Deborah Nye

Role

Deborah Nye is a Senior Lecturer in the Childhood department of the Institute of Education on Clifton campus of Nottingham Trent University. Deborah teaches across several undergraduate programs within the department. Her PhD work focuses on the life stories of children with Dyslexia, looking closely into the environmental scaffolding that supports their journey. Deborah also has written about how to be inclusive within research.

Career overview

Deborah began her early childhood career as a practitioner, progressing to become a manager of a PVI setting and a member of a Children's Centre leadership team. When policy changed for Children Centres, she took a sidestep into Childminding to develop her ethos and support her child-centred approach. She also developed her qualifications to EYPS and an MA in Childhood Studies. She later advanced her studies and is pursuing a PhD in a collaborative program between CREC and Wolverhampton University. Her research focuses on the life stories of children, young people, and adults who have been identified with dyslexia to investigate early indicative behaviours and development.

At Nottingham Trent University, Deborah is a senior lecturer in a dynamic and forward-thinking childhood department. She also acts as an external examiner for various colleges and universities across the UK and serves on various professional boards that support a research-thinking profession.

Deborah previously spent seven years as a lecturer in the Early Childhood Department at Coventry University. There, she has worked closely with students internationally and nationally to support them in their University Journey.

An accomplished presenter, Deborah has spoken at conferences online for the ESCDN on inclusive research, online for Romania and Morocco on feminist pedagogy, and in person in Italy on gender representation in the early years. She has also spoken at and won an award for her inclusive research at a conference for Wolverhampton University.

As an author, Deborah has written chapters in two professional books and has contributed to several papers.

Deborah maintains strong connections within the sector both nationally and internationally, with a significant online professional presence. Over her career, she has regularly visited and networked with universities and early years settings in countries such as Denmark, Sweden, the Republic of Ireland, Italy, and UAE.