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Antonia Simon

@drantoniasimon.bsky.social

Associate Professor at UCL Social Research Institute. Early years and education research expert.

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Antonia Simon@drantoniasimon.bsky.social ยท 4mo ago

In this BBC piece, I explain why #childcare funding is increasingly disconnected from the real costs of delivery, leaving providers highly exposed when circumstances change.

UCL News@uclnews.bsky.social ยท 4mo ago

๐Ÿ”Š"Funding has not kept apace with the real costs of delivery" @drantoniasimon.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social explains how the costs of delivering childcare have risen steeply, leaving providers with little financial buffer when circumstances change. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Antonia Simon@drantoniasimon.bsky.social ยท 4mo ago

Nursery places are scarcest where deprivation is highest โ€” and privateโ€‘equity chains are least likely to open there. A clear equity gap. Quick explainer (from 1:18): lnkd.in/ekCHQHUS Mirroring my JRF research on care deserts: ๐Ÿ”— lnkd.in/ekk_J-wU And financialisation in ECEC: ๐Ÿ”— lnkd.in/efhza7AT

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UCL News@uclnews.bsky.social ยท 4mo ago

Following the closure of a Hackney nursery, @drantoniasimon.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social called for more transparency around how profit-driven private equity groups use public childcare funding. ๐Ÿ“ปListen www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... ๐Ÿ‘‰ Read more www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Antonia Simon@drantoniasimon.bsky.social ยท 10mo ago

Watch my interview for an important @artefr.bsky.social documentary about private-equity backed #childcare citing our research: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...

Acquisitions, Mergers and Debt: the new language of childcare - main report - UCL Discovery

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UCL News@uclnews.bsky.social ยท 10mo ago

๐Ÿ”Š"We are seeing big conglomerate organisations who are providing the same kind of formulaic childcare in a number of settings" @drantoniasimon.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social describes how the privatisation of nurseries has affected #childcare provision. www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...

Social Policy Association@socialpolicyuk.bsky.social ยท last yr.

๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ: ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ Antonia Simon, Atul Shah, Katie Quy and Charlie Owen ๐น๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ธ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘. lnkd.in/er6hnnFw @drantoniasimon.bsky.social

Antonia Simon@drantoniasimon.bsky.social ยท last yr.

Many thanks to @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social for the award. I was delighted to receive it!

Social Policy Association@socialpolicyuk.bsky.social ยท last yr.

Excellence in social policy teaching, research and impact has been recognised by the 2025 Social Policy Association awards. Many congratulations to the winners! View the list of winners for each category in this thread and our story on the awards here: lnkd.in/eqN2PeVs (Images: Elizabeth Bailey)