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Dr

Steve Lambert

Associate Professor

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Orcid identifier0000-0003-4642-4717
  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

BIOGRAPHY

Steve Lambert is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Chester, UK. His work involves the academic leadership of programmes related to educational leadership within the School of Education. He supervises masters and doctoral students and undertakes research in the areas of educational policy discourse, the development of sustainable leadership as a leadership concept that secures the future of educational leadership, the mapping of leadership traits and the role of emotions in leadership.

He was the recipient of the 2016 FETL national research fellowship.

Before working in higher education, he held a number of senior leadership roles in education, including local and national government.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Visiting Professor
    Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaSep 2021

DEGREES

  • BA, Secondary Design and Technology
    Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United KingdomJul 1996
  • MA, Educational Leadership
    Kingston University, London, United KingdomJul 2004
  • PGCE, Post-compulsory Education and Training
    University of Greenwich, London, United KingdomJul 2007
  • EdD, Education
    University of Hull, Hull, United KingdomJan 2014
  • MSc, Psychology
    University of Chester, Chester, United KingdomDec 2022

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Fellow Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
    Advance HE, York, United KingdomJun 2015
  • Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
    Advance HE, York, United Kingdom20 Jun 2025
  • Chartered Manager (C.Mgr)
    Chartered Management Institute, London, United Kingdom

RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE INSTITUTE

  • Culture and Society Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute
  • Health and Wellbeing Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute

SCHOOL

  • Chester School of Education