Rate My Professor Penny Carey

Carey's primary research interests lie in the internationalisation of higher education at theoretical, national policy, and strategy implementation levels in UK higher education institutions, alongside commercial law areas including UK and international commercial law, securities and insolvency, company law, and contract law. Her key publications encompass the conference paper 'Deconstructing the practice of internationalisation: from a policy position to a way of being' (2010), 'Internationalisation of higher education in the UK - Towards a sustainable model' (2009), and the article 'Getting Away With It - Lessons from Shipman' in Health Care Risk (1999). As a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA), she holds key sectoral positions such as Chair of the Committee of Heads of University Law Schools (CHULS), Dean of The Law Society's Learning and Development Steering Group overseeing professional development for 200,000 solicitors in England and Wales, member of the 2022 QAA Subject Benchmark Statement for Law Advisory Panel, Director of LawCabs, and co-chair of a consortium of 12 UK universities partnering with the largest provider of legal education in Malaysia. She has also served as Council Member of the Hertfordshire Law Society since 2013 and in multiple external examiner roles, including Chief External Examiner for the University of Liverpool School of Law and Social Justice since 2020.