We are recruiting!!
ActEarly Research Consortium London Programme Manager

The ActEarly Consortium London Manager will work closely with the London Director of the ActEarly consortium (Professor Trevor Sheldon) and co-applicants and researchers in QMUL and partner universities in London (UCL, LSHTM and LSE), Tower Hamlets Local Authority and relevant local organisations to coordinate and support the implementation of the ActEarly research programme in London.

Closing date: 07-Apr-2021
To find out more, please click here

VIRTUAL EVENT: Transforming Early Childhood Education in England: Towards a Democratic Education

This event will explore the new book ‘Transforming Early Childhood in England: Towards a Democratic Education’. Join us to hear more about the book, discuss the issues it raises and feel inspired by practical examples.

This event is free, to book please click here.

Transforming Early Childhood in England – UCL Press

Early childhood education and care has been a political priority in England since 1997, when government finally turned its attention to this long-neglected area. Public funding has increased, policy initiatives have proliferated and at each general election political parties aim to outbid each other in their offer to families. Transforming Early Childhood in England: Towards a Democratic Education argues that, despite this attention, the system of early childhood services remains flawed and dysfunctional.

To order a copy of the book or to download your free copy, click here
A briefing for the book can be found here

This short documentary highlights the adverse impact of poor air quality on health.  The video was recorded in Bradford and  captures the views of children, parents, researchers, school staff and clinicians in an engaging and informative way about the invisible issue of air pollution.

Please click here to see the full video

On 20 March 2020, UK schools closed their gates to all but the children of essential workers and those deemed most vulnerable. As of 15 May, this remained the case; should the progress of the pandemic permit, some more children might be allowed to return at the start of June.

Please click here to read the report published by The Institute for Fiscal Studies

Read our Wellcome Open Research paper – ‘COVID-19 in-patient hospital mortality by ethnicity’ here

Children of the Pandemic: Let’s make this generation the healthiest that has ever lived

Prof Kate Pickett has published in the OECD Forum on coronavirus, inequalities in child wellbeing and the work being undertaken in Bradford. Read it here:

https://www.oecd-forum.org/users/333176-kate-pickett/posts/66721-children-of-the-pandemic-let-s-make-this-generation-the-healthiest-that-has-ever-lived

CECAN policy and practice series resources link:

https://www.cecan.ac.uk/resources

We now have a new Wellcome Open Research ActEarly Gateway which provides a personalised portal to collate and showcase ActEarly Research. To view please click here