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The Equal Opportunities Commission is carrying out a major study into gender segregation in five employment sectors where there are skills shortages - construction, plumbing, engineering, ICT and...
The Scottish Independent Nurseries Association (SINA) has received approval to provide training for the new Level 4 Scottish Vocational Qualification in early years and education. The qualification is...
STEVE ALEXANDER - Chief executive, Pre-School Learning Alliance
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...
You could support your skills at managing children's illnesses with the Baby Echos ear thermometer. This handy instrument takes a child's temperatures and tells you on the digital display with a...
Young children itching to get their hands on a home computer game lack the wide choice available to their older brothers and sisters. A new CD for PC and Mac, 'Noddy and the Magic Clock', is aimed at...
As soon as any kind of assessment is formalised into a league table, it will be seized upon and interpreted in a misguided manner. Just look at what has happened with SATs. So it is with the 2005...
The huge outcry over the proposed Early Years Foundation Stage outlined in the Childcare Bill (see News, page 4) indicates an amazing lack of awareness that we already have a Foundation Stage...
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...
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...