31 July 2008
Early Years Professionals should be subsidised to ensure they have decent wages and career development, the trade union representing EYPs has told the Government.
20 November 2008
A management consultant who gave up his career to retrain as a nursery nurse has opened his first nursery in Chard, Somerset.
21 February 2008
Health visiting as a specialist career could be lost under Government plans for nursing, says the health visitors' union.
5 November 2008
Parents on low incomes associate formal childcare with 'career people' and working parents who do not have any family members around to help, according to new research.
10 January 2008
Many see childcare as a drop-out job. They did poorly at school, and the careers advisor will say, 'don't worry, you can do nursery nursing!'
8 May 2008
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell claims to have hung up her hotpants and Union Jack boots for a new career as a children's author, said the Guardian.
10 April 2008
A love of children, dissatisfaction with alternative careers or being able to do flexible hours are the main reasons people choose to work in childcare, according to the IPPR study...
11 November 2008
Government attempts to raise standards in the early years sector are being jeopardised by poor pay and conditions, according to a new report.
10 November 2008
Ruth Pimentel, the national director responsible for the Early Years Foundation Stage, has resigned in a move that took the early years sector by surprise.
9 October 2008
The founder of the world's largest childcare company, ABC Learning Centres, stepped down as its chief executive last week.