Academic leadership: Institute of Education
A postgraduate College of the
University of London, the Institute of Education 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, 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 Manager
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.
