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Qualifications	B.Sc (Econ) (London School of Economics and Political Science) MA Industrial Relations (Keele University) PhD (Keele University) PGCE (University of Manchester)
Departmental Responsibilities	Deputy Director, Centre for Educational Research and Development CERD Director of Doctoral Programmes and Director of Research.
Research Interests	My research interests focus on both the school and higher education sectors. These include understanding the formation and development of education policy processes, educational management, school and HE sector labour relations/teacher unions and the investigation of teachers’ work/academic labour through labour process analysis.
Research group memberships	BERA, AERA, BELMAS (National Council member), AERA Teachers’ Work/Teacher Unions Special Interest Group.
Awards and grants	Research awards: Mayo Children’s Initiative Evaluation (Phase II) (PI) Mayo Children’s Initiative Evaluation (Phase I) (PI) Challenging times: an analysis of current developments and future prospects for industrial relations in the UK higher education (SRHE) (PI) School Sector Industrial Relations in Transition: assessing the impact of Academies. (BELMAS) (PI) Evaluation of Union Learning Representative Initiative (ATL) (PI) Workforce Remodelling, Teacher Trade Unionism and School-based Industrial Relations (co-researcher with Professor Bob Carter – ESRC – RES-062-23-0034A). The Leadership of Schools with Substantial Numbers of Ethnic Minority Students: School Community Perspectives and their Leadership Implications (NCSL) Developing Successful Leadership In Ethnic Minority Schools: Implications For Leadership Training And Development ( East Midlands Leadership Centre – NCSL local affiliate) Evaluation of Corby EAZ (Corby EAZ) (PI) Development Grants: ‘Meeting of Minds’ mentorship programme (with Dr Justine Mercer, University of Warwick) awarded by BERA Establishing leadership in alternative contexts – BELMAS development grant ‘Creating a research engaged school’ BELMAS development grant.
Professional Affiliations	Fellow of Higher Education Academy IPDA
PHD Supervision	Yes
Web links	http://tinyurl.com/cmsgzjj I use Google + for various work-related collaborations My Skype ID is howard.stevenson1
Biography	I taught for 15 years in a 14-19 comprehensive community college in Leicestershire. During that time I held posts with both academic and pastoral responsibilities. As a teacher I was an officer in my professional association and was an elected teacher representative on the Leicestershire Education Committee. In 2002 I joined the Centre for Educational Leadership and Management at the University of Leicester, first as a lecturer and then a senior lecturer. In 2007 I joined the Centre for Educational Research and Development as Deputy Director. I have been Professor of Education since 2009. I am currently a National Council member of BELMAS and Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Staffordshire. I am an Associate Editor of Professional Development in Education and a member of several editorial boards including Education Administration Quarterly, Forum: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education and the International Journal of Education Management. I represent the University of Lincoln on the UCEA Plenum.