Jill Harrison is the academic portfolio lead for Early Years and link tutor for SEGI Colleges Malaysia. After gaining her NNEB qualification worked in Early Years for many years as an early years practitioner, working her way through the ranks to become a coordinator of a work based nursery, and then a Manager of a children’s centre, which was part of a research project to introduce High/Scope to the sector. More recently she has been a college lecturer before moving to the University of Greenwich. She now has a research focus on leadership and mentoring in the early years and is near completion of her research on ‘Maids or Masters: A study reviewing the concepts of leadership in early years provision in Malaysia and England. She has a passion for improving experiences for young children and giving them the love of learning, and believes that a well-trained, open minded, reflective staff who are inspired can do this.
