The Covid19 pandemic has shown the value of the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector as part of the country’s infrastructure, yet ECEC workers remain undervalued. In this podcast,…
Wed, 21 July 2021 13:00 – 14:00 BST Register here. The Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector has been disrupted and reorganised during the Covid-19 pandemic. These disruptions have…
Nursery workers, childminders and nannies have been working hard throughout the pandemic. This work is, in part, what has allowed key workers to keep working. This has been crucial not only…
The early years sector will play a key role in the post-Covid recovery, says Jennifer Tomlinson, professor of gender and employment relations, University of Leeds She has written the June…
Nursery staff have feared for their physical and mental health while working through successive lockdowns – many of them without access to full sick pay, a study led by the…
Dr Nathan Archer, who is a researcher on the Childcare during Covid team considers what activism in the early years sector means and what it can achieve in this piece…
Our research lead, Professor Jennifer Tomlinson, is quoted in a Guardian comment piece looking at the risk early years workers have faced working through the national lockdown. Read the full…
Why responding to the crisis in early years education and care during the pandemic must address working conditions for early years workers by Xanthe Whittaker, Kate Hardy, and Jennifer Tomlinson…