Stephanie has a global reputation for developing and promoting academic leadership and learning and is much sought as a keynote speaker and panellist. Stephanie is an appointed member of the EUA Learning and Teaching Steering Committee and is passionate about higher education enabling an inclusive society which supports an absolute commitment to equality, diversity and the public good. Stephanie has been instrumental in supporting national Teaching Excellence Initiatives around the globe to include: as a panel member for the German Excellenz initiative; as the chair of two rounds of the Norwegian Centres for Excellence Initiative; as a member of the group working up England’s Framework to assessing Teaching Excellence - the TEF.