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For most developing countries, the World Bank is the agency with the greatest involvement in early childhood provision. But in whose interests is it? Professor Helen Penn takes a critical look.
Of all the areas of childcare, it is probably childminding that has changed the most over the years since the National Childcare Strategy was introduced. And it is the childminding networks that have...
I have just read 'Girls ahead of boys in profile figures' (News, 24 March). As the mother of six boys I am concerned that such statistics could put even more pressure on early years practitioners and...
Next month, the Government begins a double advertising and marketing drive about early years education and childcare. On the one hand, it is renewing its efforts to persuade more people, particularly...
The Care Commission has raised concerns with the Scottish Executive about the legal issues involved in accessing the social work and health service records of childcare job applicants. When local...
Name: Ceara Gallagher Age: 32 Job title: Specialist speech and language therapist
I was intrigued by your news story on Tops Day Nurseries training grandparents for part-time jobs (Nursery World, 23/30 December). Addison Pre-school has benefited from having a grandparent working as...
How do other Nursery World readers deal with parents who insist on bringing their obviously ill child into nursery? I cannot understand how they can stand at the nursery door and say that their child...
A former nanny tells how she applied her experience and training to the hard business of play Back when I was being advised on choosing a name for my business, I was told the name should explain what...
A five-month consultation on the physical punishment of children in the home has begun in Northern Ireland. This latest consultation follows similar ones in England, Scotland and Wales. In Scotland...