Lucy is the Director of the Centre of Academic Persistence at Arden University. Qualified with Bachelors, Masters and Doctor of Philosophy, Lucy is also an avid conference presenter, guest speaker and sharer of practice in the HE community. Lucy is an experienced senior leader of foundation year provision in a HE context working with different sizes of provision and subject-areas and previous award-winning ‘Lecturer of the Year’ at the University of Northampton in 2019.

With over 37 years of business development expertise in the Higher Education sector, Ruth is a key driver of research, innovation, and strategic partnerships at Arden University.

Her current focus areas at Arden include:

The RKE Hub is a central resource that connects and supports academics and businesses in developing research, knowledge exchange and enterprise opportunities through collaboration and guidance.