Educational Leadership
A meeting place for the critical exploration of educational leadership – research, policy and practice - in the pursuit of social justice.
Past event
This event has been postponed. If you would like to be kept informed of the new date, please email events@bera.ac.uk.
Merely talking about recovery is far too narrow. ‘Recovery’ implies a return to what we had before, which is simply not good enough. Now we need to build a system that is stronger and fairer than the one we know.” Kate Green, the shadow education secretary, Labour Party Conference, Brighton.
As educational institutions return to ‘business as usual’ for the first time in 18 months. We want to open the dialogue and stimulate debate around the’ recovery’ process and what this means for leaders of these institutions. Do leaders need to plan for recovery or are they simply defining a new normal by choosing what practices to keep and which to discard? Either way, what will this look like in everyday practice, what is the long-term impact of these plans on educational institutions and how will they be scrutinised by stakeholders?
Following the educational leadership theme of post pandemic leadership and in line with ɫ’s strategic priority to increase capacity within the ECR field, we would like to invite ECR’s to share their conceptualisation of the field of post pandemic recovery and share their ideas of the emerging themes for educational leaders? For example, the integration of technology and how the pandemic has accelerated this? How curriculum plans may change? How strategic priorities within these institutions may have changed?
This event provides an opportunity for Educational Leadership ECR’s (those who are thinking about, in the process of or have recently completed doctoral studies) to offer a flash presentation of their research into educational leadership theory and practice throughout and beyond the pandemic.
14:00 | ɫ Introduction |
14:05 | Educational Leadership SIG update |
14:30 | Lindsay Johnstone, Manchester Metropolitan University |
14:40 | Discussion |
14:50 | Judy Chandler, Open University |
15:00 | Discussion |
15:10 | Katie McAllister, Peterborough University |
15:20 | Discussion |
15:30 | Hannah McCarthy, University of Manchester |
15:40 | Discussion |
15:50 | Final remarks |
16:00 | Close of event |
Watching a ɫ Virtual event
|
A meeting place for the critical exploration of educational leadership – research, policy and practice - in the pursuit of social justice.
This ɫ Blog special issue examines possible futures for tertiary education in England and the challenges that are faced by policymakers, institutional leaders, educators and researchers in...
2025 marks 10 years of the ɫ Blog, and we’re so proud of all that it has accomplished! Thank you to all those who have contributed to the Blog, whether as authors, editors, or readers. The...
The 2025 ɫ Conference will be held 9th-11th September 2025 at the University of Sussex. Registration open. Early bird deadline: 1 May 2025