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Interview - Helen Wong

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  • Monday, January 6, 2020
    • | Nursery World
Ms Wong has recently set up her own practice, Helen Wong Solicitors, after working as partner at a larger law firm

Interview - Dr Sara Bonetti, Education Policy Institute

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  • Tuesday, September 1, 2020
    • | Nursery World
Research commissioned by the Social Mobility Commission has found one in eight early years workers earns less than £5 an hour. The report highlights low pay and lack of career and training opportunities among the key barriers to a stable workforce. Report author Dr Bonetti discusses the findings

Interview - Linda Cuddy, head of childcare, Welcome Nurseries

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  • Monday, September 28, 2020
    • | Nursery World
Since opening its first nursery in June last year, and backed by private investor Jonathan Jay, Welcome Nurseries has expanded rapidly and has just acquired its tenth and 11th settings. The group is now in locations across the North of England in Yorks and Lancs, and in the South in Essex

Interview - Deborah Lawson, former general secretary of Voice Community

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  • Tuesday, May 31, 2022
    • | Nursery World
Lawson retired from the role earlier this year after 30 years in the early years sector. She previously worked for a local authority in various childcare roles before moving to Voice, then known as the union for education professionals, in 2012. In 2020, Voice joined the Community Union, with Lawson as assistant general secretary.

Interview: Jackie Marsh

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  • Tuesday, April 7, 2020
    • | Nursery World
Professor of education at the University of Sheffield, and chair of the DfE’s expert panel, which has accredited apps for home learning on the Hungry Little Minds website. This gives parents access to video tips, advice and suggested games to help with early learning for their children from birth to five.

Interview - Anne Longfield

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  • Tuesday, March 2, 2021
    • | Nursery World
Anne Longfield OBE has been a passionate champion for children for more than 35 years, taking on the role of England’s Children’s Commissioner in 2015, after running charity 4Children. In an interview with Nursery World, just before her tenure in the post ended on 1 March, she describes the challenges she has faced and her accomplishments over the past six years.

Interview: Meet Helen Donohoe, PACEY's new chief executive

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  • Tuesday, February 28, 2023
    • | Nursery World
Helen Donohoe, former policy advisor at the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years, has replaced outgoing chief executive Liz Bayram. Before joining PACEY, Donohoe worked as a freelance researcher and policy advisor. She was also director of public policy at Action for Children for more than four years between 2009 and 2014.

Meet Dr Álvaro Bilbao, author of Understanding Your Child's Brain

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  • Wednesday, April 26, 2023
    • | Nursery World
Dr Bilbao has published Understanding Your Child's Brain, which recommends parents ration or not allow screen time for children under six. He says devices with screens should ‘find their way into the child's hands gradually’ once they have developed emotionally and intellectually.

Meet Nursery World Award winner David Heard

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  • Tuesday, October 24, 2023
    • | Nursery World
David Heard, senior practitioner at The Oaks Day Nursery in Birmingham, was named joint winner of the Nursery Practitioner of the Year Award 2023at the Nursery World Awards ceremony held at The Brewery in London last month.

Interview - Fiona Smith

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  • Sunday, December 20, 2020
    • | Nursery World
Fiona Smith is responsible for bringing The Learning Experience (TLE) from the US and driving its franchise expansion, with the aim to open 70 nurseries in the UK. Founded in Florida 40 years ago, TLE has more than 275 settings, 90 per cent of them franchises. Ms Smith, who has a background in franchising, oversaw the recent UK nursery launch.

Interview - Jodie Reed, director at Isos Partnership

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  • Monday, February 1, 2021
    • | Nursery World
Jodie Reed leads Isos’s work on early years, childcare, early help and prevention, and is the co-author of Working for Babies: Lockdown lessons from local systems, which shines a light on society’s most vulnerable members during the spring 2020 lockdown. Ms Reed’s previous roles include the Early Intervention Foundation and the DfE.

Interview - Nicola Brimble

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  • Monday, February 3, 2020
    • | Nursery World
As the social enterprise opens its second nursery in the city, Nicola Brimble explains its ethos

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