Sharon Vince

Sharon Vince is a Senior Lecturer at the University of West London in the School of Human and Social Sciences, teaching across BA Education Studies and BA Early Childhood Studies programs since 2021.

• PhD in Early Childhood Education Policy (UCL Institute of Education, 2024)
• Masters in Early Years Education (UCL, 2021)

Research focuses on:

• Education Policy (funding mechanisms like England’s 15/30-hour ECEC model)
• Social Inequality (reproduction of educational disparities)
• Dialogic Pedagogy (student-teacher feedback dynamics)
• UN SDGs 2, 4, and 10 (hunger, education quality, inequality reduction)

Key publications:

• Food Banks in Schools and Nurseries (Policy Press, 2025) – co-authored with Alice Bradbury
• "Using Reflection to Increase Student Engagement with Feedback" (2023, New Vistas)

Her work bridges practice and policy, examining how structural decisions impact early years education and advocating for collaborative pedagogical approaches.