Postgraduate research in CRELM
Are you interested in joining a vibrant group of masters students, doctoral students, post-doctoral staff, and professors - all enthusiastic about the study of educational leadership and management? CRELM would offer you a welcoming environment to pursue your own research on this important topic.
By joining our community as a postgraduate researcher you will enjoy personal supervision from two experienced academic supervisors chosen for their interest in your project. At the same time, you will be working closely among other doctoral students in a shared and well-resourced environment.
The School of Education offers PhD/MPhil available for full-time or part-time study and a Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD) available for part-time study.
Research areas
We welcome potential applicants for doctoral and post-doctoral research in any of the following areas:
- Leadership effectiveness (linked to student outcomes)
- Leadership development (at senior and middle leader levels)
- Teachers' and head teachers' work and lives
- Gender and leadership
- Teachers' learning and development
- School change
- Teacher leadership
- Programme evaluations
- Policy enactment
- International comparative studies
- Education sector employee relations
Please explore the research interests of current CRELM members and see if your own ambitions find a possible match. If you join us we promise a lively, supportive and multi-disciplinary environment for your doctoral study.