Lis Bundock

Lis Bundock is a Principal Lecturer in Education and the Academic Subject Leader for Secondary, Further Education and Skills (FES), and Employment-Based Routes in teaching. Her experience and expertise lie in addressing inequalities in education, with a particular focus on LGBTQ+ inclusive education.

Previously, Lis led the Postgraduate Teacher Apprenticeship (PGTA) course until 2024. She is currently overseeing the course development and validation of the Teacher Degree Apprenticeship after successfully securing a bid from the Department for Education (DfE) to be one of eight institutions piloting the Secondary Maths TDA. In addition, Lis recently co-led a winning bid for an Office for Students (OfS) Wave 3 competition project, focused on widening access to teacher degree apprenticeship for applicants from areas of low participation and underrepresented groups.

Lis contributes to various teaching course, including the Postgraduate Teacher Apprenticeship, School Direct Salaried, Primary and Secondary PGCEs, and the BA Primary Education route. She also supervises students on the MA Education and Work Based Learning degree.

In 2021, Lis won the Tutor/Trainer of the Year award at the Brighton and Hove Apprenticeship Graduation Ceremony.

Current Teaching Commitments:

• BA Primary: EV507 Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment
• Postgraduate Teacher Apprenticeship: EV751 Principles and Issues in Education, EV754 Professional Knowledge in Education
• PGCE Secondary: EV771 Education Studies
• MA Education: KV744 Education for Social Justice

Lis Bundock's research interests focus on the experiences of LGBTQ+ trainee teachers and teachers in Higher Education and school contexts. Lis also has an interest in anti-racist education and is currently engaged in a research study focused on exploring 'Exploring race and ethnicity with students in UK universities'.

Lis has just completed Stage 1 of an EdD entitled 'The (im)possible context: What are the lived experiences of gender diverse teachers working within four UK schools?'

In 2017 she completed an MA in Education that focussed on ‘Becoming a teacher and being LGBT: negotiating the heteronormative in primary school contexts’. 

Lis is currently completing stage 2 of her EdD which explores the explores the lived experiences of gender doverse teachers. She is a Senior Fellow in Higher Education and was nominated for an Advance HE National Teaching Fellowship by the University of Brighton in 2024.

Lis is a member of the UCET Equalities Sub Committee and was external examiner at Birminghan Newman University (2020 - 2024). Lis is also a board member of the University of Brighton's Centre for Transforming Gender and Sexuality

Lis is part of an Ignite 3.3 Impact Acceleration knowledge exchange project, funded by the University of Brighton and led by Jess Moriarty, titled "Co-creating Creative Methods in Pedagogy to Support Children Who Have Experienced Grief/Trauma in Mumbai."