Increasing paid paternity leave to six weeks could reduce the gender pay gap and help equalise men and women’s participation in the labour market, suggests new research.
The children at your club are the people best qualified to chose new staff playworkers. But how should you involve them in recruitment? Philip Waters has first-hand experience. Sophie turned to the...
Anew centre for research and development with children and families was officially opened by the minister for education and young people, Cathy Jamieson, on Monday. The Childhood and Families:...
How one setting is immersing children in activities related to STEM subjects. Annette Rawstrone reports
Hardships in their personal lives are bound to affect staff on the job at times. Mary Evans looks at how to keep things running smoothly and sympathetically A member of staff, who is generally good at...
Students aged between 16 and 19 in England who become parents are to be given up to 15,000 over three years towards their childcare costs. The Government initiative Care to Learn?, which begins next...
The news story 'Staff "need digital guidance" for supporting literacy' last week reported incorrectly that research by Rosie Flewitt at the Open University found that some children do not have access...
Diplomatic skills will be needed to deal with parents who have taken the spirit of Christmas a bit too far, says Mary Evans
The UK’s largest group has bought six more nurseries, continuing its run of deals this year.