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Sharon Vince

Lecturer in Education and Early Years
School of Human and Social Sciences
sharon.vince@uwl.ac.uk

Sharon worked as a teacher throughout the early years and key stage one for 15 years and completed a Masters degree in Early Years Education at the Institute of Education, UCL, before beginning her PhD research there. Her thesis examines power in early years education funding policies in England, whilst her broader research interests are in education policy and its enactment, the reproduction of educational inequalities, and the interactions between education and wider social policies.

  • Qualifications

    • BA (Hons) English and Psychology (Wolverhampton University)
    • PGCE Primary (Roehampton University)
    • MA Early Years Education (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society)

  • Memberships

    Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Teaching

Sharon has led modules at UWL for two years, having previously taught as a postgraduate teaching assistant at UCL for four years.

Research

  • Research and publications

    Bradbury, A. and Vince, S. (2023). Food banks in schools: educational responses to the cost-of-living crisis, UCL Institute of Education.

    Bradbury, A., & Vince, S. (2023). Food banks in schools: Exploring the impact on children’s learning. British Educational Research Association. https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/food-banks-in-schools

    Magne, V., Mace, R., & Vince, S. (2023). Using reflection to increase student engagement with feedback. New Vistas, 9(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.36828/newvistas.215

  • Conferences

    September 2023: Reconceptualising Early Childhood Education conference. ‘Datafication: Where have we been, where we are, where would we like to go?’. Manchester University, UK.

    November 2022: BIEA NHKeeP Early Years Education Conference 2022. ‘Early years funding policies in England: widening the attainment gap?’ Houses of Parliament, UK.

    May 2021: Childhood and Time, IX Conference on Childhood Studies. ‘Time in Early Childhood Education and Care Funding Policies in England: ‘It’s really unfair...our priorities are wrong somewhere’. Tampere University, Finland.

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