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Over the past 18 months, we have been pitched into a situation where we seem to constantly swim against a relentless tide of inappropriate policy ‘initiatives’.
A comprehensive and high-quality system of early years childcare and education is needed to improve children's life chances and enable women to participate equally in the workforce, says a new book...
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...
The new Level 2/3 awards replace more than 200 qualifications. Is it a dumbing down?
A cross-party committee of MPs has pleaded for Sure Start to be given more time to achieve its goals. Will it get it? Laura Marcus reports.
Is it time to reassess our view of the enabling environment? Turning the term on its head, an environment that enables is more than the adult and more than the child – it becomes a context for intent,...
Nurseries in Scotland and Wales are being urged to take part in the NDNA’s latest workforce surveys.
A series of training courses relating o the Accreditation of Prior Experience and Learning (APEL) qualification for the early years and playwork sectors is being held across England during October and...
Exploration and investigation The following topics to explore and investigate are interesting to most young children:
There are important differences in the adult role when supporting child-led, rather than adult-led, learning, as Julie Fisher demonstrates.