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Apprenticeships panel appoints Eunice Lumsden following criticism over lack of sector experience

A panel which approves apprenticeship standards for the childcare sector has appointed a leading early years specialist.

Eunice Lumsden, Head of Early years at the University of Northampton, will sit on the Education and Childcare route panel after being appointed by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.

The other members of the panel, which is chaired by the head of a special school Mary Isherwood, come from schools, universities and colleges. Dandelion Education, a PVI nursery, had been a panel member until May this year.

One of the panel’s next tasks will be to get the Level 2 standard, which is currently being devised by a level 2 trailblazer group, ready for September.

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