Research centre

Leadership, Effective Education and Policy (LEEP)

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We bring together colleagues to research the areas of leadership, school improvement, educational effectiveness and policy.

Part of Education

About

We aim to influence policy, practice and research methodology across a range of educational contexts and sectors. This includes schools, further education and higher education.  

With the support of government agencies, charities and research councils, we have had leading roles in advising policy-makers across the world.
 
LEEP's main research interests are:  

  • educational effectiveness
  • management, leadership and improvement
  • employment policy, lifelong learning and the labour market
  • teacher training and teacher effectiveness
  • equity, equality and competition

  
Our research is informed by our focus on:  

  • advanced quantitative methods
  • qualitative approaches, including case-studies of educational organisations
  • policy
  • social network analysis
  • randomised control trials
  • conceptual testing

Members perform roles including journal editing, serving on editorial boards and taking leadership roles within the academic community.

People, projects and publications

People

Mrs Rachele Newman BA(Hons), PGCE, MA, SFHEA.

Principal Teaching Fellow

Research interests

  • Initial Teacher Education
  • Teacher development
  • Teacher Knowledge
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Ms Roshana Wickremasinghe BA PGCE MA

Research interests

  • Widening Participation policy 
  • Academies 
  • Policy implementation in schools 
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Ms Ruth Luzmore

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • School Leadership
  • Professional Development of teachers
  • Ideas Informed Society
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Miss Sotiria Kanavidou

Research interests

  • Collaborative networks in the work of educational leaders and educators 
  • Social Network Analysis and Mixed Method Social Network Interventions
  • System Leadership
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Dr Tae-Hee Choi

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Education policy and change
  • Teacher development
  • English for Speakers of Other Languages

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Emeritus Professor Tony Kelly

Research interests

  • Education effectiveness
  • Education policy
  • Leadership and improvement

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Miss Yin Wang

Research interests

  • Education inequality 
  • Educational policy 
  • Large-scale education assessments
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My research interests include educational effectiveness and improvement, and the development and use of value-added progress measures in education.
Professor of Education