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Tuesday, July 2, 2019

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Kezia Thurgood-Parkes, an ECS student at Sheffield Hallam, talks PGCEs, placements, uni politics, and cocktails

Universities call for action on Early Years Teacher Status

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

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A letter signed by academics from more than 20 universities is being sent to MPs and ministers this week, warning that the early years graduate workforce is at risk.

Early Years Teachers: Part 3 - Joined-up learning

Monday, June 1, 2015

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In her third article on Early Years Teacher training options, Charlotte Goddard finds out how one aspiring practitioner is combining the qualification with her undergraduate degree

Placements putting childminders off Early Years Teacher courses

Monday, June 2, 2014

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Some childminders are being put off enrolling for Early Years Teacher courses in September because of the requirement to undertake at least two weeks' work experience in a school.

Early Years Teacher Status Diary – The end is in sight…….

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

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A flurry of activity is underway as students prepare for their final setting visits, says Chichester University’s Nikki Fairchild in her penultimate diary

Nursery Management: Training - Initial findings

Monday, March 18, 2019

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How useful is Early Years Teacher training and what difference does it make to leading practice? Samantha Sutton-Tsang, senior lecturer from the Department for Children and Families at the University of Worcester, did some research on the subject

Training Today: Degrees - Graduate hall

Monday, July 23, 2018

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New competencies to benchmark Early Childhood Studies degree qualifications will be launched in September. Dr Eunice Lumsden offers an exclusive preview

Nursery World Awards 15: Individuals - Early Years Professional/Teacher of the Year

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Sunday, September 27, 2015

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Winner - Jessica Curbishley, Deputy manager, Woodlands Day Nursery, Timperley, Cheshire

Nursery workers consider leaving profession due to workload

Friday, October 23, 2015

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Three fifths of early years graduates have considered leaving the profession in the past six months, according to a new survey.

Workforce Strategy, Part 3: Graduates - Equal opportunities

Thursday, October 5, 2017

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The sector is not set up to adequately reward Early Years Teachers, but Charlotte Goddard finds that plans to open up career routes have made limited progress so far

A course of neglect for Early Years Teacher Status

Monday, May 14, 2018

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With no apparent action on Workforce Strategy promises for EYTs, the prospect of a graduate-led workforce is diminishing

'More Great Childcare': Early Years Teacher to supersede EYPS

Monday, January 28, 2013

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The Government has responded to Cathy Nutbrown's recommendations for raising the professionalism of the workforce by saying it will introduce a new Early Years Teacher role, but without Qualified Teacher Status.

Early Years Teachers launch campaign to demand teacher status

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

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A group of early years teachers is campaigning to be awarded qualified teacher status in a bid to boost their standing and pay.

Diary of a trainee Early Years Teacher

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

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Part 5: Trainee EYT Emma Davis on the benefits - and disadvantages - of juggling manager duties with her training

More graduates eligible for Early Years Teacher training bursaries

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

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The DfE has extended the bursary scheme for graduate entry to Early Years Teacher Status courses to those with 2.2 degrees for 2016/17.

What do Early Childhood Studies Degrees offer today?

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

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More than 25 years since their debut, what opportunities do ECS degrees offer today? By Dr Tanya Richardson, vice chair of the Early Childhood Studies Degree Network

Early years teacher standards 'ignore sector's views'

Monday, July 22, 2013

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Early years experts and academics have slammed the new Early Years Teacher standards, which were set out last week by the National College of Teaching and Leadership.

Nursery Management: Training - Call for clarity

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

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Many nursery managers are still trying to gauge what the Early Years Educator and Early Years Teacher roles are really going to mean from a practical perspective. Karen Faux reports

Nursery World Awards 16: Individuals - Early Years Professional/Early Years Teacher of the Year

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Sunday, September 25, 2016

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Laura Maguire, Dukes and Duchesses, Liverpool

Nursery World Awards 2018: Individuals - Early Years Teacher of the Year

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Sunday, September 23, 2018

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Christina Noton, Snapdragons Nursery, Atworth

One university ditches EYT, while numbers rise at another

Monday, October 1, 2018

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Amid falling numbers of Early Years Teacher students, the University of Worcester has dropped its course, although Greenwich university has doubled its intake this year.

‘I appreciate every lesson I’ve learnt’

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

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Early years teacher trainee Mary McAleese explains the joys and challenges of practice, how she has increasing respect for her fellow practitioners and why, for her, the dimension of university study is so important.

Why I became an EYT

Thursday, April 26, 2018

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Fourteen years after becoming a qualified primary school teacher, Nicola Masters decided to complete her Early Years Teacher Status. Why did she do it?

New PhD to focus on Welsh language in the early years and the new curriculum