Sally Pearse

Professor Sally Pearse

Sally is the Strategic Lead for Early Years at Sheffield Hallam University. Since 2017 Sally has led the work with early years colleagues from across South Yorkshire to develop a range of collaborative projects. These have included a £1million project, funded through the DfE Early Outcomes Fund to transform the regions speech, language and communication services and the development of an Early Years Community Research Centre in Sheffield which is now delivering nursery places in an area of social and economic challenge. Prior to this role Sally was Hallam’s Head of Area for 0-5 Teacher Education. Before joining the university, Sally was a teacher, community development worker and the director of a charity that ran a day nursery, family learning and health projects and a community café. Sally was made a National Teaching Fellow in 2018 and is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.