LEADING LIGHTS Author
Ann Briggs
ANN BRIGGS is Emeritus Professor of Educational Leadership at Newcastle University, UK. After 35 years of working in schools, colleges and universities, mainly in the UK, she is now resident in New Zealand. She has been NZEALS National Secretary since 2010.
Leading Lights Articles by Ann Briggs
NZEALS CONFERENCE 2022: Four years’ planning, three days’ experience, worth every minute
Featured in Issue 2 | 2022
The special part of NZEALS 2022 for me was bringing people together. From the start of building the (Covid-cancelled) 2020 programme, through to standing at the welcome desk in September 2022, I knew there were some amazing people out there.
Thank you!
Featured in Issue 2 | 2021
• Leading Lights newsletter • JELPP international leadership journal • Online leadership forums • Local leadership events • Planning for our 2022 conference
Thoughts for today
Featured in Issue 4 | 2020
In the face of crisis, no matter how apparently insurmountable, we must act.
Critical thinking vs fake news
Featured in Issue 1 | 2020
I was reading an article in the UK Guardian recently, which addresses an urgent need in today’s society: teaching children how to think critically and to distinguish information from misinformation, lies and gossip.
NZEALS 2020 pick-and-mix
Featured in Issue 1 | 2020
With thirty-three leadership korero sessions in addition to the four keynote presentations, there is a great choice of brain-food over the three days of the conference. Taking a random dip into each day’s programme, here are just a few of the topics on our ‘menu’.
A special day for early childhood leaders
Featured in Issue 2 | 2019
16th April 2020 at the NZEALS biennial conference has a specialist strand for ECE