Abbott, Lesley

Lesley Abbott is Professor of Early Childhood Education at the Institute of Education at Manchester Metropolitan University. She directed the Birth to Three Matters Project for the DfES. She also directed the earlier research project Educare for the Under Threes, which resulted in the training and resource materials Shaping the Future - Working with the Under Threes. She has a background in primary and early childhood education and has worked in teacher education and multidisciplinary training for many years developing one of the first Early Childhood Studies degrees.