Kerrie Lee

Kerrie Lee

Lecturer in Education with a specialism in Early Years and Early Childhood Studies/Director of Student Experience SoE

+44 (0)1482 465025 | Kerrie.Lee@hull.ac.uk

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Arts Cultures and Education
  • School of Education

Related groups

  • Education Studies

Summary

Qualifications

•FdA (University of Lincoln)

•BA(hons) (University of Lincoln)

•MEd (University of Hull)

•SFHEA

Kerrie is the Director for Student Experience in the School of Education and a lecturer in education with Early Years specialism. She is a member of the ESP research theme group and has previously worked with the Ferens Art Gallery and the development of the, Explore Art (Under 5s and Families Gallery) which received a high commendation award at the 2018 Museum and Heritage Awards for the ‘Project on a Limited Budget’ category. The link to creative expression in early years continues with work with The Herd Theatre Group in the development of the interactive shows for the under 5's 'The Last Dinosaur' and 'Counting Sheep'

Kerrie joined the University in 2009 following 12 years’ experience as an Early Years practitioner and is in the School for Education and previously held the role as the Programme Director of both the Foundation Degree Early Years Professional Practice 0-8s and the BA (hons) Early Childhood Education and Care (Top-Up). These programmes are designed to support working practitioners gain further qualification and are run as Blended Learning with evening provision. Kerrie has always been committed to supporting the development and sustainability of the Early Years workforce and has been involved in the development of all Early Years programmes at the University of Hull and the Universities linked to her External Examiner role.

Undergraduate

Foundation Degree Early Years Professional Practice 0-8s:

Early Child Development: Theory into Practice (level 4)

BA (hons) Early Childhood Education and Care (Top-Up)

International Perspectives in Early Childhood Education and Care (level 6)

Voice of the Child (level 6)

Dissertation – (level 6)

BA (hons) Early Childhood Studies

The Wonder Years: Early Child Development 0 – 8 (level 4)

Play Matters (level 4)

Postgraduate

Creative Inquiry, Communication and Playful Learning

Early Child Development in a Global Context

Recent outputs

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Book Chapter

Early Childhood Sustainable Pedagogy into and beyond the 21st Century

Lee, K., Boyd, D., & Scollan, A. (2025). Early Childhood Sustainable Pedagogy into and beyond the 21st Century. In A. Bradbury, R. Swailes, & P. Thompson (Eds.), A Manifesto for Early Childhood (23-37). SAGE Publications

Presentation / Conference Contribution

Exploring & Translating SDG Policy into Practice and Practice into Policy

Scollan, A., Lee, K., & Boyd, D. (2024, September). Exploring & Translating SDG Policy into Practice and Practice into Policy. Paper presented at EECERA 2024, Brighton

Are we setting children up to fail in the 21 st century? The need to reflect for a more sustainable approach

Scollan, A., Mcleod, N., & Lee, K. (2024, September). Are we setting children up to fail in the 21 st century? The need to reflect for a more sustainable approach. Poster presented at EECERA 2024, Brighton

Research interests

Kerrie’s research and practice interests vary, broadly focusing on:

Sustainable Development Goals and the link to education

Supporting the Early Years Work Force

Creative approaches to supporting children’s development

The use of outdoor spaces for all age ranges

Celebration of heritage and culture

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

PLAYONEERING: Creating Theatre For Early Years Audiences Through Collaborative Long Form, Playwork

Funder

The National Foundation for Youth Music

Grant

£5,125.00

Started

1 September 2024

Status

Ongoing

Postgraduate supervision

Supervisor for undergraduate and also for masters' students individual research projects.

Awards and prizes

Nominated for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching (FACE)

2025

Nominated for the Student Choice Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching (FACE)

Nominated Finalist-UoH Employee Excellence Awards

2019

Excellence in Scholarship category

High Commendation- Museum and Heritage Awards

2018

The work alongside the Ferens Art gallery to develop the Explore Art Under 5s and Families Gallery received a high commendation award at the 2018 Museum and Heritage Awards for the ‘Project on a Limited Budget’ category.

Nominated Finalist- Sandford Education Awards

2018

The work alongside the Ferens Art gallery to develop the Explore Art Under 5s and Families Gallery was a Nominated Finalist of the Sandford Education Awards 2018

Committee/Steering group role

Executive Committee member for the ECSDN

2024

Conference organisation

Nursery World Sustainability Conference- co-organiser

2024

Explore putting sustainability at the heart of your practice with a fantastic line-up of speakers at Nursery World’s upcoming conference, ‘Sustainability in the Early Years: Economic, Environmental, Social’, on Tuesday, 12 November at the Cavendish Conference Centre in London: https://bit.ly/46rpcGC

Conference presentation

Middlesex University Childhood and Society Seminar Series

2025

Middlesex University Childhood and Society Seminar Series 2025 invite you to explore 'Sustainable Pedagogy in Early Childhood' on Monday 20th January 2025 at 12pm-1pm to dialogue, network and connect. Dr Diane Boyd, Kerrie Lee and Angela Scollan PhD look forward to sharing their resources for practice and challenges related to sustainability translating between policy and practice. The Centre for Education Research and Scholarship (CERS) Recording available here: https://youtu.be/EhCZouLpwbk

Foundation Years DfE and Begin Bright Roadshow

2025

Creating Inclusive Early Years Environments conference was designed to support early years educators, school leaders and sector professionals in exploring what inclusion is. Insights, strategies and inspiration were presented including Kerrie Lee and Dr Diane Boyd's workshops on Socio-Cultural Sustainability

EECERA Conference Brighton

2024

Are we setting children up to fail in the 21st century? The need to reflect and advocate for a more sustainable approach Poster Presentation

EECERA Conference Brighton

2024

Exploring & Translating SDG Policy into Practice: Introducing Sustainable Pedagogy Paper Presentation

Nursery Work Sustainability Conference-Keynote Speaker

2024

Explore putting sustainability at the heart of your practice with a fantastic line-up of speakers at Nursery World’s upcoming conference, ‘Sustainability in the Early Years: Economic, Environmental, Social’, on Tuesday, 12 November at the Cavendish Conference Centre in London: https://bit.ly/46rpcGC

BECERA 2023 Birmingham

2023

Stories in Playful Spaces

International Museum Conference 2017 Hull

2017

Freedom Festival 2017 Tent Talk Hull

2017

External examiner role

University of East Anglia

2023

Holds the role of External Examiner at the University of East Anglia partner institution CNN for the Early Childhood UG and PG provision

Newman University Birmingham

2022

Holds the role of External Examiner at Newman University Birmingham for the Early Childhood UG and PG provision

University of Worcester

2019 - 2023

Held the role of External Examiner at the University of Worcester for the Early Childhood UG and PG provision including awarding of GPS

Membership/Fellowship of professional body

Early Childhood Studies Degree Network

2018

Senior Fellow of the HEA

2016

Sector Endorsed Foundation Degree Early Years

2013

Scholarship role

Co-vice chair of the ECSDN Sustainability Group

2024

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