Sara is an educator, author, researcher and public speaker with twenty years in higher education. She is a passionate advocate for high quality learning and teaching and applied, translational and discovery research that creates social and economic benefits for local, regional and international growth and renewal.

She has published seven books and over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers, book chapters and technical reports. Her cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral influence upon the academic domains of educational technology and higher education policy and leadership development has been fostered by sitting on over 60 programme committees and advisory groups, and undertaking over 120 international keynotes, presentations and public lectures in four continents. Her books can be found here and full list of publications here.