A 2m centre for research into child development will link theory with practice at an on-site nursery.

The Centre for the Child, Family and Society at Glyndwr University's Wrexham campus in north Wales houses a 91-place nursery run by Active Childcare.

The new nursery building has enabled the Little Scholars nursery to almost double the number of places to 91.

The new centre, owned by the university and funded by the Welsh Assembly government, includes seminar and observation rooms. It was officially opened last week by Huw Lewis, deputy minister for children.

Professor of Childhood and Family Studies Karen Graham, who is head of the centre and a director of the nursery, said, 'What we set out to achieve is a facility that would offer children and the current and future workforce something exceptional.

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