International Centre for the Study of the Mixed Economy of Childcare

ICMEC's Co-Directors

Prof. Helen Penn

Helen Penn is Professor of Early Childhood in the School of Education, University of East London. She is an expert on early education and childcare policies. She works in many countries for international bodies such as the EU and the OECD and has a particular interest in developing countries. She has published many academic books and articles, and is also a columnist for the practitioner magazine Nursery World.

With her colleague Eva Lloyd, she co-directs the International Centre for the Study of the Mixed Economy of Childcare. This is a multi-disciplinary centre, involving economics, business studies, and the private sector, as well as early childhood specialists. We run regular seminars on topical issues concerning childcare markets, as well as generating a small research programme.

Helen Penn - Professor of Early Childhood

Dr. Eva Loyd

Eva Lloyd is Reader in Early Childhood in the Cass School of Education and Communities at the University of East London and with Professor Helen Penn Co-Director of UEL’s International Centre for the Study of the Mixed Economy of Childcare. Previously a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies at the University of Bristol, she has also held senior policy, planning and research roles with Save the Children and Barnardo’s, and was Chief Executive of the National Early Years Network. Her interests include the marketisation of childcare and child poverty strategies.

Eva LLoyd presentation ICMEC conference 10 September 2007

 

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