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The Government has been very keen to stress how important it is to listen to parents' views about smacking, and the results of various polls of the public are used to justify maintaining physical...
The issue of the shortage of men in childcare and early years education has definitely moved up the agenda this year, with the Government's new advertising campaign looking to attract more male...
It seems that getting the language of early years education and childcare right is a struggle for Government speech writers. Take education secretary Ruth Kelly's words to the IPPR last week (see...
It was very heartening to hear Jane Cole, a member of the DfES Foundation Stage team, pledge last week that outdoor play would be accorded its proper place in the forthcoming framework covering birth...
The amount of state intervention in the lives of individuals is a particularly pointed issue in childcare and parenting, with government interference in all areas constantly referred to as 'the nanny...
As early years practitioners return to their work with renewed vigour and enthusiasm after the break, Nursery World has some great new features for 2001. Our new eight-page pull-out series starts this...
There are always different ways of looking at things, and Government reports tend to be more open to interpretation than most. Take the new research into childcare and early years providers that has...
With the national daycare standards about to come into force from September, the Government might have been hoping that the furore over qualifications and training for early years workers had died...