Dr Tim Saunders

Profile

Biography

I am the MA Pathway Lead for Educational Leadership drawing on 16 years experience as a Headteacher with a Masters in educational management, PhD in school leadership and am a member of The British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS).

My first monograph will be published by Palgrave in 2026 entitled Educational Leadership and Integrative Worldview: Leader Development When Education is the Metacrisis. I am currently writing my next book on professional supervision for school leaders claiming that teaching is the lost helping profession and seeking to enhance our wellbeing through restorative and regenerative support based on transpersonal/humanistic psychology.

My research and knowledge exchange integrate the following niche Faculty specialisms: Developing educational leaders (Teacher Education & Professional Learning), Mental health and wellbeing (Inequalities, Health and Wellbeing), Education for sustainability (Transformative Education), The relationship between worldviews and education (Values, Ethics and Culture).

Research Interests

• Integrative Educational Leadership
• Professional Supervision in Education
• School Leader Support and Mental Health
• Contemplative Practices in Educational Leadership
• Religion and Worldviews Education
• Education for Sustainable Development 

Teaching

• MA (Education) Educative Leadership and Creative Organisational Design
• MA (Education) Strategic Leadership and Positive Educational Change
• MA (Education) Contemporary Debates in Education
• MA (Education) Preparing for Research in Education and Communities
• MA (Education) Extended Major Project -Supervision