As part of their ongoing research into women’s wardrobes and leadership identities, Dr Amanda Heffernan from Manchester Institute of Education and Professor ...
Women school leaders call out ‘aesthetic labour’ required of them: research
Narrow ideas about what ‘professionalism’ looks like for women in school leadership roles compels many to neutralise their personality and adhere to strict dress codes in ways that stifle their ambition and love for the job, researchers have warned.
Some women felt they could not apply for school leadership positions because they feared they would never be able to fit into the expected mould, the researchers found.
Some women felt they could not apply for school leadership positions because they feared they would never be able to fit into the expected mould, the researchers found.
