Surveys for both early years managers and practitioners run by GenderEYE (Gender Diversification in Early Years Education) have been extended to 20 December 2019 to allow more contributions to be made.
The study is run by the department of educational research at the University of Lancaster and the Fatherhood Institute, and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.
Figures from the Fatherhood Institute’s Men In The Early Years campaign (MITEY) have suggested there are considerable geographical variations in the numbers of men working in early years education in the UK.
In England and Wales, just 3 per cent of early years staff are male, while in Scotland the figure is 4 per cent.
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