Dr. Kate Hoskins

Biography

Kate Hoskins is a Reader in Public Policy at King's College London, where she serves as the Deputy Director of the School of Government. Her research focuses on education social policy, identity, and inequalities, with particular interest in the intersections of early years settings and further and higher education. Kate has co-chaired the Gender and Education Association and has chaired the Education Research committee at the Froebel Trust. She has led research teams on several projects examining the inequalities in early years education and the role that policy plays in exacerbating these issues. Her work also explores the role of family education in social mobility among secondary and higher education students. Kate has published widely in these areas and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is also a Senior Editor at Cogent Early Years and an expert for the Open Innovation Team on youth services in early years, regularly submitting evidence to the government for early years education reviews. Kate holds an MA in Education Policy and Society and a PhD in Public and Social Education Policy from King's College London. She has previously taught education and public policy at Brunel University of London, Roehampton University, and Birkbeck.

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