Introduction
Angela Scollan is an Associate Professor of Early Childhood Studies at Middlesex University. Angela has worked in education for over three decades as a Teacher, Lecturer, Manager and Researcher. Angela offers bespoke training to promote high-quality, sustainable, and reflective early years leadership and provision. Since the early 1990s, Angela has worked directly with and for children positioning her practice within a transdisciplinary approach and as a rights-based advocate. Her teaching philosophy, research and writing focus on the child first. Self-determination is an area of interest.
Expert
Most recently Angela has collaborated with two large scale EU-funded research projects; SHARMED Shared Memories and Dialogues www.sharemed.eu) and Child UP (www.child-up.eu). Both projects are committed to develop inclusive pedagogy to support integration of migrant children across Europe. Angela is a Trustee of TACTYC (Inclusive practice in the Early Years committee and charity), an important professional association for Early Childhood Pedagogues, Teachers and Researchers in the UK where she leads the dissemination of research and practices during conferences and events.
Fields of expertise: Culture, Education, Evidence for policy / knowledge valorization, Migration, Social innovation / public sector innovation / policy innovation, Sustainable Development Goals