Education (Access to Higher Education, Participation in Higher Education, Rural Schools); Macroeconomics with Imperfect Competition, Economic Dynamics (Heterogeneous Beliefs); Issues on Globalisation.

MSc in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics, Aix-Marseille Universite, France; PhD, Economics, Aix-Marseille Universite, France

Laurence Lasselle is Senior Lecturer at the University of St Andrews Business School in Scotland. She started her academic career at St Andrews in October 1997 as May Wong Smith Research Fellow, and has since held various positions, including Pro Dean (Advising) in the Faculties of Arts and Divinity. She gained her PhD from the Université d’Aix-Marseille, France, in 1996, and was awarded a Jean Monnet Research Fellowship tenable at the European University Institute, Italy in 2003.

Laurence’s research focuses on student equity, with particular attention to how institutional environments—such as schools—shape transitions from secondary education to university. Her research is working towards making entry to HE more transparent and in that sense fairer. She has a strong interest in access to higher education for learners from Scottish rural and remote communities. Her work has direct policy relevance, particularly in contexts where schools are subject to intervention. In 2024–25, she undertook two residencies at the Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success (ACSES), further deepening her engagement with international perspectives on equity in education.

Laurence contributes regularly to the fair access agenda within the tertiary education sector and actively engages with both academic and non-academic communities. She was a member of the Governance Group of the Scottish Framework for Fair Access. Since November 2025, she has been a member of the National Schools Programme Evaluation Framework Taskforce, contributing her expertise to the development of evidence-based evaluation strategies.

Laurence also serves as the Link Convenor of Network 14, one of the 34 research networks of the European Educational Research Association (EERA). Network 14 provides a forum for developing research-informed knowledge in education, with a particular focus on the relationships between communities, families, and schools.

Access to higher education; rurality; vocational interests

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• MN5005 Contemporary Global Issues in Management 
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