Postgraduate study in Applied Educational Leadership and Management

Academic leadership: Institute of Education

A postgraduate College of the University of London, the Institute of Education [external link] is the largest institution in the UK devoted to the study of education and related areas. Founded in 1902, the Institute is a world-class centre of excellence for teacher training, higher degrees, research and consultancy in education and related areas of professional practice and the social sciences.

Programme Director

Liz Wood
Liz is a Consultant/Senior Lecturer in Education Leadership and Management. She developed and updated the MBA for Bursars at Lincoln University before joining London Centre for Leadership in Learning where she is currently also director of the MBA Education Business Management (International). She was involved in developing the National College’s school business management blended learning programmes which include a strong distance-learning element.

Liz’s main interest and research is focused on school business management and professional development. She has presented at conferences in the UK, US and Jamaica, is a member of the Training and Development Agency’s School Business Management Development Group and was contracted to the TDA as school business management development programme manager.

Academic staff

Drawing in particular on the work of the Institute of Education's London Centre for Leadership in Learning [external link], the course team is responsible for the design of the programme and the development of course materials. Members include:

Elizabeth Wood, Programme Director
Megan Crawford, Senior Lecturer in Education Leadership and Management, EdD Programme Leader
Peter Earley, Professor of Education Management
Isobel Bowditch, Programme Administrator

Tutors on the programme include:

Trevor Arrowsmith, Education Consultant and former secondary head teacher
Dr. Isobel Bowditch – Research Fellow, Chelsea College of Art, University of the Arts, London.
Dr. Dan Gibton, Senior Lecturer on Ed. Admin & Law, and Head, Department of Educational Policy & Administration, Constantiner School of Education, Tel-Aviv University
Prof. Derek Glover, Visiting Professor of Education at Nottingham Trent University
Dr. Graham Haydon, former Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Education at the IOE
Dr. Gerry Czerniawski, Senior Lecturer, Cass School of Education, University of East London
Dr. Yiasemina Karagiorgi, Pedagogical Institute, Nicosia
Nigel Jackson, Education Consultant, and former local authority inspector

Original contributors to the development of the programme include:

Lesley Anderson, Senior Lecturer, Open University
Eileen Carnell, Senior Lecturer, Pastoral Care and PSE, Institute of Education
Marianne Coleman, Reader in Education Leadership and Management, Institute of Education
Anne Gold, former Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Management, Institute of Education
Rosalind Levacic, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Finance of Education, Institute of Education
Caroline Lodge, Senior Lecturer in School Effectiveness and School Improvement, Institute of Education
David Oldroyd, Consultant in Educational Development
Jon Pickering, Lecturer in the School of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment, Institute of Education
Pamela Sammons, Professor of Education, University of Nottingham
Marian Shaw, Consultant in Educational Management