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Latest research associate reports

The research associate reports below have been published within the last year. All other research associate reports can be downloaded from the publication pages under each of the relevant subject headings.

Published Spring 2009

• The impact of workforce reforms: investigating the impact on leadership and the primary school system - Matt Cottrell
• No more heroes? Does collaboration spell the death of the heroic leader? - Paul Ainsworth
• Firefighting or formulating: how can newly inducted headteachers create further improvement in their schools? - Jeremy Bird
• Working better together: a practical guide for embarking upon in-school collaborative development - Ben Cribb
• Small school challenges: learning lessons from small school headteachers - Amanda Tuck
• Working together is success: how successful headteachers build and develop effective leadership teams - David Thomas

Published Winter 2008

• Only connect: using a critical incident tool to develop multi-agency collaboration in two children’s centres - Alison Cummings
• Healthy body: healthy mind: how headteachers are managing their schools to help improve children’s health - Team of headteachers
• Can federations help stars to come out? Exploring the unique contribution of federations to the development of school leaders - George Ford and Elaine McCue
• Parents matter: how can leaders involve parents in the self-evaluation process and further development of children’s centre and extended school services? -  Liz Clavins
• Teachers into leaders: networking and leadership development: growing leaders of the future is becoming an accepted central responsibility of leaders of the present - Team of headteachers
• Student leadership and school improvement: how can school leaders involve students in the school improvement process through developing students as researchers? - Jean Watt

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