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Leadership, Educational Effectiveness and Policy (LEEP)

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We bring together colleagues to research the areas of leadership, school improvement, educational effectiveness and policy.

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About

We aim to influence policy, practice and research methodology across a range of educational contexts and sectors. This includes schools, further education and higher education.  

With the support of government agencies, charities and research councils, we have had leading roles in advising policy-makers across the world.
 
LEEP's main research interests are:  

  • educational effectiveness
  • management, leadership and improvement
  • employment policy, lifelong learning and the labour market
  • teacher training and teacher effectiveness
  • equity, equality and competition

  
Our research is informed by our focus on:  

  • advanced quantitative methods
  • qualitative approaches, including case-studies of educational organisations
  • policy
  • social network analysis
  • randomised control trials
  • conceptual testing

Members perform roles including journal editing, serving on editorial boards and taking leadership roles within the academic community.

People, projects and publications

People

Dr Achala Gupta FHEA, PhD (Sociology), MPhil (EdRes), MPS, MA, BSc

Lecturer B

Research interests

  • Sociology of education
  • Shadow education
  • Educational inequality 

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Achala

Email: achala.gupta@soton.ac.uk

Address: B32, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Miss Chloe Eddy

Research interests

  • Autism
  • Special Educational Needs
  • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

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Professor Chris Downey

Professor of Education

Research interests

  • The relational capital of students and educators
  • Collaborative networks in the work of educational leaders 
  • Educators' use of and attitudes toward data in their professional practice

Connect with Chris

Email: c.j.downey@soton.ac.uk

Address: B32, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Professor Christian Bokhove

Professor

Research interests

  • Mathematics education in the classroom
  • Technology use in schools
  • Research methods

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Christian

Email: c.bokhove@soton.ac.uk

Address: B32, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Mr Furkan Uzan

Research interests

  • Contemporary Trends in Doctoral Programmes
  • Post-PhD Career Paths
  • Graduate Employability

Connect with Furkan

Email: m.f.uzan@southampton.ac.uk

Address: B32, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Mrs Hazel McCafferty

Connect with Hazel

Email: h.mccafferty@soton.ac.uk

Address: B32, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Dr James Hall AFBPsS, FHEA, FRSA

Associate Prof. Psychology of Education

Research interests

  • Early Childhood Education and Care
  • Developmental Psychopathology
  • Educational Effectiveness

Connect with James

Email: j.e.hall@soton.ac.uk

Address: B32, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Professor John Schulz PhD, BA (Hons), Assoc Dip Applied Biology

Professorial Fellow-Education

Research interests

  • e-Learning
  • Video-based learning
  • Online learning

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with John

Email: jbs@soton.ac.uk

Address: B32, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Ms Karla De Lima Guedes

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Miss Katy Salter BSc PGCE MSc

Research interests

  • Academic motivation
  • Grounded theory
  • Participatory action research

Connect with Katy

My research interests include educational effectiveness and improvement, and the development and use of value-added progress measures in education.
Professor Chris Downey
Professor of Education
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