Dear colleagues,
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Leadership Preparation and Development (LPD) Research Interest Group meeting during the BELMAS Conference in Cardiff (3–5 July). It was wonderful to see so many of you in person and to have the opportunity to reconnect and discuss our shared research interests.
We are especially grateful for your engagement with our invited guests, Dr Tegwen Ellis and Dr Paul Armstrong. The discussion generated valuable ideas and highlighted the strong interest within our community in further developing research on Leadership Preparation and Development.
Thank you also for your enthusiasm regarding the possibility of a Special Issue with Management in Education.
If you are interested in contributing, we would be grateful if you could email us with a brief outline of your proposed topic or area of interest. This will help us identify common themes and shape the direction of a possible Special Issue. Once we have received expressions of interest, we will arrange a Zoom meeting around September/October to discuss the proposal, potential themes, and next steps with everyone interested.
Thank you again for your ongoing support of the LPD RIG. We look forward to continuing these conversations and working together on this exciting opportunity.
The Leadership Preparation and Development Research Interest Group (LPD RIG) is open to all individuals who have an interest in researching Leadership Preparation and Development in its broadest sense. This includes educational leaders, practitioners, researchers and research students globally. This is a very active RIG, which meets multiple times a year. This includes an annual meeting at the BELMAS Conference.
Since we were convened back in May 2015, we have successfully built a research and practice network capable of generating and facilitating exchange and partnership on a continuing basis across professional contexts and contemporary issues relating to leadership preparation and development internationally.
Our thematic scope encompasses leadership preparation, leadership development, novice and established principals, principals’ professional lives and wellbeing, amongst others.
| LPD RIG Co-convenors | Title | Contact details |
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Dr Berni Moreno |
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Dr Deb Outhwaite |
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Dr Susanne Sahlin Senior Lecturer in Education at Mid Sweden University, Sweden |
Paul Close (SHU), Ann Kendrick (Cumbria), and Pauline Younts (previously Ashville College, Yorkshire, UK, now a Principal in Bulgaria).
To stay up to date with the LPD RIG on social media, head to their profile on BlueSky and hit the follow button. You can find it here.
To view the full content of this group you must join our RIG. Click the button below or tick RIG group on your My Details page. If you would like to get in touch with the Co-Convenors, please do so on the emails provided above and don’t forget to follow us on social media!
Networking and further information on the LPD RIG’s activities will take place in the members’ area of the BELMAS website, click HERE to join. We welcome new members and ideas!
