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Analysis: Support and training from local authorities in jeopardy

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

| Nursery World

How will local authority cuts in advisory services and staff affect support for the early years sector, asks Janet Murray.

Advisors to scrutinise early years qualifications and training

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

| Nursery World

The Department for Education's early years steering group is to look at whether sector qualifications are 'fit for purpose'.

Analysis: EYPs are a force for good

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| Nursery World

The effects of graduate leadership training are analysed by Professor Mark Hadfield and Dr Tim Waller from the University of Wolverhampton's Centre for Development and Applied Research in Education.

Exclusive: The Minister's View - Upskilling the workforce

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| Nursery World

As a Government, we appreciate the value of a talented, committed, graduate-led workforce to help give every child the chance to thrive in their earliest years.

Montessori seeks to resolve qualifications delay

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

| Nursery World

Representatives from the Montessori and Steiner awarding bodies are meeting with officials from the Children's Workforce Development Council and the Department for Education in London in the next few weeks to discuss the future of Montessori and Steiner qualifications.

Analysis: Welcome reprieve but sector still frustrated

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

| Nursery World

The deadline for having a single qualification for new entrants to the early years workforce has been extended - why did it need to be, and at what cost? Mary Evans hears from all sides involved.

Playwork diplomas are valid for nursery jobs

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

| Nursery World

New playwork qualifications have been accepted on the Qualifications List as valid for working in early years settings, following confirmation from the CWDC.

Early years qualifications extension welcomed

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

| Nursery World

Colleges and awarding bodies have been reacting to the decision by the Children's Workforce Development Council to extend the deadline for offering some early years and childcare qualifications until January 2012.

Analysis: Rhetoric fails to match reality

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Changes to how the early years workforce can develop will impinge on the quality of provision available to young children, argues Pamela Calder.

Deadline for current early years qualifications could be extended following criticism from regulator of new Level 3

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

The CWDC has confirmed that it is reviewing the cut-off point for students to current Level 3 qualifications in early years and childcare, following a report by Ofqual, which criticises the new diploma.