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Research output per year
Personal profile
Overview
Dr Hughes' research interests lie in educational leadership, school structures, critical policy studies and ethnography. Hughes is interested in network ethnography in investigating the interplay between agency, power and structure. Hughes' main research involves investigating leadership practices in school systems particularly in multi-academy trusts. She uses Arendtian thinking to help understand and interpret her research.
Hughes' doctoral study focused on education policy and leadership practices within a multi-academy trust in England which involved a yearlong engagement with the CEO. Adopting an ethnographic approach including observation, shadowing and interviewing the powerful, Hughes seeks to gain important insights into the ontology of leadership firsthand. Hughes is a Senior Lecturer in Education in MIE and is Deputy Programme Director of the Blended Masters programme in Educational Leadership in Practice. Hughes is co-convenor of the Critical Education Leadership and Policy Research Group (CELP), and a member of British Educational Leadership Management and Administration Society (BELMAS) and the British Educational Research Association( BERA). She is currently Deputy Editor of the Journal Management in Education. Previously, Hughes worked in schools as a senior leader both in Hong Kong and in the UK
Supervision information
Current PHD students
2024: Maud Halstead: "Teachers’ identities in subordinated schools: A Bourdieuian reconceptualisation of educational ‘disadvantage’", PhD (FT).
Supervisors: Prof Steven Courtney and Dr Bee Hughes
2026: Miramgul Mashtokova: Exploring Pedagogical Habitus of Teachers' Adaptation to IB: A Pilot Study on the Influence of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Framework on Teachers' Pedagogical Habitus. Case of an IB School in Kazakhstan. PhD (FT)
Supervisors: Dr Paul Armstrong and Dr Bee Hughes
2027 Ellie Campbell: "Constructing teachers: An investigation into the application of primary school leaders’ and education policy constructions of teachers and teaching in England", PhD (FT). Supervisors: Prof Steve Courtney, Dr Bee Hughes and Dr Edda Sant
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, An investigation into a chief executive officer of a multi-academy trust in England , The University of Manchester
30 Sept 2016 → 30 Sept 2019
Award Date: 17 Jan 2020
Master of Business Administration, University of Leicester
Award Date: 1 Jul 2000
Bachelor of Education
1 Sept 1981 → 1 Jul 1985
Award Date: 1 Jul 1985
NPQH, National College for School Leadership
External positions
External Examiner, University of East Anglia
1 Jan 2024 → 1 Jan 2027
Deputy Editor MIE, British Educational Leadership Management and Administration Society (BELMAS)
20 Mar 2023 → …
Areas of expertise
- LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
- Education policy
- Leadership
- Arendtian scholarship
- Critcal policy studies
- schools
- sociology of education
- social justice
- ethnography
- equity
- L Education (General)
- Policy analysis
- school leaders
- school structures
- multi-academy trusts
Keywords
- Educational Leadership
- Educational Policy
- Schools
- critical policy studies
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Leading in a crisis of public truth: How school leaders are navigating lying in politics
Hughes, B. C., 8 Jan 2025, Critical Education Leadership and Policy Scholarship : Introducing a New Research Methodology,. Courtney, S., McKay, A. & Armstrong, P. (eds.). 1 ed. Leeds: Emerald Publishing Limited, p. 23-35 232 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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An analysis of resistance in parvenu educational leaders' biographies
Hughes, B. C. & Courtney, S. J., 16 Apr 2024, Resistance in Educational Leadership, Management, and Administration. McKay, A., Thomson, P. & Blackmore, J. (eds.). 1st ed. London: Routledge, 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Editorial January 2024
Hughes, B. C., 3 Jan 2024, In: Management in Education. 38, 1, p. 3-4 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Area-Based School Partnerships and Equity in England: Why Context Matters
Hughes, B. C., Armstrong, P., Rayner, S. M. & Ainscow, M., 22 Aug 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review
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Editorial July 2023
Hughes, B. C., 15 Sept 2023, In: Management in Education. 37, 3, p. 117-118 2 p., 08920206231178240.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Prizes
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BELMAS 2020 Thesis of the year Award
Hughes, B. (Recipient), 17 Sept 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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EMAL Early Career Researcher Award 2020
Hughes, B. (Recipient), 3 Feb 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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ODRA/EFMD Highly Commended Doctoral Thesis 2020
Hughes, B. (Recipient), 29 Sept 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Schools and Academies Show
Hughes, B. (Participant) & Armstrong, P. (Participant)
22 Nov 2023Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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ESRC Festival of Science: Better Wellbeing in School Leadership: Engaging with Stories research and each other
Heffernan, A. (Chair), Hughes, B. (Co-Organiser), Courtney, S. (Co-Organiser), Armstrong, P. (Member of programme committee) & Doherty, J. (Member of programme committee)
2 Nov 2023Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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ECER 2023 The value of diversity in education and educational research
Hughes, B. (Chair), Rayner, S. (Participant), Armstrong, P. (Participant) & Ainscow, M. (Chair)
22 Aug 2023Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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The State of Educational Leadership
Courtney, S. (Invited speaker), Heffernan, A. (Invited speaker), Skerritt, C. (Invited speaker), Hughes, B. (Discussant), Niesche, R. (Invited speaker), Wilkinson, J. (Invited speaker), Fitzgerald, T. (Invited speaker) & Eacott, S. (Invited speaker)
22 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Independent Reviewer for New MBA at LJMU
Hughes, B. (Other)
2 May 2023 → 6 Jul 2023Activity: Internal positions, career professional development, other peer review and other › Career professional development › Research
Press/Media
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How do we develop an education fan base?
Gunter, H., Hughes, B., Innes, M., McTaggart, A. & Rayner, S.
26/04/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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What schools want: Recruiting senior leaders in England
Hughes, B., Courtney, S., Armstrong, P., Gunter, H., McTaggart, A., Heffernan, A., Innes, M. & Skerritt, C.
13/03/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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Don’t look up: Ignoring the looming crisis in public education
Innes, M., Hughes, B., Courtney, S., Armstrong, P., Gardner-Mctaggart, A., Rayner, S. & Gunter, H.
30/06/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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Bubble, toil and trouble: School leadership as Shakespearean tragedy in and after Covid-19
Armstrong, P., Courtney, S., Gardner-Mctaggart, A., Gunter, H. & Hughes, B.
16/03/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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Could Dido Harding move into education next?
Gunter, H., Armstrong, P., Courtney, S., Gardner-Mctaggart, A., Hughes, B. & Rayner, S.
16/10/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media