
Education Leadership and Policy
Education Leadership and Policy
The Education Leadership and Policy (ELP) Research and Teaching Group examines the role of leadership and policy making in equitable education systems and the socioeconomic impact of education globally. The group has expertise in comparative and international education; educational improvement and system change; governance and public policy; educational leadership; childhood practice; and labour market and socio-economic impacts of education
This expertise is deployed in several key domains of research and engagement. In particular, school improvement and community development partnerships (Anderson, Ainscow, Chapman, Hall, Lowden, McBride, Neary); leadership and management in education (Black, Boyle, Dimmock, Harvie, Kerrigan, Nguyen, Orr, Wingrave); childhood practice (Black, Boyle, Orr, Wingrave); governance in education (Murphy); educational capacity building in the global south (Dimmock, Hermannsson, Nguyen, Nesterova, Odena, Read, Schweisfurth, Valiente); economic and social impacts of upper secondary and technical and vocational education (Capsada-Munsech, Valiente), and higher education (Capsada-Munsech, Hermannsson, Parker, Read).
Members of the group regularly advise on education policy and practice. For instance, Professor Chris Chapman has been a seconded education advisor to the Scottish Government on the Attainment Challenge and member of the Scottish First Minister’s International Council of Education Advisors. Professor Michele Schweisfurth is principal education adviser to Dfid and one of only four independent advisors to the Global Partnership for Education in Washington DC.
RTG Leader: Professor Michele Schweisfurth
Depute RTG Leader: Dr Julie Harvie
Centres and Networks
- Policy Scotland (funded by the Scottish Government)
- The Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change
- University of Glasgow Educational Assessment Network (UGEAN) International Educational Assessment Network (IEAN)
- Children’s Neighbourhoods’ Scotland Network for Social & Educational Equity (NSEE)
- What Works Scotland (funded by the ESRC)
Postgraduate Research
Events
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09 JunThe Erasmus project "Employability in programme development: Establishing a labour market to higher education feedback loop drawing on local labour market intelligence" are pleased to invite any interested colleagues to a webinar, on the 27th of June at 15.00 BST, "The evidence base on effectiveness of HE employability practice – what do we know and what’s missing?".
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09 Jun
30 June/1 July: The Future of Education and Public Policy Online Event
Following a successful debut in 2021, the Future of Education and Public Policy event returns for its second year, with a two-day online event taking place on 30 June and 1 July. -
29 Mar
Education Leadership and Policy Spring Term Seminar series 2021-22
The Education Leadership and Policy Spring Term Seminar series takes place from April - June 2022
News
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06 May
School of Education at the CIES 2022 Conference
This year, the Comparative & International Education Society Conference took place in Minneapolis, USA, between 18th and 22nd of April 2022. The theme of the conference was “Illuminating the Power of Idea/lism” that sought to address the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of nativism and fundamentalism. -
22 Feb
SoE contributions to the 2021/2 Global Education Monitoring Report
We are pleased to report that amongst the contributions to the 2021/2 UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report on Non-state Actors in Education was a background paper from School of Education colleagues, Yulia Nesterova and Queralt Capsada-Munsech, concerning Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). -
19 Oct
New Release - Podcasting the Past Series 1
Designed as a point of reference for teachers, Podcasting the Past brings together Scottish history teachers with researchers and trainee teachers at the University of Glasgow on c.30 minute discussions in the Higher History curriculum. -
03 Feb
SHLC partners in 23rd ASEF Summer University (ASEFSU23)
The Centre for Sustainable Healthy Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC) represented by Professor Michael Osborne and Dr Yulia Nesterova of the School of Education, University of Glasgow was delighted to be a partner in the 23rd ASEF Summer University (ASEFSU23).