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EYP Diary - Why we need EYPs

What does the future hold for EYPS? Nikki Fairchild, EYP programme co-ordinator at Chichester University, urges qualified EYPs to make their views known in the wake of the Nutbrown review while welcoming the fact that many talented individuals are coming forward to enrol on the programme's next phase

We are in the final stages of assessment for our current cohort of Graduate Practitioner Pathway candidates. They have now all had their setting visits and there are three more who are awaiting their final interviews. All have spent time collecting documents, writing assignments and showing their practice to assessors, while their setting visits have been their chance to demonstrate their EYP journey. Meanwhile the Graduate Entry Pathway and Undergraduate Practitioner Pathway candidates are continuing with their studies and are in the middle of their development reviews. Once these have been completed they are in practice over the summer before coming back in to university in September.

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