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School may be out but the summer is a surprisingly busy time for <B> Eva Lloyd </B> , senior lecturer in Early Childhood Studies at Bristol University

School may be out but the summer is a surprisingly busy time for Eva Lloyd , senior lecturer in Early Childhood Studies at Bristol University

Monday

With all the students on summer leave, you might be forgiven for thinking my job settles down in the summer months. You'd be wrong!

This morning I e-mail information to a second-year student preparing her dissertation synopsis. Students have been choosing topics such as music, physical activity and diet, and racial equality in the early years.

I get in touch with one of the student representatives about her welcoming letter to the incoming first years. I hope this will give them a fresh perspective on the course - one that differs from the course director's!

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