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This Australian study investigated carers working in formal daycare (ie, long day care: LDC) and family daycare (ie, childminding: FDC). Of LDC caregivers, 86 per cent had taken sick leave in the...
A new integrated network of providers of children's services is to be developed to review training and qualifications across sectors, overseen by the playwork arm of SkillsActive in Scotland....
How are nurseries identifying the training they need, and - more to the point - affording it? Karen Faux finds out.
Low-income families living in rural areas are missing out on key services such as childcare, healthcare and job opportunities, a study has found.
Practitioners are aware of the need for CPD, but not all training is created equal. Knowing how to identify effective, evidence-based professional development is key, says the University of Oxford’s...
Sharing a story-telling session, listening to aCD and acting out favourite tales using props are all ways in which children can be encouraged to engage with books Practitioners who want to create a...
With levels of childhood obesity alarmingly high, the increased threat of diabetes needs to be taken seriously. Penny Vevers reports When doctors in the UKreported the first four cases of very...
The news that neither early years nor playwork have succeeded in their bids to be one of the trailblazer Sector Skills Councils (see page 4) is not a terribly encouraging start to the new year, when...
Use our directory to help you access the many short courses and workshops designed to keep early years professionals up to the minute with good practice across all aspects of provision from management...