Our centre
The UCL Centre for Educational Leadership was formerly known as the London Centre for Leadership in Learning (LCLL).
Director: Professor Qing Gu
Research
Our research informs our teaching and consultancy with schools and other educational settings in London, the UK and beyond.
Consultancy, knowledge exchange and global reach
Consultancy, knowledge exchange and global reach activities in the Centre for Educational Leadership.
Located in IOE, we are a world-leading centre for knowledge creation, exchange and application to promote high quality leadership, management and learning in education in London, the UK, and internationally.
We provide research-informed advice and guidance for educational leaders, managers and policy makers, focused on the impact of their strategies and actions.
Aims
- Develop criticality: build evidence-based, theory-informed and innovative approaches to policy and practice
- Deepen learning: broaden perspectives and forge connections between theory, policy and practice
- Nurture collaboration: encourage shared thinking within and between communities of learners
- Activate knowledge: develop and mobilise knowledge and understanding within organisations and systems
- Enhance equity: promote understanding about, and action around, equity and social justice.
Values
- Collegiality and trust
- Openness and optimism
- Respect and kindness
- Excellence and integrity.
Resources
Thinkpieces
Research-informed thinkpieces focusing on the pressing global challenges facing educational leadership in a changing world.
Catalyst
Are you looking for evidence-informed resources to support and promote collaborative professional learning and development of teacher leaders in and across schools? Catalyst is designed to help you.
Free online learning resources
We have compiled a list of free resources that may be helpful for teachers, school leaders, parents/carers and young people.
CEL facilitator recruitment
Thinking about becoming a facilitator with the UCL Centre for Educational Leadership and your local delivery partner?
Find out moreResearch networks
International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP)
The Largest and Most Sustained Research Network on Successful School Principalship.
News
Learning teaching: Why mindset matters and what this means for mentors
Tessa Blair tells us how mentors can support the development of positive orientations to learning.
21 Nov 2025
Bringing balance to the 'reading wars' debate
A holistic view of how phonics, writing, reading and language come together to make a child truly literate.
07 Nov 2025
UCL’s “exceptional” early career teacher programme primes new teachers for long, successful careers
The Early Career Framework (ECF) programme has been rated Outstanding by Ofsted for the second time, setting up new teachers for long-term success in the teaching profession.
04 Aug 2025
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Department of Learning and Leadership
UCL Institute of Education
University College London
20 Bedford Way
London WC1H 0AL
Image at the top: Koto Amatsukami via Adobe Stock.