Staff Profile

I am a lecturer in Computer Science. Focusing on investigations into inclusivity and bias in Computer Science Education which is coupled with work responsibilities on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). I am the current Director of Culture and Inclusion for the SAgE faculty.

I have taught across undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes. I also have experience of designing and running sessions for postgraduate research students.

When teaching, I work closely with my students to ensure the teaching practices are as inclusive as possible.

Modules

CSC1023 - The Software Engineering Professional (2014 - 2019)

CSC6001 - Computer Applications (2015 - 2019)

CSC3422 - Website Construction & Management (Server-side) (2018 - 2020)

CSC8005 - Software Engineering with Group Project (2019)

CSC1032 - Computer System Design & Architectures (2019 – 2023)

CSC3131 - Development and Operation of Systems (2020)

CSC2033 - Software Engineering Team Project (2025)

My research interests are within Computing Education Practices, in particular developing inclusive practices for CS assessment and the CS culture. I am also interested in accessibility of tool design, AI technologies and whether this can impact a learner’s experience.

Google Scholar Page

PhD Supervision:

George Wood - Personal Data Exploitation and Privacy Circumvention: An Educational Framework for Prevention

• Book Chapter

  • Heels LE, Marshall LF. "Two heads are better than one" in Collaboration and mentoring to enhance professional learning in higher education. In: Prof Helen King, ed. Developing Expertise for Teaching in Higher Education. London: Taylor and Francis, 2022.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Barnes J, Colquhoun J, Devlin M, Heels L, Lord P, Marshall L, Napier C, Solaiman E, Speirs N, Talbot L, Ushaw G, Witty C. Designing a Portfolio-Oriented Curriculum using Problem Based Learning. In: CEP 2020: Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Computing Education Practice. 2020, Durham, United Kingdom: ACM.
  • Marshall L, Heels L. Brief Encounters. In: CEP 2020: Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Computing Education Practice. 2020, Durham: ACM.
  • Heels L, Devlin M. Investigating the Role Choice of Female Students in a Software Engineering Team Project. In: CEP '19: Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Computing Education Practice. 2019, Durham, United Kingdom: ACM.
  • Marshall L, Heels L, Riddle S. Developing assessment literacy in Stage One BsC Computing Students. In: HEA Transforming Assessment in Higher Education Symposium: Assessment literacy. 2017, HEA, York, UK: HEA.
  • Devlin M, Heels L, Marshall LF. It's the transition that's troublesome. In: HEA STEM Annual Learning and Teaching Conference. 2014, Edinburgh, UK.