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Dr Rebecca Simpson-Hargreaves is a senior lecturer in education at the University of Manchester. She has worked in education for more than 25 years, starting out as a classroom teacher before moving into higher education. Her research focuses on the power of children’s literature to support child voice and understanding of human rights and global citizenship. Her work supports teachers and pre-service teachers to embed social justice through the teaching of poetry, encouraging exploration of identity, language and cultural diversity by drawing on home and community vocabularies. She is also a trustee and honorary secretary for the United Kingdom Literacy Association.