Caroline graduated from the FdA Early Years (0-8 years) at the University of Worcester having studied on the Flexible and Distributed Learning pathway. Here she reflects on her Higher Education journey… “I had worked as a level 3 qualified early years practitioner for over 20 years, and when my qualification became questionable to its full… Continue reading Graduate Stories: Caroline James, FdA Early Years
Developing Content for Social Media Part 4: Producing content
Sarah Hutchins shares her experiences and tips on how to get started with your own social media content. Advertising your content Once you have created and edited videos to make content which is ready to upload your next step will be to think about the type of posts you are going to make to let… Continue reading Developing Content for Social Media Part 4: Producing content
Developing Content for Social Media Part 3: Filming your content
Sarah Hutchins shares her experiences and tips on how to get started with your own social media content. Deciding what to film Once you have decided where you might want to film, you can then decide on the type of content you want to create and also what you might want to film. In my… Continue reading Developing Content for Social Media Part 3: Filming your content
Developing Content for Social Media Part 2: Resourcing and Equipment
Sarah Hutchins shares her experiences and tips on how to get started with your own social media content. Resourcing and Equipment To begin with it is more than likely that you will be able to film content on devices that you already own. I filmed my content on my iPhone (other types of phones will… Continue reading Developing Content for Social Media Part 2: Resourcing and Equipment
Developing Content for Social Media Part 1: Developing your ideas
Sarah Hutchins shares her experiences and tips on how to get started with your own social media content. Ideas Planning and Getting Started If you have an idea, my advice would be to go for it! My adventures in developing content for social media have involved a teeny tiny bit of lateral thinking and what… Continue reading Developing Content for Social Media Part 1: Developing your ideas
Developing Content for Social Media
Our upcoming series of mini blogs will share some of Sarah Hutchins’ thoughts and experiences that she has learned along the way from creating her own unique and rather fun content for social media. With virtually no prior knowledge of technology, she managed to film and create content for a YouTube channel ‘Magical Mrs Hutchins’.… Continue reading Developing Content for Social Media
Worcester Graduate Part of National Campaign to Boost Number of Childminders
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
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!
Children’s Play in Worcester
Research conducted with Play Worcester (Kate Collier), led by Nicola Stobbs and Samantha Sutton-Tsang was accepted by Government as part of the call for evidence for the inquiry into ‘The experiences of children and young people of their built environment’. Gathering the voices of children, the research looked into the following areas: Read the report… Continue reading Children’s Play in Worcester
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