Professor Mike Bottery

PhD (Hull), MEd (Hull), BA (Hons) (Oxford), PGCE

Deputy Dean, Research; Professor of Educational Policy and Values

Academic Profile: Mike gained his first degree at University College, Oxford, and gained his MEd and PhD at the University of Hull. He spent the early part of his educational career teaching in Primary Schools in England and Australia, before move to a lecturing position at the University of Hull.

Teaching. Whilst Mike teaches at all levels in the Faculty, his main focus is upon teaching and running the Policy and Values Stream of the EdD, as well as extensive lead supervision of  students at both masters and doctoral levels from most parts of the globe. He has lectured in Gibraltar, the West Indies, Singapore, Ireland, South Africa, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Canada and the United States. 

External Responsibilities. He has been external examiner to doctoral candidates at the Universities of Oxford, Sheffield, Nottingham, Liverpool, Keele, Saskatchewan, and Perth. He has also been external examiner for the EdD programmes at the Universities of Sheffield Hallam and Manchester, and is currently performing the same role at the University of Birmingham.   He has been Visiting Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Noted Scholar at the University of British Columbia, and invited guest speaker at the University of Seattle Pacific. He has also been Visiting Scholar and Advisory Professor at the Institute of Education in Hong Kong. He was chair of the Standing Conference for research into Education, Leadership and Management, and is currently on the Council for the British Educational Leadership and Management Association.

Research. Mike has written and published extensively in international peer-refereed journals and written seven books with major publishing houses.  His interests include educational management, educational policy, and the leadership of an education for sustainable development.  He is particularly concerned with the values underpinning educational decisions.