LISTEN: Talking Research Podcast Part 2 from the Gov RIG

Listen to a new Talking Research Podcast episode from the Governance and Governing Research Interest Group.

This is the second of a series of podcasts taking the form of conversations between Doctoral Research colleagues from a small community of practice all of whom are in the process of, or have just completed, postgraduate research into governance and governing.

In this episode RIG Co-convenor, Rosie Hoyle, and Sarah Chung talk about Sarah’s PhD research into governor training. The title of Sarah’s thesis is ‘Primary School Governor Training: Exploring the Fitness for Purpose of the Content and Mode of Delivery in England’.

Rosie explores this by asking:

• What inspired Sarah to research governor training?
• How has she approached her research and what challenges has she encountered?
• What are the key issues in her findings?

And importantly…

• What should chairs and governing boards across the country take away from this research as they try to fulfil their role in the school system?

You can listen to the podcast episode below. 

Special thanks to our guest, Sarah Chung, to Rosie Hoyle for hosting, and to the Governance and Governing RIG Convenors for producing this podcast series.

Host and Speaker Bios

Rosie Hoyle is an experienced leader in the for-profit sector, educator, chair, charity trustee and long-term school governor her research interest is in the Chair/Executive Leader relationship. With an MA in English Literature Rosie is now studying for a PhD (Professional) Education in the School of Education at the University of Lincoln.

Sarah Chung is an experienced educator and school governor. After completing an MA in School Improvement and Educational Leadership Sarah continued at the School of Education, at the University of Birmingham with her PhD studies exploring the role of governor training in producing effective governing bodies.