At the Leeds Child Development Unit we study how children learn to communicate. Visit our website and get involved!

Leeds, England
Joined April 2016
Excited to start recruiting to our @BICYCLE_Study investigating the development of kids born during Covid lockdowns. If you had a child Mar 23-Jun 23 2020 and live in England please consider joining our study. Scientific progress, fun games + Amazon fire in return 😊🚲
🌟We are now looking for 4-year old children born during lockdown to take part in our study 🧸 🎉 click this link to take part or message us to find out more: cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.c…
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📢Our new @ESRC project is hiring! Seeking an RA and RF with expertise in #language & #memory in children growing up during #covid19. Opportunity to join an ace collab team @ProfLHenry @botting_nikki @LaShaps1 @warwickpsych @BrookesBabyLab @OxExpPsy @Aston_IHN @AstonPsychology
Looking for two bright, passionate #researchers to come and explore the effects of lockdown on #language and #memory for babies born in covid. Our new @UKRI_News @esrc funded project BICYCLE starts in January. #SLPeeps #Psychologists #Postdoc
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📢Language/literacy researchers and practitioners: I'm seeking names/contacts of people working specifically on impacts of #covid on #language development in 0-7 year olds. Expanding my network in this area for a project, and trying not to overlook people I'm unaware of!
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Leeds Child Lab retweeted
📽️ NEW VIDEO! 'A Book at Bedtime' 📖 We all love a good #story. But what role do #books play in children's #language development? Find out with @NickyJDawson & @emljames 📚 With special thanks to @TheStoryMuseum Watch the full version at: bit.ly/ABookAtBedtime 1/2
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The First 1000 Days Yorkshire is hiring! Two Research Fellow posts (fulltime to Feb 2026) on an interdisc project investigating how supporting early parenting can impact language and cog dev, healthy behaviours, and support for disabilities. Closes 8 May. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.asp…
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New @SDDS_UK paper showing link between caregiver sensitivity and kids' vocab during covid. Carer sensitivity stable throughout the evolving lockdowns. Little paper with a big effort; thanks to our 100 families and all RAs for extensive videocoding bit.ly/3lEzD6D
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Thank you to Princess Catherine (Kate Middleton) for championing this nationally and launching with us here with @LeedsCC_News 👍 A fantastic resource to encourage everyone to play their part in early years & start the conversations! centreforearlychildhood.org
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Leeds Child Lab retweeted
Shared Reading Guidance for Parents & Carers leedsforlearning.co.uk/Artic… Proud to be partnering with @Leeds_Learning @Child_Leeds @leedslibraries to promote a new guide for parents and carers on how to best support young children through shared reading.
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The Communication Offer is a directory of services and resources to support speech, language and communication development in Leeds. @LCHNHSTrust leedslocaloffer.org.uk/#!/mo…
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Leeds Child Lab retweeted
New preprint: 'Children’s developing conversational and reading inference skills: a call for a collaborative approach', with the amazing @ProfKateCain @Cat_Davies @DrJennyG @drhollyjoseph @ludoserratrice and Margreet Vogelzang #xprag #primaryliteracy osf.io/b6anj /
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So much love for this amazing initiative 💜
We're really excited to tell you that our new Family Study Room is officially open! 👶 It's for students with children, so you can work while they play. It's located on floor 0 of the Burton. #UoYTips Read our announcement here, and share far & wide! york.ac.uk/library/news/2022…
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Leeds Child Lab retweeted
New ICKLE animation summarising findings for parents and carers. Massive thanks to @UniLeedsEngage Find it here; youtu.be/molqOKU8aCE @Cat_Davies @DrPJClarke @DrHannahNash @PeterHartPhD @ESRC @LeedsNews @Education_Leeds @UoLSSI @UniversityLeeds @educationgovuk
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Check out our research-to-practice piece in the current issue of @rcslt_bulletin describing how we worked with @HelloLeeds and @LCHNHSTrust to provide the evidence base behind their Top Ten Tips for Talking leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs… #SLTpeeps
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Calling 9-11 year-olds and their grownups! Psychology @UniversityLeeds is recruiting to learn more about the relationship between sleep and reading.
Would your child like to take part in an exciting psychological experiment? We are looking for children aged 9-11 to participate in our reading and sleep project. For more information, please email [email protected] #psychology #psychologicalresearch #academictwitter
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Did you become a new parent during the pandemic? If so, teams at @sheffielduni & @warwickuni would love to hear your story and how you have found becoming a parent during this unprecedented time. Make your voice heard. sites.google.com/sheffield.a…
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For the last day of #SciCommSeptember, here's a shoutout to the amazing baby labs and child development research groups all around the world! Tagging some below 👇🏼 Make sure to follow them for all things developmental science! 🎉
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