Eleanor Ireland

Achieving high-quality provision in the baby room of English nurseries - Nuffield Foundation New research brings together evidence on what quality provision looks like in the baby rooms of English nurseries.

And other work we're funding on the EY Workforce:

Achieving high-quality provision in the baby room of English nurseries: www.nuffieldfoundation.org/project/achi...

Examining the challenges and benefits of childminding in England: www.nuffieldfoundation.org/project/exam...

Early years workforce policy in the four UK nations: a comparative analysis - Early Education Early Education is partnering with colleagues at five UK universities to understand policy issues around the Early Years Workforce in all four nations of the UK, and to make policy recommendations for...

And you can find the report, here "It is rocket science: professionalising the early childhood workforce in the UK": early-education.org.uk/early-years-... - led by Verity Campbell-Barr, Beatrice Merrick and Cathy Nutbrown.

How do we address the long-standing issues facing the early years workforce?

Here at @nuffieldfoundation.org, we’re hosting the launch of a new report about the EY workforce in the UK which outlines what needs to be done to address these challenges. I’ve summarised their recommendations below 👇

We launch our new Strategic Review today...with 5 priority questions that will guide what we fund over the next 5 years.

More information below...

New report from @nestauk.bsky.social was launched yesterday about improving support for families through parenting programmes. Thanks for inviting me to share my thoughts @loubazalgette.bsky.social on the findings and really welcome the call to work together to develop a shared research agenda.

Thanks so much @cliffmanning.bsky.social
and Vicki @parentzone.bsky.social
for the opportunity and Lucy Betts, NTU and Melanie Pilcher
@eyalliance.bsky.social for all your expertise

Really enjoyed recording this podcast about digital media literacy in #EarlyYears with Vicki Shotbolt, Lucy Betts, and Melanie Pilcher.

In it we talk about why digital media literacy is important for young children and their families and what support we'd like to see developed.

Great article from @juliangrenier.bsky.social about parental engagement.

Shaping the future of AI in education: a call for a children’s rights-based approach Ahead of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit which France will host early next month, Ayça Atabey explains why it is essential to adopt a children’s rights-based approach to AI use…

🗨️ "Technology is a tool to support education, not a solution to all challenges."

⏰ Before next week's Artificial Intelligence Action Summit, Ayça Atabey argues AI in education must be a priority - a child rights framework is vital.

DigitalFutures4Children
blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...

Really learning a lot from @renatesamson.bsky.social explaining how #AI is currently used in schools, at the launch of a landscape review of AI in education from @nuffieldfoundation.org and @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social

New report today from @parentzone.bsky.social about digital media literacy in the EYs. Digital is part of young children's lives, but there is little support for families out there. We need to collaborate to work out what families and young children need to make the most of the digital world.