Dr Steven Courtney

Senior Lecturer in Management and Leadership

Affiliations:

Manchester Institute of Education, School of Environment, Education and Development

Email:

steve.courtney@manchester.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0) 161 275 3495

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ORCID: 0000-0003-2379-7035

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Biography

Dr Steve Courtney spent the first part of his professional career as a teacher of TESOL before moving into the secondary state sector as a French and Spanish teacher in inner-London comprehensives. Following almost a decade in leadership positions, first as Head of MFL and then Assistant Headteacher, he moved to Manchester to complete an MA in Educational Leadership and School Improvement. He won ESRC funding for his doctoral work on school leadership in neoliberal times before taking up a post as Lecturer in Management and Leadership. He is presently Programme Director for the MA Educational Leadership programme.

Education / academic qualifications

2017 - Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), The Higher Education Academy
2015 - Doctor of Philosophy, Investigating school leadership at a time of system diversity, competition and flux., School of Environment, Education and Development (2011 - 2015)