Keynote Presentations at International Conferences

• Bush, T. (2012), Leadership Development and Learner Outcomes: International Perspectives, NZEALS International Conference, Tauranga, New Zealand, April
• Bush, T. (2011), Globalisation and Leadership Development: Making a Difference, BELMAS International Conference, Cambridge, July.
• Bush, T. (2008), Leadership for Democratic Schools, Latvian Leadership Conference, Riga, December.
• Middlewood, D. (2008), Maintaining Teachers’ Career Motivation, English Teachers’ Union Conference, Crete, April.
• Middlewood, D. (2009), Managing Motivation for Educational Staff, Greek Principals’ Conference, Athens, January.
• Goodall, J. (2008) “Turnaround in the Public Sector: Health” Individual presentation, American Educational Research Association Conference, San Diego, Ca.

• Alexandrou. A., Macklin, J., Mercer, J. and Stevenson, H. (2012) “Teacher Unionism, Education Policy and the Neoliberal Restructuring of Schools” European Educational Research Association (EERA), Cadiz, Spain.
• Evans, L. and Mercer, M. (2012) “The Professoriate's Perspective on Academic Leadership in Turbulent Times: the Place of Britain's Chairs at Europe's Table” European Educational Research Association (EERA), Cadiz, Spain.
• Stevenson, H. and Mercer, J. (2012) “Industrial Relations in transition – an analysis of employer-union relations in the UK higher education sector”, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Vancouver, Canada.
• Mercer, J. (2011) “For a whole-school tea party, should we use the best china?” Invited plenary guest speaker at Observation and Feedback: the way forward, 19-20 May 2011, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• Mercer, J. and Blandford, S. (2011) “Comparing Teach First and Teach for America: how partnering with universities adds value in the fight against educational disadvantage”, Canadian Associaton for the Study of Educational Administration Conference, 28 May-1 June 2011, Frederiction, New Brunswick
• Mercer, J. and Pogosian, V. (2010) “Higher education leadership in Russia: a case study of mid-level academic management at an elite state university”, European Conference on Educational Research – Education and Cultural Change, August 2010, Helsinki, Finland.
• Mercer, J. and Zhegin, A. (2009) “Developing a Post-graduate Dual-award in Educational Leadership: An English Rose meets a Russian Pelican”, Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA), 23-25 February 2009, Atlanta, USA.
• Shah, S., Mercer, J., Piskunova, E. and Taysum, A. (2008) “Methodological Challenges in International Collaborative Research”, European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), 10-12 September 2008, Gutenberg, Sweden.