Lee Harvey is a former Director of the Centre for Research and Evaluation at Sheffield Hallam University.. He is currently a visiting professor at Copenhagen Business School.
In April, 2008 there was controversy as Harvey was suspended from his position by the UK's Higher Education Academy for writing a letter to the Times Higher Education that was critical of the National Student Survey. . In May, 2008 he quit his post over the issue.
His work is in the field of higher education policy.