Academic staff governors’ power and professional status in the governance of further education colleges in England

Abstract

Abdulla joined Birmingham City University in January 2019 after 20 years of teaching in the British Further Education sector and in the Maldives. He completed his Doctor of Education in 2017 at University of Warwick's Centre for Education Studies. His current research focuses on educational governance; and teachers' and academics' roles in educational governance both in the UK and internationally. Abdulla is also a co-founder of Maldives Research, a think tank researching public policy in the Maldives.