Men in Childcare - In the balance
What are the benefits of having more men working in the early years sector, what are the barriers,...
Men in Childcare
All the latest news and views on moves to attract more men to working with young children. Will fresh initiatives to increase the proportion of males in childcare have a significant effect?
Number of male teachers in England drops
An exodus of white men have left the teaching profession over the last decade, but the proportion of...
Men in childcare: now is a ‘crucial’ time to act
A radical new strategy is needed to gender-diversify the early years workforce, after a survey...
Nursery Management: International - Men of the world
The issue of attracting more men to the early years isn’t just one faced by the UK. Meredith Jones...
New guide for early years settings on recruiting more men
A new guide to recruiting men into early years recommends settings hold targeted open days and keep...
Have your say on men working in early years and childcare
The deadline for members of the early years workforce to respond to a national survey on gender in...
Parents uncomfortable with male practitioners changing their child's nappy
Male practitioners are frequently being stopped from providing intimate care to children as parents...
Recruitment - How early years can man up
Why are there so few men in the early years, and what can be done to improve recruitment, ask David...
Managing Equality and Diversity, Part 8: Gender - In the balance
From employing more men to challenging stereotypes, Gabriella Jozwiak looks at gender issues facing...
Survey to look at why so few men work in childcare
Researchers at Lancaster University are looking for early years practitioners and managers to take...
Childcare Counsel - male discrimination, suspending over allegations
Our resident employment lawyer Caroline Robins, Eversheds principal associate, answers your...
DfE £30,000 project to recruit more men in early years
The Department for Education has launched a new drive to recruit more men into childcare as a...
Interview - Jeremy Davies
Mr Davies is a member of the GenderEYE (Gender Diversification in Early Years Education) research...
London's City Hall launches award to tackle gender stereotypes
Nurseries, schools and colleges will be able to gain a new award designed to tackle gender...
New fund to get more men into childcare
The Scottish Government has launched a new fund to encourage more men to enrol on childcare courses....
Recruitment, Part 6: Diversity - Wider scope
What can settings do to attract more men, as well as more people from diverse ethnic backgrounds –...
Schools get behind call for more men in early years
School leaders are to show their support for getting more men into early years.
Nursery group launches action plan to recruit more men to work in the early years
The London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has launched a four-point plan to encourage more men to...
Start-up aims to encourage more men into childcare and support new fathers
A new workspace crèche collaboration is hoping to tackle gender inequality for working parents in...
How can we achieve gender balance in the early years workforce?
Around 5 per cent of men now work in early years, but as June O'Sullivan explains, we need...
Positive Relationships: Male Practitioners - Men at work
In Glasgow, an ‘Approved by Dads’ training programme is getting men – many of them fathers – into...
Positive Relationships: Men in Childcare - In proportion
One setting is bucking the norm of a female-dominated early years workforce by making the...
Positive Relationships: Men in Childcare - Man enough?
Why is it important to get more men as practitioners in the early years? What can we learn from...
Men in childcare - from disappointment to anger
David Wright, the nursery owner who has launched the Southampton Area Men in Early Years network,...
Outrage over Leadsom's comments that male childcarers might be paedophiles
The early years sector has been outraged by comments made by Andrea Leadsom, the new environment and...
Montessori offers £3,000 bursaries for male students
Bursaries are now available for men who want to train at Montessori Centre International (MCI).
Men in Childcare - Balancing act
SFC policy and analysis officer Alison Malcolm explains how the Scottish Funding Council is tackling...
Time for action on men in childcare
With the proportion of men working in early years stuck at just two per cent, it's time for the...
Nursery World 90th anniversary: Over the Decades - Plus ça change?
While the past 90 years may have seen the demise of ‘lady nurses’, the Truby King method and woollen...
Men at work
While childcare may no longer be seen as 'women's work', there are still far too few men in the...
New drive to increase number of men in childcare
The Fatherhood Institute has launched a recruitment drive to get more men into childcare.
Modelling mould-breaking, not ‘maleness'
We need to clarify exactly why we want more men in early years, says lecturer Dr Geoff Taggart
Stereotypes blamed for shortage of men in early years
A lack of positive male role models and stereotypical views of early years may be the main reasons...
Nursery group chief exec warns child abuse cases are deterring men from childcare
High profile child abuse cases risk damaging the drive to get more men into childcare, June...
'Berated, frozen out, colluded against...' why one male practitioner knows he is definitely not welcome
Let me introduce myself. I'm nasty and aggressive; a bit of an oddball, in fact. I'm cold, clinical,...
Rise in number of men training as primary school teachers
The number of men training as primary school teachers has risen by 50 per cent in the last four...
Male practitioners make their mark
Employing three male practitioners, including two in senior positions, has had a positive impact on...
Men in childcare: Group to fight 'sexist' discrimination
A day care nursery stakeholders group has been set up to tackle the problem of how to bring more men...
Parents want men in nurseries but male school leavers 'not interested' in childcare
New research has found that while the majority of parents are in favour of men working in nurseries,...
Asquith CEO to form steering group on gender
The chief executive of the Asquith nursery chain is to set up a steering group aimed at ending...
Providers group to research men in childcare
The question of why so few men choose childcare as a career is being studied by the Major Providers...
Men are urged to take up childminding
Attracting more men to childminding is the goal of a new campaign by the Northern Ireland...
New twist to male recruitment drive
A local authority that has been campaigning to get more men into childcare has added two podcasts to...
Parents want to see men in the nursery, says CWDC
More than half of all parents using childcare would like to see men working in their child's...
Young male teachers absent from nurseries
There are no male teachers under the age of 25 working in nursery schools, according to this year's...
Men in childcare The pioneers
Settings need to celebrate diversity and promote inclusion if they are to recruit and retain men in...
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