Annual Jenny Leaper Lectures

Since the generous philanthropic investment from Jenny and John Leaper in 2019, the REEaCh Centre has hosted annual Public Lectures with international visiting scholars.

• 2019: Mara Krechevsky - Making learning visible in Early Childhood
• 2020: Tricia Eadie & Penny Levickis (webinar during lockdown) - Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: Early Childhood Educators’ Wellbeing and Parent Engagement with ECEC services
• 2021: Prof Michael Ungar (webinar) - Nurturing Children’s Resilience
• 2022: Prof Sandie Wong - Sustaining the Early Childhood Workforce
• 2023: Prof Jennifer Lo Casale-Crouch - The Village Matters: Widening Our Examination of Early Experiences that Enhance Children’s Preschool Outcomes
• 2024:  Prof Iram Siraj - Supporting Every Child to Flourish – Findings From Longitudinal Research and the Voices of Children and Parents