Sue Shepherd wins BELMAS award

The British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS) has just announced the 2016 Doctoral Thesis Awards.

This year’s joint winner is Sue Shepherd, who works as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research on the ESRC-funded ‘Uncertain Futures: Extending Working Lives’ project.

The award is made to the individual whose thesis is deemed by the BELMAS selection panel to have made the most important contribution to our understanding of educational leadership and/or management and/or policy.

Sue was nominated by her Supervisor, Professor Sarah Vickerstaff, who said ‘Sue deserves the award for her outstanding research on the appointment of university pro vice chancellors, which has both important academic/theoretical and policy implications and has already received significant interest from the higher education media.’

Sue will collect her award at the BELMAS Annual International Conference at Carden Park in July.