Lee Harvey is a former Director of the Centre for Research and Evaluation at Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield Hallam University is a higher education institution in South Yorkshire, England, based on two sites in Sheffield. City Campus is located in the city centre, close to Sheffield railway station, and Collegiate Crescent Campus is about two miles away, adjacent to Ecclesall Road in...

. He is currently a visiting professor at Copenhagen Business School

Copenhagen Business School

Copenhagen Business School, also known as CBS, is situated in Copenhagen, Denmark. With more than 17,000 students and 1,300 staff members, CBS is also one of the largest business schools in Europe. CBS offers a wide range of business-oriented university programmes and a research environment...

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In April, 2008 there was controversy as Harvey was suspended from his position by the UK's Higher Education Academy

Higher Education Academy

The Higher Education Academy is an independent organisation in the United Kingdom that supports higher education institutions with strategies for the development of research and evaluation to improve the learning experience for students.-History:...

 for writing a letter to the Times Higher Education that was critical of the National Student Survey

National student survey

The National Student Survey is a survey, launched in 2005, of all final year degree students at institutions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...

. In May, 2008 he quit his post over the issue.

His work is in the field of higher education policy.

Books

• Critical social research (1990), Lee Harvey, Unwim Hyman, ISBN 9780044453604
• Transforming Higher Education (1996), Lee Harvey, Peter Knight, Peter T. Knight, Open Univ Pr, ISBN 9780335195909