With more than 23 years of work experience in Early Childhood Development (ECD), Ms. Syeda Sazia Zaman is currently working as a Program Head at BRAC Institute of Educational Development, BRAC University. During this period she has been responsible for designing, developing, and teaching the Masters program in ECD offered by this institute. Currently, she is leading BRAC IED’s humanitarian response project (Play to Learn) in the Rohingya camps of Cox’s Bazar and acting as a co-chair of the ECD working group under the education sector (B.ED). She is also a member secretary of Bangladesh ECD Network (BEN).In addition to that, she has done research works on areas such as child care, preprimary school curriculum development, child stimulation, and child development programs.
The bilateral chair application involves Swansea University and two institutes within BRAC University, BIGD, and BRAC IED (BRAC Institute of Educational Development). BIGD has a small but growing portfolio of research on psychological and mental health as an instrument for socio-economic development. BIGD and BRAC IED teams will work closely in partnership on the design and content development for the website. We intend to investigate key features of successful long-standing research websites and the websites of relevant organizations and to communicate with our intended audience from the onset.
