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Early Years Teacher trainees down for a third year

Friday, December 1, 2017

| Nursery World

New statistics show that the number of students starting Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) is continuing to fall with just 595 new entrants in 2017-18.

Researchers seek reasons for fall in early years graduates

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Monday, November 27, 2017

| Nursery World

PACEY and Voice are conducting joint research into why Early Years Teachers are leaving the sector, amid concerns that courses are closing, and that fewer students are choosing early years teaching as a career.

Early Years Teacher survey opens

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Monday, November 27, 2017

| Nursery World

Save the Children wants to hear from private, voluntary and independent (PVI) settings and early years practitioners to inform its research into the graduate workforce.

Spotlight on…Natalie Clifford

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Sunday, November 26, 2017

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Deputy manager, Portland House Nursery in Huddersfield

Childcare apprenticeships panel has just one PVI representative

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Thursday, November 23, 2017

| Nursery World

Members of the expert panel which will be vetting new early years apprenticeships have been announced.

New inquiry into the quality of apprenticeships

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Thursday, November 16, 2017

| Nursery World

An inquiry into the quality of apprenticeships and skills training has been launched by the Education Select Committee.

EXCLUSIVE: Level 3 apprenticeships standard ready to go in February

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Monday, November 13, 2017

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Early years apprenticeships have been a much-needed boost as the new Level 3 standard has now been submitted.

Spotlight on…Clodagh Halse

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Sunday, November 12, 2017

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Gardener at LEYF nurseries

Fifth of settings lack staff in Ireland

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| Nursery World

High staff turnover, fewer childcare places and growing waiting lists characterise the current state of the Irish childcare sector, finds a new report.

Scottish Government launches quality childcare action plan

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| Nursery World

The Scottish Government has moved to strengthen the quality of childcare years in advance of its target to double its funded offer.

Scotland begins recruitment drive

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Monday, October 30, 2017

| Nursery World

The Scottish government has launched a campaign to recruit 11,000 childcarers ahead of the introduction of the 30 hours.

Row over call to lower childcare qualfication rules in Ireland

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Monday, October 30, 2017

| Nursery World

A campaign to relax the requirement for all childcare staff in Ireland to be qualified has been met with criticism from the sector.

About Early Years - Diagnosing the sector’s ills

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Monday, October 30, 2017

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Staff are poorly paid, settings heavily reliant on Government funding are worse off financially, and qualification levels looks to be falling, finds Ceeda’s first About Early Years survey

Spotlight on…Kirsty Hauxwell

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Saturday, October 28, 2017

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Nursery nurse, Jack & Jill Day Nursery, Wirral

Childcare providers call for relaxation of qualifications to tackle staffing 'crisis'

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Thursday, October 19, 2017

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An organisation of independent childcare providers in Ireland is calling for a temporary relaxation of the rules that all childcare staff be qualified to alleviate the sector ‘recruitment crisis’.

Visit the early childhood services of Peru

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

| Nursery World

Travel to Peru with Nursery World and Imaginative Traveller to see early years services in this fascinating and beautiful South American country.

Come and see the stars at the Nursery World Show 2018

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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

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Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, scientist and presenter of ‘The Sky at Night’, is just one of an impressive line-up of experts appearing at the Nursery World Show 2018.

30 hours survival and early years apprenticeships at NW's Business Summit

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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

| Nursery World

All the hot early years topics are on the agenda at our annual summit, including surviving 30 hours and the progress of early years apprenticeships.

Job applicants confused over status of online Level 3s

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Monday, October 16, 2017

| Nursery World

Recruitment agencies and nursery groups have raised concerns about significant numbers of early years job applicants who have undertaken online childcare courses and mistakenly believe they have full and relevant Level 3 qualifications.