Jenny Pearce is the Professor of Young People and Public Policy at the

University of Bedfordshire The University of Bedfordshire is a Public university, public research university with campuses in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England. The university has roots in further and higher education from 1882: it gained university status in 19 ...

. Her research interests include the investigation of

child sexual exploitation Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) defines the "umbrella" of crimes and activities that involve inflicting sexual abuse on to a child as a financial or personal opportunity. Commercial Sexual Exploitation consists of forcing a chil ...

. She was a member of the original panel of the Independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse prior to the inquiry's reconstitution in January 2015. She is an

Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

. Bedfordshire University has been awarded the

Queen's Anniversary Prize The Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Education (formerly Queen's Anniversary Prizes) are a biennially awarded series of prizes awarded to universities and colleges in the further and higher education sectors within the United Kingdom. Uniquely it forms ...

for applied research on child sexual exploitation influencing new safeguarding policy and practice that she has led in her role as director of The International Centre, researching child sexual exploitation, violence and trafficking.

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