Centre for Education Research and Scholarship
Funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the research aims to build our understanding of how Digitally Mediated Professional Learning can be used to extend and enhance leadership development in the English EY sector. Objective 1 The research will systematically review research published in the last ten years (2011-2021) focusing on two intersecting bodies of literature: 1)…
This research aims to find out a) how ethnicity in the early years workforce intersects with leadership responsibilities and professional qualifications and b) how the ethnicity of early years professionals compares with the ethnicity of children and families accessing early years education locally. The research takes place in Maintained Nursery Schools across the UK. Dr…
We are a group of Baby Room Leaders, Nursery Managers and Researchers working together to develop and improve Baby Room Leadership across the UK. We believe that: The experiences that children have between the ages of 0-2 years are vital for their learning and wellbeing in childhood and into adulthood. It is essential that we…
The Dlala Project is funded by the GCRF. It is focused on bringing together an international network of childhood experts to investigate ways to decolonise play through the digital in Sub-Saharan Africa. Professor Jayne Osgood is the International Partner working with colleagues in South Africa, Namibia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Malawi… Find out more here –…
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Invited Keynote by Professor Jayne Osgood: Play Matters: exploring worldly connections in early childhood In early childhood play has long been understood as a human endeavour; and materiality is, at best, viewed as a means to facilitate play and learning. Feminist new materialist approaches though invite a different engagement with matter, one that contemplates how play…
Tuesday 30th November 2021 12:00 (noon) – 1:00pm Learning and teaching discussions are informal sessions which provide an opportunity for staff to meet with colleagues from to share experiences and learn from others in a supportive collegiate environment. In this session Ravinder Bassi, Student Engagement & Enhancement Manager, David Gilani, Head of Student Engagement and…
Thursday 9th December 9.30 -10.30am, via Zoom Professor David Boud, Work and Learning Research Centre, Middlesex University. Research and Publishing in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Being scholarly about ones’ teaching is normal business for us all. For some, this will involve contributing to the scholarship of learning and teaching. This typically involves small…
Thursday 9th December 2021 11.30-12.30 Learning and teaching coffee and conversations are informal sessions which provide an opportunity for staff to meet with colleagues from across the Faculty to share experiences and learn from others in a supportive collegiate environment. In this session Dr Emily McIntosh, Director of Learning Teaching and Student Experience, will start…