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Professor Allan Walker awarded The Edwin M. Bridges Award

Allan Walker, Joseph Lau Chair Professor of International Educational Leadership, was awarded The Edwin M. Bridges Award at the 2015 annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) in recognition of his significant contributions to the preparation and development of school leaders.  The award was presented in November 2015.

The UCEA is a national consortium of major universities in the US and Canada that offer doctoral training in the field of educational administration. The Edwin. M. Bridges Award is the most prestigious award in the field. It is presented annually for original and outstanding work in the area educational leadership. Key criteria include the design and implementation of innovative school leadership development programmes, high quality conceptual and empirical research that illuminates important issues, research-based tools which enhancing leadership education, and long term, high impact contributions to leader development.

Professor Allan Walker is Dean of the Faculty of Education and Human Development and Director of the Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.  His research focuses on expanding knowledge of school leadership in Chinese and other Asian societies and disseminating this internationally. He has acted as a consultant and advisor on large-scale research, numerous academic projects, and development activities in more than 20 countries in the Americas, Europe, Australia, the Middle East and across the Asia Pacific.  Professor Walker serves on the editorial boards of the top ranked journals in his field and has published over 300 books and articles with international publishers and in the world’s most prestigious academic journals.  He is also co-editor of the Journal of Educational Administration. He contributes regularly as a keynote speaker at major conferences around the world is known internationally for his passion for school leadership in the Asia Pacific Region, innovative approaches to leader development and leadership in international, intercultural schools. Professor Allan Walker is the first non-American scholar to win this Award.