Nursery World - A fond farewell to editor-in-chief, Liz Roberts

Nursery World's departing editor-in-chief, Liz Roberts, reflects on her time overseeing the title and championing an always-changing early years sector

Liz hosting one of her many Nursery World Awards

I joined Nursery World in August 1996, when my daughter was at nursery – she has now just turned 30 and I am about to leave my job after 26 years! (Liz's daughter Evie as a cover star - right)

It was the beginning of a time of great change for the early years education and childcare sector. Nursery vouchers had recently been introduced by the then Conservative government, to be followed by the election of Tony Blair's Labour government in May 1997, bringing in the first-ever National Childcare Strategy.

I had been a freelance journalist, and started writing about children and families, including on The Guardian's Parents page, so it was a natural step for me to take in early years education with Nursery World.

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