Dr Raphael Wilkins

  • Qualifications and position:
    • BSc, MA, MSc, MBA, EdD, FCoT, PGCE, DipEd, ACP, FCIS
    • Assistant Director (International Consultancy and Knowledge Transfer) and Director of International Affairs in the London Centre for Leadership in Learning
    • President of the College of Teachers
  • Faculty:
    • Policy and Society
    • Corporate Services
  • Department:
    • London Centre for Leadership in Learning
  • Summary:
    • Before joining LCLL in 2006 my career included teaching; education officer roles in four local authorities including over 12 years in Chief Officer level posts; national roles with Parliament and the local authority associations; six years of senior level consultancy, research and writing; and attachments to a number of universities. My work in local government included establishing a new local education authority, and also designing a learning campus cited as 'Britain's most innovative school'. I am responsible for the development and management of international consultancy and related third-stream activity. My main specialism is education leadership and change and my international consultancies include projects in China, India, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Yemen, South Sudan and Mexico.
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • I supervise postgraduate research students in the fields of practitioner research/school research engagement; and leadership/management topics in a number of countries.
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • 'School leadership in a globalised world', keynote, 5th International Education Leadership Roundtable, Lucknow, India, 14-17 October 2011

      'School research engagement: whose agenda? Mapping the landscape for school leaders', individual paper, International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Limassol, Cyprus, 4-7 January 2011

      'Learning spaces in the city: a geographical analysis of education policy in challenging urban areas', individual paper, Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers Annual International Conference, London, 1-3 September 2010
 

Contact details

Contact details

  • Email:

  • Address:
  • London Centre for Leadership in Learning
    Institute of Education University of London
    20 Bedford Way
    London
    WC1H 0AL

  • Office Location:
  • Room 651
    20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL

Publications

  • Wilkins, R. (2011) Research engagement for school development, London: IOE Press..
  • 'Wilkins, R. (2010) 'The global context of local school leadership' in Coates, M. (Ed) Shaping a new educational landscape, London: Continuum.'
  • 'Wilkins, R. (2009) 'Moving forward - developing school-based practitioner research', Professional Development Today, Issue 12.2, Autumn 2009, 6-12.',
  • 'Wilkins, R. (2003) "Learning Centred Leadership as a Function of Educational Empowerment", Education Today, Vol 53, No 2, 27-35.',
  • 'Wilkins, R. (2002) "Transatlantic Perceptions of Secondary Education", International Studies in Educational Administration, Vol 30, No 1, 13-26.',
  • 'Wilkins, R. (2002) "Practitioner Research and Perceptions of School Leadership", Education Today, Vol 52, No 4, 29-36. ',
  • 'Wilkins, R. (2002) "Schools as Organisations: Some Contemporary Issues", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol 16, No 3, 120-125.',
  • 'Wilkins, R. (2002) "Linking Resources to Learning: Conceptual and Practical Problems", Educational Management and Administration, Vol 30, No 3, 313-326. ',
  • 'Wilkins, R. (2001) "Linking Leadership to Learning Through School Based Research", Professional Development Today, Vol 4, Issue 2, 35-42.',
  • 'Wilkins, R. (2000) "School, Family and Community Partnerships: applying a US model to the UK", Journal of Education Through Partnership, Vol 4 No 2, 2000, 60-74.',