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Are we all ready in 2017?

The formalisation process which the review shows has been happening in Early Childhood Education, particularly since 2010, has moved into a new phase in 2016-17. The OECD has been considering a...

Play and Pedagogy

Carrying out the research for the section on Play and Pedagogy was a pleasure. This was because the field of play scholarship is extensive, international, multi-disciplinary and progressive in...

Giving a Voice to Mothers

My work on the Parenting chapter of the Â鶹ÒùÔº/ TACTYC Review of the Early Years Literature triggered some questions that I felt compelled to further investigate. The literature that I accessed...

The Missing Link? Brain and Body in early learning and development – what the research review does and doesn’t tell us

The early years education field has always emphasised the holistic nature of early development and learning despite the continued prevalence of separate subject- or development-based domains...

Early years as a career? Policy, practice and professionalism 2003-2017

In March 2017, the long-awaited Early Years Workforce Strategy for England was published by the DfE. It aims to put in place a number of measures to address some of the difficulties currently...

Opportunity – writer/editor wanted for our Research Commission reports

During 2015/6 Â鶹ÒùÔº funded three Research Commissions to identify and explore topics of concern for the discipline and its research communities. The Research Commissions were asked to: identify...

Postgraduate Symposium Series – South Coast: Practical Issues in Conducting Educational Research

  South Coast Symposium: Dr. Barbara Crossouard, University of Sussex     This event is now fully booked. To be placed on the waiting list, please email [email protected]. ...

Exploring Recruitment, Retention and Region: the new three ‘R’s’ challenging schools in England

Online registration has now closed. If you want to attend this event, please email [email protected] for details of how to register onsite. It has been widely argued that teacher retention and...

Researching our Early Years Curriculum: Policy, Practice and Professionalism

          A BCF Event for schools, colleges, universities and early years settings Online registration has now closed. If you want to attend this event, please email...

Opportunity – Director of the Centre for Education Improvement Science

The UCL Institute of Education is launching a flagship research centre – the Centre for Education Improvement Science – to lead path-breaking research on educational system improvement. It is...

Gender-related violence and young people: Critical responses in research and practice

Online registration has now closed. If you want to attend this event, please email [email protected] for details of how to register onsite. 'Sexual and gendered violence is a continuing...

Writing a world-leading (four star) publication

Highlights from the first 1,000 Â鶹ÒùÔº Blog posts

The idea that research could be described as ‘4*’ came from the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF). Four-star research is 'world-leading in terms of originality, significance and...