Read about our FdA Early Years (0-8 years), flexible and distributed learning graduate, Lynne, and her story which is now being featured as part of a national campaign to boost the number of childminders: https://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/news/worcester-graduate-part-of-national-campaign-to-boost-number-of-childminders Lynne features as an Early Years Career ‘real story’ here: https://earlyyearscareers.campaign.gov.uk/real-stories/lynne-childminder/ The FdA Early Years (0-8 years), Flexible and Distributed… Continue reading Worcester Graduate Part of National Campaign to Boost Number of Childminders
Author: Samantha Sutton-Tsang
Meet the team!
Introducing our newest member of the Department for Children and Families at the University of Worcester, Sarah Hutchins. Singing in the change with Semester 2, 2024 in the Department for Children and Families! My first Semester as a new lecturer within the Department for Children and Families is drawing to a close and it is… Continue reading Meet the team!
Graduate Stories: Keely Webb-Davies
Before studying at the University of Worcester I worked within a nursery and had always wanted to complete an early years degree. After having my daughter and watching how different experiences helped to shape her personality, I was intrigued to investigate this further, therefore I embarked on the adventure of studying on the FdA Early… Continue reading Graduate Stories: Keely Webb-Davies
Graduate Stories: Georgina Upton
Ge graduated from the BA(Hons) Integrated Working with Children and Families in September 2023, having taken a break from study before embarking on the Top Up degree at the University of Worcester. Here she reflects on her experience. I was always under the impression that my time of learning had come to a stand-still after… Continue reading Graduate Stories: Georgina Upton
Graduate Stories: Deborah Jones-Dee
EYITT and Postgraduate Certificate in Leading Early Years Practice graduate goes on to complete an MA Education. I started working at the Hive library in 2012, as a library customer adviser. This was a different career path for me as I had spent many years working in the adult disability support field. I enjoyed everything… Continue reading Graduate Stories: Deborah Jones-Dee
A GLASS HALF FULL
Read this new blog from Angela Hodgkins and Alison Prowle as they discuss the importance of Strength-based practice, available from: https://www.worcester.ac.uk/about/news/academic-blog/a-glass-half-full-a-strength-based-hope-inspiring-approach.aspx Hodgkins, A. and Prowle, A. (2023) Strength-based Practice with Children and Families. St Albans: Critical Publishing. Prowle, A. and Hodgkins, A. (2020) Making a Difference with Children and Families: Re-imagining the Role of the Practitioner. London:… Continue reading A GLASS HALF FULL
Graduate Stories: Winner of the Excellence in Professional Practice Award 2023
Tamzin Murphy was nominated for the Head of Institute of Education, Excellence in Professional Practice and was presented this award at the BA(Hons) Early Childhood in Society Graduation in September 2023. The award is in recognition of the important work that students undertake when on placement and the positive impact they can make. Research shows… Continue reading Graduate Stories: Winner of the Excellence in Professional Practice Award 2023
EECERA Conference 2023: Portugal
From Thursday 31st August till Saturday 2nd September 2023, Angela Hodgkins, a senior lecturer from the Department for Children and Families, attended the European Early Childhood Educational Research Association (EECERA) conference. The conference is held annually at a different European city each year, and this year it was in Estoril, Portugal. The conference theme was… Continue reading EECERA Conference 2023: Portugal
Publications and Outputs: Collaborative Multi Professional Working
Hodgkins, A. and Prowle, A. (2023) Strength-based Practice with Children and Families, Critical Publishing. Kubiak, C., Fenton-O’Creevy, M., Appleby, K., Kempster, M., Reed, M., Solvason, C. and Thorpe, M. (2015) ‘Brokering boundary encounters’ in Wenger-Trayner, E., Fenton-O’Creevy, M., Hutchinson, S., Kubiak, C. and Wenger-Trayner, B. (Eds) Landscapes of Practice, Oxon: Routledge. Solvason, C. (2017)… Continue reading Publications and Outputs: Collaborative Multi Professional Working
Publications and Outputs: Leadership
Gallagher, S. (2023) Early Childhood Studies in a Polarised Dystopia: Pedagogy as ethical leadership in education’, in C. Solvason and G. Elliott (eds) Ethics in Education: Contemporary Perspectives on Research, Pedagogy and Leadership, Bradford: Ethics International Press, pp 43-65. Solvason, C. (2020) Building a positive community culture: the role leader collaborations across primary schools… Continue reading Publications and Outputs: Leadership