Associate Professor at Social Research Institute (UCL) researching childcare, the early years' and care workforces, children's diets and poverty
Joined January 2016
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17 Jun 2022
New on #FirstView by Antonia Simon, Atul Shah, Katie Quy and Charlie Owen:
Financialisation and Private Equity in Early Childhood Care and Education in England
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Please complete this important survey for us. It will help inform policy around supporting providers to avoid closures. Many thanks!
Nursery professionals, please consider supporting this research below 👇
A research team at @UCLSocRes are conducting a study exploring the reasons for nursery closures. The research is being funded by the @jrf_uk and led by @ASimonUCL
and Katie Hollingworth.
They are inviting nursery professionals (currently or recently employed) aged 18 and over in England to complete an online survey.
This survey will help them understand the reasons for nursery closures from the perspective of nursery professionals, and to find out about nursery professionals’ experiences and views of closures.
The survey takes only 10 minutes and can be accessed via the following web link: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form…
Deadline: Sunday 6th October
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Antonia Simon retweeted
17 Sep 2024
Private equity devours children's care homes.
Public purse pays £5,000 per child per week.
80% of homes run by corporations, profits not care is the aim. Low wages, debt, tax dodges, poor care are standard.
Yet govt wants to hand NHS to corporations.
thelondoneconomic.com/news/p…
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Antonia Simon retweeted
23 Jul 2024
This from new @NAOorguk paper is pretty damning.
Poor 3 year olds are already behind their richer peers, but govt £ for these disadvantaged kids is dwarfed by support for older kids.
And the childcare expansion actually helps richer families more...
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Antonia Simon retweeted
17 Jul 2024
Ontario government is pressuring federal government to fund the proliferation of for-profit child care. Here’s why Minister @JennaSudds must say no thestar.com/opinion/contribu…
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Antonia Simon retweeted
17 Jul 2024
European nations are making bold moves on child care, and not just tiny Nordic nations. Recently, Portugal began phasing in a universal system that will make care completely free for all families with children up to age three.
socialeurope.eu/childcare-as…
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Antonia Simon retweeted
19 Jul 2024
56 child-care projects planned for public schools across Ontario 'cancelled'. "It's… clear that the province isn't [helping] non-profit and public expansion says @CarolynFerns thetrillium.ca/news/educatio…
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Antonia Simon retweeted
It’s the first week of a new government which with it brings new opportunities for progress and collaboration - now is the time to make sure childcare is firmly on the agenda, not lost in the noise.
It’s vital that we keep early education on the agenda for the first 100 days of the new government.
Help us by sharing this video👇
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Antonia Simon retweeted
17 May 2024
As members of @CoalitionEdCare we’re proud to support the #RescueAndReform manifesto.
Read our Director, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson's, response to the manifesto on our website: wbg.org.uk/media/press-relea…
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17 May 2024
Great session just now. So pleased to be part of this important conversation. Take home message is that we can make change through public will and collective action! @ArmineYalnizyan @ehaspel
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Antonia Simon retweeted
17 May 2024
This Manifesto is an impressive result of many months of dedicated work by a strong coalition of early years organisations who hold our youngest children and their families close to their hearts
NEW: Today we launch 'Rescue and Reform: A Manifesto to Transform Early Education and Childcare'.
Backed by coalition members and supported by new polling, we set out three key priorities for the next government. 1/4
Read about #RescueAndReform here: earlyeducationchildcare.org/…
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Congratulations to Peter Moss and Linda Mitchell! Their new #openacess book Early Childhood in the Anglosphere: Systemic failings and transformative possibilities published today. Take a look: uclpress.co.uk/collections/r… #EducationMatters #childhood
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Antonia Simon retweeted
8 May 2024
Private equity involvement in child care is not only a U.S. problem. I'm looking forward to joining @ArmineYalnizyan and @ASimonUCL on 5/17 to build an international understanding of the issue and potential action steps. REGISTER AT THIS LINK: sfu.zoom.us/meeting/register…
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Antonia Simon retweeted
1 May 2024
Thursday 23 May 2024 4.00pm: Professor Peter Moss will share his recent scholarship with emphasis on the relationship between early childhood education, democracy and the right to education.
edgehill.ac.uk/event/early-c…
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Antonia Simon retweeted
28 Apr 2024
Single biggest reason is the commodification of children in care, which leads to profiteering by private companies running children’s homes and foster care agencies.
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Antonia Simon retweeted
10 Apr 2024
What happens to care homes and nurseries when they are taken over by large corporations? And what happens to the workers? Watch this new documentary to find out:
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25 Apr 2024
Come and hear me talk at this cross-national webinar about private equity in #childcare in England! May 17th. Register at the link below @IOE_London @UCLSocRes
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Read this excellent new investigation of private equity by @ehaspel which cites #childcare research I led @IOE_London @UCLSocRes discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprin…
23 Apr 2024
🚨 BREAKING: @ehaspel's investigation into private equity & shareholders' impact on #childcare is here. 🚨
An unprecedented degree of investor activity is creating a cascade of risks, threatening the path toward an inclusive child care system.
bit.ly/3JuBWBt
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2 Apr 2024
New article in the i inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/…
about the huge risks of private equity in #childcare, quoting me and our @IOE_London research discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprin… and @jrf_uk's research into profiteering in the sector
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