Suzanne Lampert, FHEA

My research is focussed on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. I am particularly interested in student engagement - specifically, potential methods for increasing student engagement. I am also interested in gamification, co-creation with industry and students, strategic initiatives in learning and teaching, work-integrated learning and employability, the changing characteristics and needs of students and authentic assessment.

I graduated with my PhD in Economics from the University of Reading in December 2007. My thesis title was 'Social Dynamics and Long-Run Urban Change' and I was supervised Prof. Geoff Meen. While at the University of Reading, I developed a passion for teaching. 

I left academia due to a lack of teaching focussed opportunities and I ran my own small business in coaching and programme development for several years. I then took time out of work to raise my two daughters and to project manage our house build, before getting back into teaching through a supply teaching role at Borders College. I have worked at Heriot-Watt since November 2019. I am on a teaching and educational enhancement contract and I have recently moved into a leadership role.

I am a partner in the family business and deal with invoice payment and bookkeeping. I am also a qualified Level 3 Tennis Coach and run weekly coaching sessions for junior players.

In the academic year 2024-25, I am the Global Course Leader for one of the largest taught courses at Heriot-Watt University - the first year course 'The Economy' - with 829 students registered across three campuses. I am the Global Course Leader for our MBA course 'Economics for Business' and the Course Leader for our Graduate Apprenticeship course 'Introductory Economics'. I also deliver lectures to postgraduate students on the course 'Business Economics.'

I am the global Head of Learning and Teaching for the Department of Accountancy, Economics and Finance. I am a Project Redesign Lead for the Edinburgh Business School (EBS) Learning and Teaching Transformation Project. I am a member of the School Studies Committee (SSC) and a member of Senate. I recently Chaired the Academic Review of Chemistry and Institute of Chemical Sciences.