Dr Laura Bellingham is a life scientist by training, having undertaken her PhD in Zoology at the University of Liverpool, worked in research at Jersey and Bristol zoos and lectured in Animal Science at Nottingham Trent University. She joined QAA in 2005 where she works as Assistant Director in the Research, Development and Partnerships Group.

Laura has worked on a variety of projects related to the UK Quality Code for Higher Education, the set of reference points used by UK universities in maintaining the quality of the student experience and standards of degrees and other qualifications. Laura previously coordinated QAA’s work on subject benchmark statements and has overseen the development of guidance for master’s degrees, international students’ experiences, student-staff contact hours, and most recently, enterprise and entrepreneurship education.