Post 16 Education Leadership & Management

Who We Are and What We Do

The Post-16 Education Leadership and Management Research Interest Group (P16 ELM RIG) is open to leaders, researchers, and practitioners who have an interest in post compulsory education and training. It seeks to provide an opportunity for members to critically evaluate international perspectives of the policy and practice of post-compulsory educational and training systems and key aspects of adult and vocational education from a leadership perspective.

Background and Themes

The P16 ELM RIG is intended as a space in which professionals with an interest in a cross section of interests, bounded by their engagement in post-compulsory Education and Training sector to explore and share their research ideas and outcomes and to develop their professional practice. The RIG seeks to facilitate a collaborative researcher and practitioner community which covers the breadth of issues impacting the management and leadership of post-compulsory education at an international level.

Topics and Subject Matters Covered by this RIG

This RIG considers the interaction of pervasive themes within leadership and management applied within the broader context of post-compulsory education and training including Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET), Adult Education, Further Education, Higher Education and Apprenticeships.

Benefits from Participation

• Membership of a community of researchers and practitioners engaged in advancing the understanding of leadership and management within Post 16 Education and Training
• The opportunity to collaborate or correspond with colleagues engaged in similar studies, research or activity
• The opportunity to identify and explore contemporary issues linked to leadership and management within a broad and / or specific sectoral context
• Participation in future events specifically covering issues related to leadership and management within Post 16 Education and Training
• Membership of a vibrant and international community of researchers and practitioners whom you can contact for collaboration.
• Access to new knowledge, new practice and provide the potential for developing your own perspectives, critical research and professional activity and understanding of the wider Post16 sector.
• Highlight, understand and potentially emerging best practice by drawing on research informed leadership practice from an international perspective.

Co-Convenors

Dr Aly Colman

Programme Leader for MA Educational Leadership (In-Service & Teach First), Academic Head of Learning & Teaching, UCL Centre for Educational Leadership

Email: aly.colman@ucl.ac.uk

Dr Alan Johnston 

Senior Lecturer in Management and Organisational Development, York St John University

Email: a.johnston@yorksj.ac.uk

Dr Abdulla Sodiq 

Senior Lecturer in Education, Institute of Education, University of Derby

Email: eduwork.sodiq@sky.com 

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