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By Professor Jane Payler ‘Why would anyone want to come into the early years sector any more, the pay is  dreadful, we are undervalued by the Government and even though we desperately want to  give our staff more money, we … Continue reading →

A really helpful post today by Claire Saunders and Karen Horsley. Pick up any book that lands on your doormat at the start of an OU module. Its pages are crisp and clean, chapters neatly organised, not a word out … Continue reading →

Our final week of meet the team… Childhood Carolyn Cooke, Academic Staff Tutor (Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport) I am a Staff Tutor based in the North of Scotland. I have worked in education as a teacher and teacher educator, … Continue reading →

Some more members of the Early Childhood team for you to meet… John Parry, Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood I am a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood and have worked at the Open University since 2010. I have written material … Continue reading →

We thought you might like to get to know the Early Childhood team a little better so for the next three weeks we will be introducing ourselves….   Dr Jackie Musgrave, Programme Lead for Early Childhood My doctoral and post-doctoral … Continue reading →

This month’s post has been written by Eleonora Teszenyi who is a lecturer on the Early Childhood team. I have long been admiring the practice at an early childhood setting in the Midlands for the practitioners’ resilience, commitment, positive attitude, … Continue reading →

Dr Natalie Canning This article was written for Openlearn to support parents and carers during lockdown to see the potential for creative play at home.  It’s aim is to show that children’s play and creativity is just as, if not … Continue reading →

This month’s post is written by Dr Lucy Rodriguez Leon. Lucy is a Lecturer in Early Childhood at The Open University. Her research explores young children’s everyday encounters with literacy.  Across the UK there is currently great debate about children … Continue reading →

This month’s post is brought to us by Carolyn Cooke who is a staff tutor in the School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport here at the Open University. Thank you Carolyn! On April 16th I joined the final session … Continue reading →

We understand people are leading quite difficult lives at the moment and send all our readers our very best wishes. One thing that has become very apparent over the last few weeks is how, as a society, we have come … Continue reading →