Hugh Busher

Dr Hugh Busher is a senior lecturer in the School of Education, University of Leicester, where he is deputy director of the international Doctor of Education programme. He has had extensive experience of teaching in secondary schools and in universities where he has supervised Trainee teachers as well as Masters and Doctorla students. He is Coordinator of a British Educational Research Association (BERA) Special Interest Group (SIG) on Leading and Managing Schools and Colleges and a member of BERA Council. His research interests focus on aspects of Education that include: school-based leadership in particular socio-political contexts; the construction of organisational cultures of inclusion and social justice; teacher professional development; and the impact of power and values on the micro-politics of school-based decision-making.