BELMAS encourages the fullest engagement of members in the study and practice of educational leadership, management and administration and recognises significant contributions through a number of annual awards. These awards are presented at the annual conference.
Doctoral Thesis Award 2018
2018 Winner: Laura Guihen, 'The Career Histories and Professional Aspirations of Women Deputy Headteachers: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis'
Runner Up: Stephen Rayner, 'Academisation: A dynamic process of systemic change in England'
Awarded to the individual whose thesis is deemed by the Selection Panel to have made the most important contribution to our understanding of educational leadership and/or management and/or policy.
Distinguished Service Award
2018 Winner: Colin Russell
Awarded to members who have made a unique contribution to the Society's aims over the course of their career. Candidates may be nominated by individuals, a school or college or a department of education.
Reflective Practice Award
2018 Winner: Stephanie Hill
Awarded to those in leadership roles in schools, colleges and universities who are able to demonstrate leadership of an innovation in an educational setting which has made a significant contribution to the development of an organisation.
EMAL Best Paper Award
2018 Winners
Helen Young, Knowledge, experts and accountability in school governing bodies’ (Educational Management Administration & Leadership, January 2017, Vol. 45, No 1)
Lauri Johnson, ‘The lives and identities of UK Black and South Asian head teachers: Metaphors of leadership’ (Educational Management Administration & Leadership, September 2017, Vol. 45, No 5)
Awarded by the editorial board of the journal Educational Management, Administration & Leadership (EMAL) to the writer(s) of the best papers by a new contributor to the journal.