In January 2007 I joined the Cass School of Education as Reader in Early Childhood, after spending the previous four years as Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies at the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol, where I was director of the BSc in Early Childhood Studies. My interest in early childhood policy and practice goes back to 1985 when I joined the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the University of London's Institute of Education, after graduating in Psychology at UEL (then NELP). Next came fifteen years with children's NGOs; working in policy and research for Save the Children and Barnardo's and as CEO of the National Early Years Network.

Early childhood policy related research.

Co-director with Professor Helen Penn of the - new - International Centre for the Study of the Mixed Economy of Childcare, ICMEC, based in UEL's Cass School of Education.

Teaching and supervision of postgraduate students.

While my work focuses primarily on UK early years policies and their interface with child poverty strategies, I also have a strong interest in comparative policy research. I have experience of research relating to parent education programmes and evidence-basec policy and practice. I was a member of the EPPI-Centre's Early Years Review Group led by Professor Helen Penn.

• Professional Doctorate in Education programme
• Generic MA programme and MA in Early Childhood Studies
• BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies

• ETM600 Research Planning and Design
• ETM601 Methods and Analysis in Educational Research
• ETM723 Research Methodologies in Education and Professional Practice
• EDM503
• ED3000

My present research activities focus on the marketisation and privatisation of childcare and its relation to child poverty and social exclusion, and fit within the remit of the Cass research centre, ICMEC. With support from the UEL Royal Docks Business School I recently completed a comparative study of the Dutch and English childcare markets. Together with RDBS colleagues am currently developing a research project on female childcare entrepreneurs.

Recent Publications:

Lloyd, E. and Penn. H. (Eds.) (2012) Childcare markets - Can they deliver an equitable service? Bristol: The Policy Press in association with University of Chicago Press

Lloyd, E. (2012) Childcare markets: an introduction, in E. Lloyd and H. Penn (Eds.) Childcare markets -  Can they deliver an equitable service? Bristol: The Policy Press in association with University of Chicago Press

Eva Lloyd (2012) 'Poor children's future access to early years provision,' in: L. Judge (Ed.) Ending child poverty by 2020: progress made and lessons learned. London: Child Poverty Action Group

Lloyd, E. (2012) The marketisation of early years education and care in England, in L. Miller and D. Hevey (Eds.) Policy Issues in the Early Years, London: SAGE.

Lloyd, E. (2012) Centre-based services in the early years, in M. Hill, G. Head, A. Lockyer, B. Reid & R. Taylor (Eds.) Professionals, Children and the Community: Working Together, London: Longman Pearson.

Clarke, A., Lawrence, D., Lloyd, E., Penn, H. & Blackburn, P. (2011) The London Childcare Market. LDA Labour Market Research Series Number 5. London: London Development Agency.

Lloyd, E. and Penn, H. (2010) 'Why do childcare markets fail? Comparing England and the Netherlands.' Public Policy Research, Vol 17(1), 42-48.

Lloyd, E. and Penn, H. (2010) 'Working with children who are victims of armed conflict.' Contemporary Issues in the Early Years, Vol 11(3), 278-287.

Speight, S., Smith, R. with Coshall, C. and Lloyd, E. (2010) Towards Universal Early Years Provision: Analysis of Take-up by Disadvantaged Families from Recent Annual Childcare Surveys. Research Report DFE-RR066. London: DFE.

Lloyd, E. and Hallet, E. (2010) 'Professionalising the early childhood workforce in England: work in progress or missed opportunity?' Contemporary Issues in the Early Years, Vol 11(1), 75-88.

Speight, S., Smith, R. and Lloyd, E. with Coshall, C. (2010) Families Experiencing Multiple Deprivation: their Use of and Views on Childcare Provision. Research Report DCSF-RR191. London: DCSF

Smith, R., Schneider, V., Purdon, S., La Valle, I., Wollny, Y., Owen, R., Bryson, C. , Mathers, S., Sylva, K. and Lloyd, E. (2009) Early Education Pilot for Two Year Old Children - Evaluation. Research report DCSF-RR134. London: DCSF.

Lloyd, E. (2008) 'The interface between childcare, family suport and child poverty strategies under New Labour: tensions and contradictions.' Social Policy & Society , Vol 7(4), 479-494

Kazimirski, A., Smith, R. Butt, S., Ireland, E. and Lloyd, E. (2008) Childcare and Early Years Survey 2007: Parents' Use, Views and Experiences. Research Report DCSF-RR025. London: DCSF.

Penn, H. and Lloyd,E.. (2007) 'Richness or rigour? A discussion of systematic reviews and evidence-based policy in early childhood', Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, Vol 5(1), 3-18.

Levitas, R. Pantazis, C. Fahmy, E., Gordon, D., Lloyd, E.and Patsios, D. (2007) The Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Social Exclusion, London: The Social Exclusion Task Force (http://www.swyddfa-cabinet.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/documents/research/multidimensional.pdf)

Lloyd, E. (2006) Children, poverty and social exclusion, in: C. Pantazis, D. Gordon and R. Levitas (Eds.), Poverty and Social Exclusion in Britain: The Millennium Survey, Bristol: The Policy Press.

Penn, H. and Lloyd, E. (2006) ‘Using systematic reviews to investigate research in early childhood.’ Journal of Early Childhood Research, Vol 4( 3), 311-330.

Penn, H., Burton, V., Lloyd, E., Mugford, M., Potter, S. and Sayeed, Z. (2006) What is known about the long-term economic impact of centre-based early childhood interventions? In:  Research Evidence in Education Library, London: Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London.

Lloyd, E., Penn, H., Barreau, S., Burton, V., Davis, R., Potter, S. & Sayeed, Z. (2005) How effective are measures taken to mitigate the impact of direct experience of armed conflict on the psychosocial and cognitive development of children aged 0-8? In: Research Evidence in Education Library, London: Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London.

1. Visiting Research Fellow at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 2007 to 2012.
2. Visiting Fellow at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London 2007 - 2010.
3. Only academic member of 2011 - 2013 DfE Steering Group called by the Minister of State for Children and Families, Sarah Teather, to develop a collaborative approach between Government and the early years sector with respect to articulating an early years policy statement and to addressing major policy issues.
4. Member Advisory Board of the Graduate Leader Fund Evaluation undertaken by University of Oxford and National Centre for Social Research teams on behalf of the Children's Workforce Development Council.
5. Member of Expert Panel advising the Public Health Advisory Committee of NICE, the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence on the development of 2012 Guidance on promoting the social and emotional wellbeing of vulnerable young children in early years. 
6. Member Advisory Board to the Implementation Study of early education and childcare for 2 year olds which DCSF has commissioned from a team at the National Centre for Social Research and the National Children's Bureau and was conducted in 2010.
7. Member of Women's Budget Group.
8. Member Editorial Boards: International Journal of Policy & Politics, International Journal of School Exclusion and practitioner journal Nursery World.
9. Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society and BPS media spokesperson.
10. Peer Reviewer for several international journals, including Journal of Social Policy and Journal of Children's Services, Journal of Education Policy, Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood and for a variety of research grantmaking bodies.
11. 2007/8 to 2011/12 External Examiner at Canterbury Christ Church University for the MA in Early Childhood Studies and the New Leaders in Early Childhood Programme which started in 2010.