Nicola Sum is a lecturer within the Faculty of Education at Monash University. Her work in the faculty draws on over twenty years of school experience, having worked in the Victorian, UK and International school systems. Nicola is a school principal, who returned to Melbourne to undertake further study. She completed her doctoral studies on the inter-connected nature of glocalisation and educational leadership practice. She is passionate about the voice of educational leaders in the field.

• Leadership
• Education systems
• Global and local contexts for leadership practice
• International Education frameworks and implementation
• Teaching and learning 

• Educational leadership
• Principal preparation
• Teaching Partnerships- Working with families & communities
• Expertise in Teaching
• Learning & Educational Inquiry