Date and time: 8th June 2023, 10.00 am-12.30pm It’s time to book your free tickets! We warmly invite you to join us in the Glass Room at the Hive, Worcester for a Social Pedagogy Development Network mini event. We will be part of an international network involving 15 other simultaneous events across Europe and would… Continue reading Social Pedagogy Development Network Mini Event
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UWDCF Research team meet with Local MP
Senior lecturers Dr. Carla Solvason, Samantha Sutton-Tsang and Niki Stobbs from the Department for Children and Families met with Robin Walker, MP on Friday 21st April to discuss a research report they had written about the wellbeing of early years practitioners and teachers. The report focussed particularly on the impact of Covid-19 on practitioners’ well-being… Continue reading UWDCF Research team meet with Local MP
Conference Reflection
This year’s conference organiser, DCF’s Olivia Storey, reflects on the conference from February and shares some of the feedback received from conference attendees. After three years of the DCF conference being online, we were able to take a blended approach and return to campus this year for our February 2023 conference titled ‘Healing the hurt,… Continue reading Conference Reflection
Conference Reflections
‘Healing the Hurt, Restoring the Hope’. One of the key note speakers, Erica Strudley-Brown, reflects on the Department of Children and Families Conference which took place on 11/2/23 at the University of Worcester. The ‘Healing the Hurt, Restoring the Hope’ conference was expertly organised and delivered by The Department for Children and Families. The entire… Continue reading Conference Reflections
Conference Reflections
One of our keynote speakers at the DCF conference, Elena Lengthorn, reflects on the day. “My enormous thanks to Olivia and her super DCF colleagues for creating such a welcoming space, and devoting time, to explore the difficult issues surrounding our climate and ecological crisis. It was powerful to reconnect with our shared first virtue… Continue reading Conference Reflections
Conference reflections: Connecting with nature
Nicola Watson, one of our keynote speakers at the DCF February Conference reflects on what was ‘a magical day’.
Ethics in Education
NEW PUBLICATION! Edited by the University of Worcester’s Dr Geoffrey Elliott and @UWDCFs Dr Carla Solvason: Ethics in Education.
Supporting parents with empathy and compassion
New journal article from @UWDCFs Angela Hodgkins available. Hodgkins, A. and Boddey, J. (2023) Supporting parents with empathy and compassion, International journal of birth and parent education, 10 (2), pp. 8-12
Early Childhood Studies Degrees Network Annual Conference
Join @UWDCFs Carla Solvason, Niki Stobbs, Stuart Gallagher and Erica Brown for the annual ECSDN Conference FREE. Friday 27th January 2023 9:30am-1pm: via Zoom Theme: New Beginnings Book your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ecsdn-research-conference-2023-tickets-407341989857?keep_tld=1 Erica will be opening up the conference with her key note on: Children’s and Family Experiences of the Covid 19 Pandemic -Using narrative… Continue reading Early Childhood Studies Degrees Network Annual Conference
Christmas Appeal
A message from our alumni Julia Gibb who put out a Christmas appeal to @UWDCF for Lotus Housing, Worcester…”A massive thank you for you, the students, and staff at Worcester University for your amazing help with the giving back at Christmas appeal. It was a huge success. Residents received gift bags from their secret Santa’s… Continue reading Christmas Appeal