Nursery World - Childcare During Covid-19 project seeks managers and practitioners

A large-scale research project led by the University of Leeds is looking to speak to nursery managers and childcare practitioners to help understand the impact of the pandemic on the childcare sector in England and Wales and influence future policy.

Childcare During Covid-19 is gathering data and evidence of the challenges that the pandemic poses for the sector and will make policy recommendations to support both practitioners and parents.

A team from the universities of Leeds and Bristol have been awarded funding of more than £430,000 from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), as part of the UK Research and Innovation’s rapid response to Covid-19, to assess the impact of coronavirus on early years childcare provision in the UK.

Nursery World Editor Liz Roberts is part of the Digital Advisory Board.

The 16 month research project will explore in detail areas including:

The researchers would like to speak to managers and practitioners who work across a range of diverse group-based settings: larger through to smaller settings, maintained, and those that are part of large and small chains and independent nurseries in East and South London, Leeds and West Yorkshire region, Bristol and Avon county and Wales.

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