DOI: 10.1080/13675567.2022.2115988

Wolstencroft, P., Kivits, R. and de Main, L. (2021) "Finding a Balance: Leadership in a time of crisis" Wonkhe [online blog]

 Wolstencroft, P., de Main, L. and Kivits, R. (2021) "Sorry about the mess” – vulnerability and authenticity in an online world British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society [online blog]

de Main, L. and Wolstencroft, P. (2021) Value for Money or a Transformative Experience: What do students actually value about university? Chartered Association of Business Schools [online blog]

Wolstencroft, P. and de Main, L. (2021) Clearing the Final Hurdle: Getting Students to Engage with Feedback in Higher Education. SHS Web of Conferences, 99, 01008.

Wolstencroft, P., de Main, L. and Cashian, P. (2021) Dealing with Something Completely Different: How further and higher education leaders responded to the unexpected [online blog]

Wolstencroft, P., de Main, L. and Cashian, P. (2020) Achieving Teaching Excellence: Developing your TEF Profile and Beyond. Maidenhead: Open University Press

Wolstencroft, P. and de Main, L. (2020) 'Why Didn't You Tell Me That Before?' Engaging Students in Feedback within UK Higher Education. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 45 (3), 312-323 DOI:10.1080/0309877X.2020.1759517

de Main, L. and Wolstencroft, P. (2020) 'The Role of Widening Participation'. British Education Research Association, Research Intelligence Special Issue 143 (2020), 27-28

Leanne researches on teaching, learning, widening participation and opportunity in HE with a focus on HE policy. Latest works include using Design Sprint Methodology for curriculum design and Block Teaching pedagogy.

PhD - Being Voiceless: Perceptions of class identity, misrepresentation and disconnect from a working class perspective.

MA Management

Pg Dip Management (Work-Based Learning)

Pg Cert Higher Education Professional Practice

Certificate in Innovative Learning and Teaching

BA (hons) Business and Finance

Principal Fellow - Higher Education Academy (Advance HE)

Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE) - Chartered Association of Business Schools

United Nations Principles of Responsible Management Education - Anti Poverty Working Group Member

British Academy of Management

Association of Learning Technology

Advance HE - Collaborative project on assessment and feedback (2021-2022)

de Main, L. and Jones, S. (2023) "Sprint to the Finish: Programme validation as a sprint not a marathon" Quality Insights Conference, Quality Assurance Agency, 23 Feb 2023

de Main, L., Ferrari, M. and Wolstencroft, P. (2021) "Sorry that's the Postie!" Opening the Door to Authenticity and a human-centred approach to teaching and learning' Learning Teaching and Student Experience Conference. Chartered Association of Business Schools. 29/30th June 2021.

de Main, L. and Wolstencroft, P. (2021) ‘No Place Like Home: Bringing Higher Education to Further Education’ 6th Widening Participation Biennial Conference, Open University. March 2021

de Main, L and Wolstencroft, P. (2020) ‘From FE to HE: Creating confidence through increased student belonging’. National Education Opportunities Education Network (NEON) Symposium. 21-22nd October

de Main, L. Langston, F. and Jackson, D. (2017) ‘Tailoring your Lecture Style to Suit the Needs of Students with Disabilities’. CU Teaching and Learning Conference. Coventry University, 22-23 June

de Main, L. (2016) ‘The Voicelessness of the Working Class’ Inequalities and Social Justice Postgraduate Conference. ESRC/University of Warwick. 10th July

Crossan, M. and de Main, L. (2015) ‘Re-Setting all Student Expectations of Internationalisation during University Induction’ SEDA Spring Teaching Learning and Assessment Conference 2015- Internationalising the Curriculum:  What does this mean? How can we achieve it? Manchester. 14th - 15th May.

Bass, T., de Main, L. and Pyper, N. (2015) ‘The Challenge of Enabling Global Citizens: Teaching Professional Skills to Diverse Cohorts”’, European Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 7-9th July 2015, Cork, Ireland

de Main, L. (2014) ‘Chavs, Troubled Families and the Feral Underclass’ ESRC Festival of Social Science. 1st November, University of Warwick

Bass, T. & de Main, L. (2014) ‘Discourse analysis as a creative learning and assessment tool for business undergraduates’ ISSOTL Conference. 22nd-24th October - Quebec City

de Main, L. (2014) ‘The perceived voicelessness of the white working class’ BESRES – Coventry University, 1 July 2014

de Main, L. (2014) ‘The perceived voicelessness of the white working class: Preliminary findings of an exploratory case study’ Postgraduate Research Symposium, Poster submission, Coventry University

de Main, L. (2014) ‘The perceived voicelessness of the white working class’ Centre for Social Relations Conference, 28/29 March 2014

Bass, T. and de Main, L. (2013) ‘Students as Partners in Assessment: A Postgraduate Perspective’ Higher Education Academy Conference 2013, University of Warwick.

de Main, L. (2013) ‘Self-assessment for Postgraduate students’. Engaging Students in Active, Inquiry Based and Effective Learning – Coventry University.

de Main, L (2012) ‘Who speaks for the white working classes? The value of social capital’ Regeneration Management Research, Birmingham City University – November 2012

de Main, L. and Bass, T. (2012) ‘Who needs Lecturers anyway? Learning how to learn through self-assessment and self-regulation: a case study’ Improving student learning through research and scholarship: 20 years of ISL - August 2012, Lund University, Sweden

QAA Collaborative Enhancement Project 2023 - Evaluating the Impact of Block Teaching

QAA Collaborative Enhancement Project 2022 - Learning from Innovation Projects introduced during the Covid Pandemic

Advance HE - Aurora Mentor

QAA Advisory Group Member - Business and Management Benchmark Statements (2022-2023)

EFMD Global - International Peer Reviewer (EFMD Accreditation)

COMPASS Journal of Teaching and Learning - Editorial Board Member

Gateway Papers: A Journal on Teaching and Learning - Reviewer

Reviewer – The International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL) (2017 - 2019)

Reviewer & Panel Chair – Annual Assessment in HE Conference (2015 -)

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External Examiner - Anglia Ruskin University (2023 - )

Vice Chair and Community Governor – King Edward VI College, Nuneaton (2018 -2023), Better Futures Multi-Academy Trust

External Examiner – Liverpool John Moores University (2017-2021)

External Examiner – University of Lincoln (2017-2020)

External Expert Advisor - University of Northumbria (2020)

External Expert Advisor – University of Northampton (2020)

External Expert Advisor – University of Surrey (2019)

External Expert Advisor – Cardiff Metropolitan University (2018)

External Examiner – University of Plymouth, Cornwall College (2007-2010)