Bee is a Senior Lecturer in the Manchester Institute of Education lecturing in educational policy and leadership. Her research interests centre on leadership of multi- academy trusts, education policy, school collaborations and the work of Hannah Arendt. Her most recent publications include a book chapter entitled Leading in a crisis of public truth: how school leaders are navigating lying in politics. Bee was a school leader in Hong Kong and the UK for over twenty years before working at the University of Manchester.