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
International Conference on Educational Quality 2023
From 25th-27th October 2023, Emma Bailey, a lecturer within the Department for Children and Families, attended the 6th International Conference on Educational Quality held at the University of Ibn Zohr in Agadir, Morocco. The conference is held annually and this year the theme was “Transformational Leadership in Education” with attendees travelling from all over the… Continue reading International Conference on Educational Quality 2023
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
Social Pedagogy Networking Event
June 2023 What does social pedagogy have to offer a wide range of professions? Introduction The University of Worcester led social pedagogy networking event brought together a vibrant group of people from a diverse range of professions; from adoption services, to play advocates to those lecturing in the field of business management. Everyone who attended… Continue reading Social Pedagogy Networking Event
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
Publications and Outputs: Special Educational Needs
Solvason, C. and Proctor, S. (2021) ‘You have to find the right words to be honest’: nurturing relationships between teachers and parents of children with Special Educational Needs. Support for Learning, 36 (3). pp. 470-485. ISSN 0268-2141. Sutton-Tsang, S. (2022) Valuing Children with Special Educational Needs and Disability. In: Exploring and Celebrating the Early Childhood… Continue reading Publications and Outputs: Special Educational Needs