Eva Lloyd OBE
@EvaLloyd50
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Emeritus Professor of Early Childhood, UEL. Visiting Professor UCL Social Research Institute. Research: marketised early childhood education and care systems.
London
Joined January 2012
The two-child cap will be removed from April! We have campaigned for years to end this unjust policy – through evidence, advocacy & collaboration. Half a million children will be immediately lifted from poverty as a result. Read our reaction: https://t.co/MoWYwCWmrY
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World leaders just made a landmark commitment to boost investment in early childhood education & childcare. A huge win for #ECD and the #ActForEarlyYears movement. South Africa’s G20 leadership put young children back at the centre of global priorities. #InvestInChildren
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Added my name to Richard Burgon MP's open letter to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor - calling on the Government to Tax Wealth at the Autumn Budget and to fund emergency Action on the cost of living crisis. You can add your name below. https://t.co/QaxAcN95YD
actionnetwork.org
I've added my name to Richard Burgon MP's open letter to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor - calling on the Government to Tax Wealth at the Autumn Budget and to fund emergency Action on the cost...
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We’re expecting the Child Poverty Strategy any day. We asked children what they’d like to say to the PM about their hopes and concerns. Maryam said: 'I think it’s important that all children in the UK have what they need to be happy and healthy.'
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Tomorrow from 10am, we'll hold the first session of our new inquiry into how the Government can improve the support given to children and families during the early years. We'll hear from @EduPolicyInst, @CoramFamChild, @EvaLloyd50 and @EducEndowFoundn.
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It is a real pleasure to have been invited to appear before @CommonsEd on Tuesday 11 November at 10 a.m. at the first oral evidence panel of its Inquiry Early Years - Improving support for children and parents. https://t.co/oxAYcAZYqM
committees.parliament.uk
The Education Committee’s ‘early years’ inquiry will examine a number of policy issues related to workforce sustainability in the sector, access and affordability of services for parents, and quality...
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📢 Africa’s #ECDCountdown2030 launched at #CPHIA2025! Leaders are turning data into action for every child. Explore the new Country Profiles https://t.co/1YjFberZEu
#NurturingCare #DataDriven #ECD2030
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These are key factors implicated in child poverty and the UK is no exception
50 years in 50 facts 🏚️ Between 2010 and 2024, housing prices and costs across Europe increased sharply. 📈 House prices rose by 57.9%, rental rates by 27.3%, and utility costs by 90.1%, highlighting growing pressure on households across the EU. #Eurofound50
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📅 Today is International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a critical moment to confront inequality across Europe. 🎙️ In a new episode of #EurofoundTalks, we discuss why the wealth divide in Europe is so intractable. 🎧 Listen now: https://t.co/kvG5HD2smf
#EndPoverty
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Important research from @suttontrust this morning. Children on SEN support have worse experiences than those on EHCPs. That's why we're pushing for legal guarantees for ordinary things like a decent education for all children. #FightForOrdinary
🚨 NEW: Children from low-income homes are more likely to have special educational needs and are also less likely to get the support they need, we have found. Our new research reveals massive socio-economic inequalities in accessing support from a SEND system in crisis 🧵⤵️
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I am delighted to have co-authored a chapter, 'Sharing early education and care of under threes - An invisible group?' in Urban Childhoods - Growing up in Inequality and Hope, edited by Claire Cameron @ClaireC62995644; open access @uclpress:
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Um, so in addition to all those CDC staff, they also Friday Massacre-d all the Dept. of Ed. staff that administer the nation's largest after-school and summer care grant program.
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📻 This is an excellent @BBCRadio4 piece - presented by paediatrician @DrGuddiSingh from her hometown of Hartlepool - on the urgency of investing in our children's earliest years, and the immense immediate and longer-term costs of not doing so ⤵️ https://t.co/CfH9vac3z4
bbc.co.uk
A journey through the landscape that shapes the health of our children.
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One-hundred years ago, children often spent large parts of the day outside. How have outdoor activities evolved since then? Julie Mountain looks through the NW archive https://t.co/UoHia273UX
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#TheBigConversation is about to start! Hear from @Rachel_deSouza, her Ambassadors & speakers @frankcottrell_b @Kwajotweneboa @sarahsmithlab @helenhayes_ on what children need to transform their lives and how schools can be hubs of support for children with additional needs.
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Dr Megan L. Wood of Leeds University shares more about research that has identified links between school readiness and later outcomes https://t.co/nQ7yVbWjeM
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Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain. They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable. https://t.co/hK5Um7I2zm
theguardian.com
Reform UK plans to force non-citizens to apply for visas, with high salary thresholds and no access to NHS services
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NEW PODCAST🎙️with Professor Peter Moss. He argues that in England, political action often avoids asking the most important question: What is early education for? Listen now: https://t.co/29QAhOL8xz
#TalkingEarlyYears #Podcast #EarlyYears @LEYFonline
leyf.org.uk
Early childhood education is not a neutral or technical service—it is a deeply political space and this is the focus of my podcast guest Professor Peter Moss, the well-known and outspoken academic…
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Teaching children about emotions can be beneficial, but this learning needs to be delivered with care, warns one nursery director https://t.co/1QfDMYiAA9
tes.com
Programmes teaching early years children to manage their emotions could be having unintended consequences, warns Gemma Kirby
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New: “Not even Manchester United are this bad” High-profile peer savages UK record on pupil wellbeing:
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