LPD RIG Event May 2026

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DescriptionEvent Recording

Where: Online (Zoom)
Date: Tuesday 26th May 2026
Time: 1.00pm – 3.00pm (UK time)

Following the strong success of the LPD RIG’s webinar series, ‘Leadership Preparation and Development: Global Perspectives’, we are pleased to present ‘Leadership Preparation and Development – Global Perspectives Part III’.

This session will feature three distinguished speakers who will offer insights into leadership preparation and development within the contexts of Turkey, Malta, and Japan:

  • Dr Köksal Banoğlu
  • Professor Christopher Bezzina
  • Dr Midori Ueda

We hope you can join us for another fantastic event!

Please note, this event is free to BELMAS members and £5.00 for non-members. To ensure you receive your free ticket, please log in on the BELMAS website before booking. 

If you pay the non-member fee to attend and then become a BELMAS Member within a month of the event taking place, please let us know and we will refund the £5 fee. 

Registration will close at midnight (UK) on Sunday 24th May 2026. 


About the Speakers

Köksal Banoğlu

Postdoctoral Fellow at the Education, University of Hong Kong

 

Christopher Bezzina

Professor of Educational Leadership at the Faculty of Education, University of Malta

 

Midori Ueda

Senior Researcher at the NIER (National Institute for Educational Policy Research in Japan)

 


Joining Instructions

Joining instructions will be sent out the day before the event, so please keep an eye on your inbox for these. We look forward to seeing you at the event!

We record our online events for sharing purposes on the BELMAS website and YouTube page. Please tick this box in your registration to acknowledge you are happy for us to record.

Following the strong success of the LPD RIG’s webinar series, the Leadership Preparation and Development Research Interest Group (RIG) hosted an event on Tuesday 26th May 2026, entitled ‘Leadership Preparation and Development – Global Perspectives Part III’.

We were joined by guest speakers, Dr Köksal Banoğlu, Professor Christopher Bezzina and Dr Midori Ueda, who offered important insights into leadership preparation and development within the contexts of Turkey, Malta, and Japan.

In case you missed the event or would like a recap, you can now watch it in full below.

A huge thank you to the RIG’s Co-Convenors for organising the event, to our speakers for their thought-provoking presentations, and to everyone who joined us. We look forward to seeing you at the next one.


About the Speakers

Köksal Banoğlu

Postdoctoral Fellow at the Education, University of Hong Kong

 

Christopher Bezzina

Professor of Educational Leadership at the Faculty of Education, University of Malta

 

Midori Ueda

Senior Researcher at the NIER (National Institute for Educational Policy Research in Japan)