Lecturer in Education

MA (Warwick), PhD (Manchester)

Tel: 0116 229 7506
Email: wz24@le.ac.uk     
   

Wei started her academic career as a lecturer in English language at HoHai University in China between 2000 and 2003. Following this, she studied at the University of Warwick where she was awarded the MA in Educational Management and then went on to study her PhD at the University of Manchester.

Wei joined the University in 2008 from Liverpool John Moores University where she worked as a research associate within the Faculty of Education, Community and Leisure. Wei now lectures on our MSc Educational Leadership programme and is a board member of Education 3-13, International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education.
 
Wei offers her particular support the University’s significant number of international postgraduate students. Having completed her MA and PhD as an international student, she appreciates the difficulties of conceiving academic practice as a non-native speaker of English. Wei is therefore, determined to address international students’ learning needs to ensure diversity and differentiation in teaching and concomitantly, help them establish successful learning journeys at the University of Leicester.

Research

• Research Interests
• Publications

Teaching                                                

Wei teaches the following modules for the programmes listed below:

 MA in International Education  (Full-time, campus-based)

• ED7110 Contemporary Issues in International Education

 MSc in Educational Leadership

Wei is the Programme Leader for this course.

• ED Educational Leadership, Strategic Management and Educational Policy
• ED Leadership Functions and Practices

Wei also supervises doctoral students within her research interest areas.

Selected Recent Publications

Zhang, W. and Brundrett, M. (2011) ‘Developing primary leadership in England: beyond the positivist perspective’. Education 3-13, 39 (1): 5-20.

Zhang, W. and Brundrett, M. (2010) ' School Leaders’ Perspectives on Leadership Learning: the Case for Informal and Experiential Learning '. Management in Education. 24(4): 154-158.