EC@OU is led by an interdisciplinary team of academics with a wide range of expertise. We have worked in a range of occupations relating to education, health and care of young children. The team includes ‘central academics’, meaning that we are based at The Open University campus at Walton Hall in Milton Keynes. In addition, our EC team includes staff tutors and over 100 Associate Lecturers (ALs), who are the main contact for our students in the four nations of the UK.