Nursery World - Higher education at new nursery

(Photograph) - Bright Horizons Family Solutions has opened a nursery to cater for the childcare needs of students and staff at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, as well as offering places to children from the local community, writes Nicole Curnow. The Treehouse Nursery, based at the Garthdee campus, opened the doors of its new purpose-built building last week, with spaces for 99 children aged from three months to five years. Originally there was a nursery managed in-house by the university and offering only 24 places. Susan Hay, chair of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Europe, said, 'As part of its new status as a university, Robert Gordon has increased its postgraduate offering by introducing improved childcare facilities. This sets the pace in Scotland for competitive, high-quality, work-life policies.

Susan Hay, chair of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Europe, said, 'As part of its new status as a university, Robert Gordon has increased its postgraduate offering by introducing improved childcare facilities. This sets the pace in Scotland for competitive, high-quality, work-life policies.

'As Bright Horizons works with an increasing number of higher education organisations, we see this outlook echoed around the country. Universities are treating students as clients and providing them with first-class facilities, valuing diversity within both the student and staff communities, widening participation from under-represented groups and offering excellence in everything they do. This requires a staff body of the highest calibre, which good childcare helps to retain.'

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