24 May 2007
Each year, the Heinemann and Nursery World Childcare
Student of the Year Award seems to attract more and higher-quality entries as
the drive to transform the early years workforce and...
24 May 2007
Scotland has its first children's and early years
minister following the election of the Scottish National Party leader Alex
Salmond as First Minister. Mr Salmond included the newly-created post in...
24 May 2007
(Photograph) - Boris Johnson, Conservative MP for
Henley on Thames, visited Rainbow Corner Day Nursery in Watlington,
Oxfordshire, last week to help highlight the Save Our Nurseries campaign
against Government...
24 May 2007
Nurseries around the UK have given 'a very positive'
response to the call by one of the largest childcare providers to create a
trade association for the private nursery sector....
24 May 2007
Ten per cent of private and voluntary providers are
considering pulling out of offering free nursery education because they are
unable to meet their costs, according to a survey by...
24 May 2007
Local authorities are focusing on existing provision as
they start to carry out assessments of childcare as part of their new duties
under the Childcare Act. Nursery World spoke to...
24 May 2007
A high-flying fund manager in the City of London who
handles £32 billion worth of assets has given birth to her eighth child,
reported The Daily Telegraph. Helena Morrissey's newest...
24 May 2007
Deafness awareness will be promoted on 7 June in Togs
for Dogs Day, organised by Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. The event aims to
raise funds for the training of...
24 May 2007
The Children's Commissioner for England has called for
children to take over the country on 23 November, to mark the 18th anniversary
of the signing of the United Nations Convention...
24 May 2007
NDNA Cymru says it will keep pushing for nurseries in
Wales to become bilingual, following the success of its 'Supporting the Welsh
Language in Day Nurseries' project. NDNA Cymru was...