Sharon Vince has bright red hair with a square fringe and blue eyes. She is wearing a blue top and a necklace. She is wearing pink lipstick and is smiling.

Dr Sharon Vince

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

Having worked as a primary school teacher for 15 years, predominantly working with children aged 3 to 7 years, Sharon made the transition to teaching in higher education following completion of her Masters degree and PhD, both at UCL’s IOE. Sharon has worked at the University of West London since 2021 and leads modules from Level 3 to Level 6 across the Education Studies and Early Childhood Studies programmes. Her interests include education and early years policy and its impact upon practice, inequalities in education and the role of policy in this and practitioner identity.

  • Qualifications

    • BA (Hons) Psychology and English (University of Wolverhampton)
    • PGCE Primary Teaching with QTS (Qualified Teacher Status) (Roehampton University)
    • MA Early Years Education (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society)
    • PhD Early Years Education Policy (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

    Books

    Bradbury, A. and Vince, S. (in press). Food Banks in School and Nurseries: The education sector’s response to the cost-of-living crisis. Policy Press. https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/food-banks-in-schools-and-nurseries  

    Articles and reports

    Bradbury, A. and Vince, S. (2023). Food banks in schools: educational responses to the cost-of-living crisis, UCL Institute of Education. https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10174817/1/Foodbanks%20report%20FINAL(1).pdf 

    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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