I am Professor of Public Policy and Management in the Department of Public Leadership and Social Enterprise and Director for the Centre of Innovation in Online Business and Legal Education (SCILAB). I am also Chair on the MBA programme.
I began my career working in The City of London for a commodity trading information firm based on Fleet Street London and moved into HE in 2003.
I am Principle Fellow of The Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
I was Editor in Chief of the Sage Journal Management in Education (MiE) from 2016- 2021, and founder editor of The Belmas Blog. For 4 years (2016 -19) I was non executive Director, Chair of Governance, and Deputy Chair of The Fawcett Society , London. I served for 25 years as school governor at primary, middle and secondary schools in Bedfordshire. During this time i also served as Elected Member of the Select Committee for Lifelong Learning, Bedfordshire.
You can find my column on The Conversation at :Public Spectre : Power and Politics in the Public Sector
My Twitter tag is : @drjacquebaxter
To find me on Linkedin please go to :
Public Profile
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/dr-jacquelineaundrée-baxter-53206a1
My research interests lie in the area of public service leadership, governance, management and accountablity, and i have a particular focus on the strategic leadership of education. My approach to strategic leadership is in relation to strategy as practice /strategy is learning. I am interested in supervising phd studies that focus on any aspect of strategic leadership in the public services.
My current funded work includes:
My current publications are located in the research publications section of this site.
I am interested in supervising post grad studies in the areas of:public service policy,democratic citizenship in public service governance and trust in accountablity and governance.
As Director of the Centre for Innovation in Online Business and Legal Education (SCiLAB) i have a great interest in effective online teaching and learning design. I also have a personal interest in online teaching identity and have published in this area , some of my teaching focused publications are listed below.
g at: http://jacquelinebaxter.net/
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I am a strong believer in bringing research to a practitioner audience and received my professorship on the Knowledge Exchange pathway.
I work with organisations, government departments and charities to carry out research and advise on learning , online learning, governance, leadership and accountabiliy in educaiton and the public services.
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Journalism
Shortlisted for CIPR Outstanding Educational Commentary Award 2014 : http://www.cipr.co.uk/sites/default/files/Shortlisted%20Entrants%20Education%20Journalism%20Awards%202014.pdf
Education Column: The Spectre: policy and politics in the public Sector.www.theconversation.com
Education Column: Ruling the School – Politics, policy and power in education: www.theconversation.com
https://www.open.ac.uk/projects/leading-online-learning/
The Scheme of delegation as a sensemaking framework in Multi Academy Trusts in England: Useful tool or constraint ? (2024-01)
Baxter, Jacqueline and Jewitt, Katharine
Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 52(1) (pp. 253-273)
Strategy as learning in a crisis situation in education: Is there evidence of identity as a core component of strategy as learning in schools? (2024)
Baxter, Jacqueline; Floyd, Alan and Morales, Andrés
School Leadership & Management ((In press))
Pandemic, a catalyst for change: Strategic planning for digital education in English secondary schools, before during and post Covid (2023-04)
Baxter, Jacqueline; Floyd, Alan and Jewitt, Katharine
British Educational Research Journal, 49(2) (pp. 329-351)
Factors contributing to and detracting from relational trust in leadership: The case of primary schools in South Africa (2023-03-23)
Baxter, Jacqueline and Ehren, Melanie
Frontiers in Education, 8, Article 1004575
Leading online learning during a pandemic and beyond: Challenges and opportunities for school leaders in England (2023)
Floyd, Alan; Baxter, Jacqueline; Morales, Andrés and Bari, Rehana
Educational Management Administration & Leadership ((Early Access))
High and low performing schools in South Africa: Metaphors as a lens to understand teachers’ views of school organisation (2022)
Ehren, M.; Paterson, A.; Camphuijsen, M. and Baxter, J.
International Journal of Educational Research, 116, Article 102094
Dr Jacqueline Baxter, Editor in Chief, interviews Dr Tracey Burns of the OECD about the impact of COVID-19 on education across OECD countries (2021-01-01)
Baxter, Jacqueline
Management in Education, 35(1) (pp. 69-71)
An Editors’ Tale: Past, present and future of Management in Education (2021-01-01)
Baxter, Jacqueline
Management in Education, 35(1) (pp. 3-7)
Governing collaborations: how boards engage with their communities in multi-academy trusts in England (2021)
Baxter, Jacqueline Aundree and Cornforth, Chris
Public Management Review, 23(4) (pp. 567-589)
Strategy as learning in multi-academy trusts in England: strategic thinking in action (2021)
Baxter, Jacqueline and John, Anna
School Leadership & Management, 41(4-5) (pp. 290-310)
Leading learning during COVID-19 (2021)
Baxter, Jacqueline
Management in Education, 35(3) (pp. 156-159)
Strategic narrative in multi-academy trusts in England: Principal drivers for expansion (2019-10)
Baxter, Jacqueline and Floyd, Alan
British Educational Research Journal, 45(5) (pp. 1050-1071)
[Book review] The Open University: A History (2019-01-01)
Baxter, Jacqueline
Management in Education, 33(1) (pp. 46-47)
School governor regulation in England’s changing education landscape (2017-01-01)
Baxter, Jacqueline
Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 45(1) (pp. 20-39)
Making sense of school governing in England: Sources of information and challenges [Comment les school governors anglais donnent du sens à leur action : enjeux et sources d’information] (2015)
Baxter, Jacqueline
Recherche et formation, 78 (pp. 51-68)
Satisfactory Progress? Keywords in English School Inspection (2014-12-08)
Clarke, John and Baxter, Jacqueline
Education Inquiry, 5(4) (pp. 481-496)
Roles and student identities in online large course forums: implications for practice. (2014-02)
Baxter, Jacqueline and Haycock, Jo
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 15(1) (pp. 20-40)
An independent inspectorate? Addressing the paradoxes of educational inspection in 2013 (2014)
Baxter, Jacqueline
School Leadership & Management, 34(1) (pp. 21-38)
Knowledge, authority and judgement: the changing practices of school inspection in England (2014)
Baxter, Jacqueline and Clarke, John
Sisyphus Journal of Education, 2(1) (pp. 106-127)
Farewell to the tick box inspector? Ofsted and the changing regime of school inspection in England (2013-10)
Baxter, Jacqueline and Clarke, John
Oxford Review of Education, 39(5) (pp. 702-718)
School federation governance: translation or transformation (2013-07)
Baxter, Jacqueline and Wise, Christine
Management in Education, 27(3) (pp. 106-111)
The politics of educational change: governance and school inspection in England and Scotland (2013-07)
Ozga, Jenny; Baxter, Jacqueline; Clarke, John; Grek, Sotiria and Lawn, Martin
Swiss Journal of Sociology, 39(2) (pp. 205-224)
Professional inspector or inspecting professional? Teachers as
inspectors in a new regulatory regime for education in England (2013)
Baxter, Jacqueline Aundrée
Cambridge Journal of Education, 43(4) (pp. 467-485)
Who am I and What Keeps Me Going? Profiling the Distance Learning Student in Higher Education (2012-10-31)
Baxter, Jacqueline
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 13(4) (pp. 107-129)
The impact of professional learning on the teaching identities of higher education lecturers (2012-10-15)
Baxter, Jacqueline-Aundree
EURODL (European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning), 2012(2)
Trust, accountability and capacity in education system reform: Global perspectives in comparative education (2020)
Ehren, Melanie and Baxter, Jacqueline
Ehren, Melanie and Baxter, Jacqueline eds.
ISBN : 9780429344855 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : London
School Governing: Policy, Politics and Practice (2016-03-29)
Baxter, Jacqueline
ISBN : 978-1447326021 | Publisher : Policy Press | Published : Bristol
Distrusting contexts and cultures and capacity for system-level improvement (2021)
Baxter, Jacqueline
In: Ehren, Melanie and Baxter, Jacqueline eds. Trust, Accountability and Capacity in Education System Reform. Global Perspectives in Comparative Education (pp. 78-101)
ISBN : 9780429344855 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : London
Governance of Education Systems: Trust, accountability and capacity in hierarchies, markets and networks (2021)
Ehren, Melanie and Baxter, Jacqueline
In: Ehren, Melanie and Baxter, Jacqueline eds. Trust, Accountability and Capacity in Education System Reform. Global Perspectives in Comparative Education (pp. 30-54)
ISBN : 9780429344855 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : London
Trust, capacity and accountability: A triptych for improving learning outcomes (2021)
Ehren, Melanie and Baxter, Jacqueline
In: Ehren, Melanie and Baxter, Jacqueline eds. Trust, Accountability and Capacity in Education System Reform. Global Perspectives in Comparative Education (pp. 288-304)
ISBN : 9780429344855 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : London
Trust, accountability and capacity: Three building blocks of education system reform (2021)
Ehren, Melanie and Baxter, Jacqueline
In: Ehren, Melanie and Baxter, Jacqueline eds. Trust, Accountability and Capacity in Education System Reform. Global Perspectives in Comparative Education (pp. 1-29)
ISBN : 9780429344855 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : London
Introduction to Chapters: Creativity and Critique in Online Teaching and Learning: Innovations in Online Pedagogy (2018-06-28)
Baxter, Jacqueline; Callaghan, George and McAvoy, Jean
In: Baxter, Jacqueline; Callaghan, George and McAvoy, Jean eds. Creativity & Critique in Online Learning: Exploring and Examining Innovations in Online Pedagogy (pp. 1-12)
ISBN : 978-3-319-78297-3 | Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
The Future of Online Teaching and Learning and an Invitation to Debate (2018-06-26)
Callaghan, George; Baxter, Jacqueline and McAvoy, Jean
In: Baxter, Jacqueline; Callaghan, George and McAvoy, Jean eds. Creativity & Critique in Online Learning: Exploring and Examining Innovations in Online Pedagogy (pp. 261-278)
ISBN : 978-3-319-78297-3 | Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
School inspectors, policy implementers, policy shapers: influences and activities (2017-03)
Baxter, Jacqueline
In: Baxter, Jacqueline ed. School Inspectors: Policy Implementers, Policy Shapers in National Policy Contexts. Accountability and Educational Improvement (pp. 259-275)
ISBN : 978-3-319-52535-8 | Publisher : Springer | Published : London
Framing the debate: influencing public opinion of inspection, inspectors and academy policy: the role of the media (2017-03)
Baxter, Jacqueline
In: Baxter, Jacqueline ed. School Inspectors Policy Implementers, Policy Shapers in National Policy Contexts. Accountability and Educational Improvement (pp. 183-205)
ISBN : 978-3-319-52535-8 | Publisher : Springer | Published : Cham
School inspectors: shaping and evolving policy understandings (2017-03)
Baxter, Jacqueline
In: Baxter, Jacqueline ed. School Inspectors: Policy Implementers, Policy Shapers in National Policy Contexts. Accountability and Educational Improvement (pp. 259-275)
ISBN : 978-3-319-52535-8 | Publisher : Springer | Published : London
Different systems, different identities: the work of inspectors in Sweden and England (2017-03)
Baxter, Jacqueline
In: Baxter, Jacqueline ed. School Inspectors: Policy Implementers, Policy Shapers in National Policy Contexts. Accountability and Educational Improvement (pp. 45-69)
ISBN : 978-3-319-52535-8 | Publisher : Springer | Published : London
The new local: system shifts and school inspection (2014-09-16)
Lawn, Martin; Baxter, Jacqueline; Grek, Sotiria and Segerholm, Christina
In: Grek, Sotiria and Lindgren, Joakim eds. Governing by Inspection. Studies in European Education (pp. 96-115)
ISBN : 978-1-138-79605-8 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon
Inspection and the media: the media and inspection (2014-09-16)
Baxter, Jacqueline and Rönnberg, Linda
In: Grek, Sotiria and Lindgren, Joakim eds. Governing by Inspection. Studies in European Education (pp. 159-172)
ISBN : 978-1-138-79605-8 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon
Regulatory frameworks: shifting frameworks, shifting criteria (2014-09-06)
Baxter, Jacqueline; Grek, Sotiria and Segerholm, Christina
In: Grek, Sotiria and Lindgren, Joakim eds. Governing by Inspection (pp. 74-96)
ISBN : 978-1-138-79605-8 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : Abingdon
Creativity & Critique in Online Learning: Exploring and Examining Innovations in Online Pedagogy (2018-06-28)
Baxter, Jacqueline; Callaghan, George and McAvoy, Jean eds.
ISBN : 978-3-319-78297-3 | Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan, Cham | Published : UK
School inspectors: policy implementers, policy shapers in national policy contexts (2017-03)
Baxter, Jacqueline ed.
Accountability and educational improvement
ISBN : 978-3-319-52535-8 | Publisher : Springer | Published : London
Educational leadership for the future (2021-09-28)
Baxter, J A; Floyd, Alan and Jewitt, Katharine
In : Educational leadership for the future: World Education Leadership symposium 2021 (28-30 Sep 2021, Geneva)
Strategic management of online education in English secondary schools during Covid 19 and beyond (2021-07)
Jewitt, Katharine; Baxter, Jacqueline and Floyd, Alan
In : STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF ONLINE EDUCATION IN ENGLISH SECONDARY SCHOOLS DURING COVID 19 AND BEYOND (5-6 Jul 2021, EDULEARN21) (pp. 765-772)
Leading School Online Learning beyond Covid-19 (2021)
Jewitt, Katharine; Baxter, Jacqueline and Floyd, Alan
In : The Northern Celebration of Education: CelebrateEd 2021 (30 Jun 2021, Online)
Inequalities in secondary school online learning through Covid-19 (2021)
Jewitt, Katharine; Baxter, Jacqueline and Floyd, Alan
In : The Open University Covid-19 response research: social inequalities in a pandemic event (25 Jun 2021, [Online])
Leading and managing online learning in schools during Covid-19 and beyond (2021)
Jewitt, Katharine; Baxter, Jacqueline and Floyd, Alan
In : EDEN Annual Conference 2021 (21-24 Jun 2021, Online)
What are the “Covid Keepers” for September? (2021)
Jewitt, Katharine; Baxter, Jacqueline and Floyd, Alan
In : The Open University Children and Covid-19: A conversation event (3 Jun 2021, [Online])
Corruption and trust in South African Education: Perceptions of teachers and school boards (2019)
Baxter, Jacqueline and Ehren, Melanie
In : BSA Annual Conference 2019 - Challenging Social Hierarchies and Inequalities (24-26 Apr 2019, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK)
Learning strategy in Multi Academy Trusts: knowledge as narrative (2019)
Baxter, Jacqueline
In : ECER 2019: Education in an Era of Risk – the Role of Educational Research for the Future (6-10 Sep 2019, University of Hamburg)
Creating community in online teaching and learning: A case study of The Open University, UK (2019)
Baxter, Jacqueline
In : EDULEARN 11 TH International Conference on Education and new learning technologies (1-3 Jul 2019, Palacio de Congresos Palma De Mallorca) (pp. 331-337)
Accountability and trust: two sides of the same coin? (2019)
Ehren, Melanie; Paterson, Andrew and Baxter, Jacqueline
In : CIES : Comparative and International Education Society conference 2019 : Education for Sustainability San Francisco (14-18 Apr 2019, San Francisco)
Accountability and trust: two sides of the same coin? (2019)
Ehren, Melanie; Paterson, Andrew and Baxter, Jacqueline
In : RISE Annual Conference 2019 (19-20 Jun 2019, Center for Global Development, Washington, D.C)
A narrative approach to knowledge and communication in multi-level governance structures in the public services: the case of education (2017)
Baxter, Jacqueline
In : British Academy of Management Conference, 2017, Reconnecting management research with the disciplines: Shaping the Research Agenda for the social sciences (5-9 Sep 2017, University of Warwick)
Using Giddens structuration framework to investigate board level strategy making in English Multi Academy trust schools (2017)
Baxter, Jacqueline
In : ECER 2017, Reforming Education and the Imperative of Constant Change: Ambivalent roles of policy and educational research (21-25 Aug 2017, Copenhagen)
School Boards and Their Role in Creating Public Value (2017)
Baxter, Jacqueline
In : BELMAS Conference 2017, Educational leadership for a global society: challenges, dilemmas and ways forward (7-9 Jul 2017, Stratford on Avon)
Structures, strategy and stakeholder communication: three key challenges for the public leadership and governance of education in England. (2017)
Baxter, Jacqueline; Cornforth, Chris and Stansfield, Annette
In : 2nd Public and Political Leadership conference (6-7 Apr 2017, The Open University Milton Keynes)
Strategic leadership: board members in areas of high deprivation 'deliverololgy or systems approach?' (2016)
Baxter, Jacqueline
In : The American Educational Research Association Conference 2016,’Public Scholarship to Educate Diverse Democracies' (8-13 Apr 2016, Washington D.C.)
Leadership and Comparative Models of Governance in Public Services in England and Wales (2015)
Baxter, Jacqueline and Farrell, Catherine
In : Policy and Politics Conference 2015: Democracy, Inequality and Power: Redefining Classic Concepts for the 21st Century (15 Sep 2015, University of Bristol)
Working Knowledge: governing by inspection in England and Scotland (2013)
Baxter, Jacqueline and Ozga, Jenny
In : BERA Conference 2013 Creativity and Innovation in Educational Research (3-6 Sep 2013, Istanbul)
Roles and student identities in online large course forums: implications for practice (2013)
Baxter, Jacqueline and Haycock, Jo
In : BERA Conference 2013 (3-5 Sep 2013, Brighton, University of Sussex)
Bien dans sa peau? An investigation into the role of professional learning in the formation of online teaching identities of part time academics (2010-06)
Baxter, Jacqueline-Aundree
In : Academic Identities for the 21st Century (16-18 Jun 2010, University of Strathclyde)
An investigation into the role of professional learning on the online teaching identities of higher education lecturers (2011)
Baxter, Jacqueline- Aundrée
edd thesis The Open University
Integrating online learning provision: What will schools take forward post-pandemic? (2021-06-11)
Jewitt, Katharine and Baxter, Jacqueline
SecEd The voice for secondary education
Public sector professional identities: a review of the literature (2011-10-13)
Baxter, Jacqueline
The Open University, UK, The Open University, UK.