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Work matters - Business Development: Let's keep up the good work on training

Support for training and professional development among the workforce has made a huge difference to the way nurseries operate and the quality they deliver. This must continue under a new Government, says Karen Walker, director of Children's Place nursery chain.

As this is published, I will have headed off for a short break following the submission of my dissertation for a masters' degree in early years. I am stunned that I made the deadline and even more stunned that I have completed all the units. It does, however, remind me that we are in difficult times. I could not have achieved this level of study without the commitment by the Government to supporting the development of a well-skilled early years workforce to provide our youngest children with the care and learning the adults of tomorrow deserve. Surely we have to give something back?

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