- A vibrant network of people concerned with learning, leadership and their interrelationship.
- Drawn together by John MacBeath, Sue Swaffield, David Frost and Megan Crawford.
The network’s operations and influences are at local, national and international levels and are the lifeblood of the Faculty LfL staff’s research, publications, and post-graduate teaching. Grounded work with practitioners, schools and organisations is linked to scholarly engagement with international researchers, and to the interface with policy makers.
Our programme of conferences, courses, seminars, publications, critical friendship and research is characterised by:
- A distinctive identity and an independent voice.
- Members of the network learning and working together.
- Sensitivity to policy issues but independent of transient priorities.
Join us
Join us and become part of the LfL network and we will send you:
- Ebulletins - termly updates from the network with news and comments
- InForm – our series of specially commissioned papers
- Invitations to events – LfL hosts regular events and seminars throughout the year at the Faculty of Education but also participates in other events across the UK and internationally.
- Opportunities to engage – as a network we are actively engaged with collaborative knowledge exchange and creation.
News
David Frost talked to Radio 4 about Teacher Quality on Monday 21st May. The programme can be accessed at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qskw from 21/05/12 for 6 days.
New issue of InForm: LfL Ghana: Systemic Bottom-up Top-down Change
Future events:
Special Issue Journal launch
On Wednesday 27th June, at 4.30pm there will be a launch of Professional Development in Education special issue on Teacher Leadership and Professional Development (Edited Sue Swaffield and Alex Alexandrou, contributors include David Frost, John Bangs and John MacBeath). All welcome. Please email lfl@educ.cam.ac.uk if you plan to attend.
BELMAS Conversations
BELMAS (British Educational Leadership Management and Administration Society) encourages the promotion of learning in the educational leadership field. As part of its events calendar it offers conversations which are open to non members. These informal events are a chance to discuss research and practice with leading scholars and practitioners.
Thursday 14th June, Has school effectiveness research lost the plot?, with Professor John Gray, Professor of Education at Cambridge University. Please email info@belmas.org.uk or call the BELMAS office: 0114 279 9926 if you plan to attend.
Friday 29th June, It is time to reject the grand narrative 'distributed leadership' with Howard Youngs from New Zealand. More details can be found here.