Linda Ellison

Contact

• workRoom C46 Dearing Building
  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• work0115 846 6469
• linda.ellison@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Linda Ellison is an Associate Professor specialising in Educational Leadership. She has wide experience of developing and teaching on award-bearing CPD programmes. From 2005 to 2008 she was seconded to the University's Malaysia Campus as Director of Studies for the School of Education.

She is a member of the Centre for Research on Schools and Communities, with a particular interest in school leadership and teacher development.

She is joint series editor, with Brent Davies, of Routledge's School Leadership and Management series.

She is one of the Book Review Editors for the International Journal of Educational Management. Linda has worked with school leaders in a variety of countries including the UK, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

Teaching Summary

Educational leadership

Research Summary

She has a number of research projects in the area of self-managing schools, school planning and leadership development and has published widely in academic and professional journals.

Recent Publications

• THOMSON, P.L., ELLISON, L., BYROM, T. and BULMAN, D., 2007. Invisible labour: home-school relations and the front office Gender and Education. 19(2), 141-158
• ELLISON, L., 2006. The not-for-profit sector and school improvement: the students? perceptions of the change School Leadership and Management. 26(3), 227-248
• DAVIES, B., DAVIES, B.J. and ELLISON, L., 2005. Success and Sustainability: Developing the strategically-focused school
• DAVIES, B., BOWRING-CARR, C., ELLISON, L. and , 2005. School leadership in the 21st century : developing a strategic approach London : RoutledgeFalmer, 2005.

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Linda is a member of the Centre for Research in Schools and Communities. Her research supervision areas include:

• school leadership
• leadership development
• public private partnerships in education
• strategic direction and planning in schools
• management patterns and rhythms of schooling
• marketing schools

Research proposals: please email Linda if you would like to discuss the appropriateness of your research topic. See also: School of Education research supervision areas.

• THOMSON, P.L., ELLISON, L., BYROM, T. and BULMAN, D., 2007. Invisible labour: home-school relations and the front office Gender and Education. 19(2), 141-158
• ELLISON, L., 2006. The not-for-profit sector and school improvement: the students? perceptions of the change School Leadership and Management. 26(3), 227-248
• DAVIES, B., DAVIES, B.J. and ELLISON, L., 2005. Success and Sustainability: Developing the strategically-focused school
• DAVIES, B., BOWRING-CARR, C., ELLISON, L. and , 2005. School leadership in the 21st century : developing a strategic approach London : RoutledgeFalmer, 2005.
• THOMSON, P.L., ELLISON, L., BYROM, T. and BULMAN, D., 2004. An investigation into queries that school offices receive from parents and carers DfES. (Research Report RR57)
• DAVIES, B., ELLISON, L. and , 2003. The new strategic direction and development of the school : key frameworks for school improvement planning / Brent Davies and Linda Ellison London ; New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2003.
• ELLISON, L. and DAVIES, B., 2003. Strategic analysis: obtaining the data and building a strategic view. In: Strategic Leadership and Educational Improvement Open University Press, Buckingham.
• DAVIES, B. and ELLISON, L., 2001. Organisational learning: building the future of a school International Journal of Educational Management. VOL 15(PART 2), 78-85
• DAVIES, B. and ELLISON, L., 1999. The Case of United Kingdom. In: The School between the Local and the Global: Perspectives on the XXI century 143-165
• DAVIES, BRENT, 1949- and ELLISON, LINDA, 1999. Strategic direction and development of the school / Brent Davies and Linda Ellison London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
• ELLISON, L. and DAVIES, B., 1998. Futures and strategic perspectives in school planning International Journal of Educational Management. 12(3), 133-140
• DAVIES, B. and ELLISON, L., 1997. Teachers' perceptions of school quality and effectiveness: improving schools using staff attitude surveys International Journal of Educational Management. VOL 11(NUMBER 4/5), 222-228
• DAVIES, BRENT and ELLISON, LINDA, 1997. Strategic marketing for schools : how to harmonise marketing and strategic development for an effective school / Brent Davies and Linda Ellison London : Pitman, 1997.