Aconsortium of four colleges in Hertfordshire is leading the way in enhancing the status and career prospects of early years practitioners. The first intake of students, enrolled in September 2002, accounts for one tenth of around 1,000 early years workers currently studying for a foundation degree.
Ideal for people who need to work while studying, foundation degrees offer flexible learning, with the option to progress to an honours degree with only 15 months' further study.
Christine Evans, programme manager for the foundation degree at Hertford Regional College, says there is a clear group of students who intend to train as teachers, but stresses that the course is about giving early years professionals a level 4 qualification and fitting with the Government's agenda 'for senior practitioners to act as right-hand assistants in the classroom'. She adds, 'It's about raising aspirations.'
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