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Consultation launched on content and standards for updated Early Childhood Studies degree

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

| Nursery World

The sector is invited to respond to a consultation on a revision to the nature of Early Childhood Study degrees and the academic standards expected of graduates.

DfE to reform Level 3 early years qualifications

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Friday, October 29, 2021

| Nursery World

The Department for Education is to review and reform level 3 early years qualifications as part of its measures to address the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on young children.

New early years leadership qualification available from Autumn 2022

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Friday, October 15, 2021

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has launched a new early years leadership qualification for Level 3 qualified and above practitioners working in private, voluntary and independent settings.

Montessori Centre International to offer NCFE Level 3 and 4 qualifications

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Thursday, September 16, 2021

| Nursery World

Montessori Centre International (MCI) has been approved to deliver Early Years Educator (EYE) qualifications by awarding body NCFE.

Training: Students face problems with lack of hours spent in nursery placements

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Thursday, September 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Awarding bodies have adapted qualifications to help students whose placement time has been reduced by the pandemic.

The removal of BTEC qualifications will 'massively impact disadvantaged students' Government is warned

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Thursday, August 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Teachers have condemned Government plans to scrap funding for applied general qualifications (AGQs), including BTECs in childcare, in favour of a new vocational qualification, T-Levels.

Level 5 early years apprenticeship approved

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Wednesday, August 18, 2021

| Nursery World

The Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner apprenticeship has been formally approved for delivery by the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education.

Anglia Ruskin University launches new Montessori degree programmes

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Thursday, July 8, 2021

| Nursery World

From September, students will be able to study the Montessori method at degree and masters level remotely or face-to-face.

Nursery group training academy links up with Montessori Centre International

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Friday, July 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Montessori Centre International has partnered with Little Dukes Training Academy at Riverside Nursery Schools to offer accredited training.

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

| Nursery World

While recruiting Level 3-qualified staff has been an issue for several years, settings have told Nursery World that the situation is now so dire they fear they will be forced to turn families away because of staff shortages.

New project to test effectiveness of early childhood studies degrees

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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

| Nursery World

A new project to gauge the impact graduates have on practice in early years settings has been launched.

LEYF launches sustainability qualification to create 'green champions'

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Thursday, April 22, 2021

| Nursery World

To mark World Earth Day, nursery group LEYF has launched an early years qualification on sustainability with awarding body CACHE.

Government funds Level 3 qualifications in early years for free from 1 April for over-24s

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Thursday, April 1, 2021

| Nursery World

The Level 3 Early Years Educator course is one of 400 free qualifications on offer, in the Government’s attempt to boost skills and jobs, as the country recovers from the pandemic.

Nursery group to run Level 3 Forest School training

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

| Nursery World

Outdoor nursery group Little Forest Folk is launching its own Level 3 Forest School Leaders qualification in May.

Graduates 'make a long lasting difference to outcomes'

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

| Nursery World

Settings which employ a graduate are linked with improved outcomes for children which last up to the end of primary school, new analysis suggests.

Childcare Level 3 qualifications to be free from April

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Childcare Level 3 qualifications are among 400 fully-funded courses for adults that the Government is making available for free from April 2021.

Montessori St Nicholas to open new institute with Leeds Beckett University

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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Montessori St Nicholas is to launch the International Montessori Institute and appoint the world's first Professor of Montessori Education.

‘Generations of talent being lost through lack of investment in early years workforce’

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

| Nursery World

A new report urges the Government to improve the training, pay and conditions of early years staff to support all children’s learning and development before they start school.

Childcare and Education T level content published

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

| Nursery World

The detail of the education and childcare T-level has now been published.

Coronavirus: training providers facing huge drops in apprentice numbers

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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

| Nursery World

Training providers are facing huge drops in apprentice numbers as settings start to close en masse and new apprentices stay away.

Early years staffing under increasing strain

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Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Widespread recruitment and retention problems in nurseries are leading to a rise in workplace stress, according to a new report.

Level 5 standard in dispute

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Monday, February 3, 2020

| Nursery World

A tug of war is taking place over whether the Level 5 apprenticeship standard should contain a foundation degree or the standard ‘licence to practice’ at Level 3, Nursery World has learned.

Government launches drive to attract T-Level students

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Monday, October 7, 2019

| Nursery World

The Government has launched a new advertising campaign, website and action plan on T-Levels, ahead of the launch of the Education and Childcare T-level from next September.

Study reveals trends in global ECEC workforce

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Thursday, September 26, 2019

| Nursery World

Business property adviser Christie & Co has published its first report on global workforce trends in early childhood education and care (ECEC).

Nurseries in Wales struggling to recruit Level 3 staff

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Friday, September 6, 2019

| Nursery World

More than two-thirds of nurseries in Wales have had difficulties recruiting Level 3 qualified staff, according to new research.

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Consultation launched on content and standards for updated Early Childhood Studies degree

DfE to reform Level 3 early years qualifications

New early years leadership qualification available from Autumn 2022

Montessori Centre International to offer NCFE Level 3 and 4 qualifications

Training: Students face problems with lack of hours spent in nursery placements

The removal of BTEC qualifications will 'massively impact disadvantaged students' Government is warned

Level 5 early years apprenticeship approved

Anglia Ruskin University launches new Montessori degree programmes

Nursery group training academy links up with Montessori Centre International

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

New project to test effectiveness of early childhood studies degrees

LEYF launches sustainability qualification to create 'green champions'

Government funds Level 3 qualifications in early years for free from 1 April for over-24s

Nursery group to run Level 3 Forest School training

Graduates 'make a long lasting difference to outcomes'

Childcare Level 3 qualifications to be free from April

Montessori St Nicholas to open new institute with Leeds Beckett University

‘Generations of talent being lost through lack of investment in early years workforce’

Childcare and Education T level content published

Coronavirus: training providers facing huge drops in apprentice numbers

Early years staffing under increasing strain

Level 5 standard in dispute

Government launches drive to attract T-Level students

Study reveals trends in global ECEC workforce

Nurseries in Wales struggling to recruit Level 3 staff

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