International Centre for the Study of the Mixed Economy of Childcare

Programme

University Theatre, UEL Business School

9.45 - Coffee and registration

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10.15 - Welcome and Introduction

• Professor Jim Barry, UEL Business School

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10.20 - ICMEC

• Professor Helen Penn and Eva Lloyd, ICMEC Co-Directors, UEL School of Education

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10.30 - Professor Martin Everett

• UEL Vice Chancellor, introduces Stephen Timms MP, Minister of State for Competitiveness at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

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10.35 - Ministerial address followed by questions

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11.00 - Mothers’ labour market participation and use of childcare in the UK: setting the scene.

• Mike Brewer,   Institute for Fiscal Studies

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11.30 - Corporate childcare in Australia: is it in the public interest?

• Professor Jennifer Sumsion, Charles Sturt University, NSW, Australia

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12.00 - Plenary Discussion

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12.30 - 13.30 - LUNCH

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1.30 - 13.35 - Welcome

Professor Helen Penn. School of Education, University of East London

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1.35 - Public policy, private delivery: the puzzle of public-private partnerships in childcare

Professor Susan Prentice, University of Manitoba, Canada

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2.00 - Challenges facing the mixed economy in delivering quality and sufficiency

Purnima Tanuku, Chief Executive, National Day Nurseries Association

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2.30 - The mixed economy of childcare:the Major Providers’ Group perspective

Carole Edmond, Managing Director Teddies Nurseries, BUPA.

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3.00 - Plenary Discussion

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3.30 - 4.00 - Tea and networking

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