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NASG RESEARCH

The NASG research group was formed in 1998 and has published 8 research reports and one discussion paper. It has presented a paper at the BELMAS conference in England in September 2000 and another at a conference in Durban, South Africa in August 2001. Its output has been widely reported in the education press.

It has attracted research funding from TES and NUT and will be looking for funding for larger projects from DfES and other funding bodies.

NASG Research Group Members

*Prof John Adams MA, MPhil
Director of Staff Development at the University of Hertfordshire

*Phil Bradbury MSc
Deputy Head of School (Social Sciences) at the University of East London

*Mike Fuller MA(Cantab), MIS
Senior Lecturer in Econometrics & Social Statistics, Canterbury Business School, University of Kent

*Kim Garcia BEd(Hons), MA(Ed)
Independent Education Consultant

*Mike Howkins BTech, CMath, FIMA
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management Science and Statistics at De Montfort University

*Jane Phillips MSc
Principal Consultant with Psychology In Business Principal Consultant with Phillips Education Associates

*Anne Punter PhD
Partnership Tutor in the Education Department at the University of Hertfordshire

*Keith Sharp BA, MEd
Head of St.John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled School in Essex

*Gillian Stunnell MusB, GRSM, MA(Ed)
MPhil/PhD research student, London University Institute of Education

*Currently governors

CURRENT RESEARCH

NEW RESEARCH REPORT - NAGM Research Report No.18
Governing not Managing:
Governing Body Annual Responsibility Survey

There are three appendices associated with the above research document.
To download them, click on the link below:

Appendix 1: Governing Body Responsibilities Survey - Individual Members form
Appendix 2: Governing Body Responsibilities Survey - Group Members form
Appendix 3: Individual Analysis and Results Tables
Appendix 4: Groups Analysis and Results Tables

Governing body responsibilities -
Four years on - the load is still too great but some attitudes are changing!

There are three appendices associated with the above research document.
To download them in MS Word format, click on the link below:

Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP - WHAT WORKS?

GRAHAM TAYLOR, a NAGM member, obtained a Travelling Fellowship through the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust which enabled him to visit North America. He studied school leadership, particularly the role played by governing bodies.

To download this report in MS Word format, click here