While recruiting Level 3-qualified staff has been an issue for several years, settings have told Nursery World that the situation is now so dire they fear they will be forced to turn families away...
The new Early Years Educator qualifications will be available from this September, but what courses will be on offer? Karen Faux reports.
Does the new Level 3 qualification herald a fresh era of professionalism for the workforce, or completely the reverse? The CWDC's Pauline Jones and Chiltern College's Chris Lawrence argue for and...
Will the new Early Years Educator qualifications be the modern equivalent of the NNEB?, asks Early Education
A new qualification is being introduced to help practitioners acquire the skills and knowledge they need to effectively implement the EYFS when it comes into force in September 2008.
Training provider PBD has launched a new range of e-learning courses, entitled eQual Learning, for the Level 3 Children and Young People's Workforce Diploma, now compulsory in apprenticeship...
The National Day Nurseries Association has voiced concerns about the 'relevance' for nurseries of the common induction standards drawn up for the children's workforce. In its response to the official...
The consultation on a new apprenticeship standard is ‘deeply flawed’ and ‘bordering on a joke’, sector leaders have said.
To start off the New Year, Dr Jacqui Cousins reflects on her years of research into the language of four-year-olds and the continuing relevance of her findings for early years practitioners today All...
The CWDC has confirmed that it is reviewing the cut-off point for students to current Level 3 qualifications in early years and childcare, following a report by Ofqual, which criticises the new ...