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Early Years news

Opinion: The fight for funding, are children with special educational needs being “failed by society”?

Nicola Preston, Senior Lecturer in Education (SEN and Inclusion) shares her thoughts on the way…

19 November 2018

Globetrotting educator makes Waterside his new home

Students studying on the Early Childhood Studies programme now have even more global experience to…

17 October 2018

Competencies launch gives Early Childhood graduates an edge in the jobs market

An initiative from the University of Northampton will give graduates seeking a career supporting children…

17 September 2018

University academic advises Department for Education on Early Years provision

Dr Eunice Lumsden, Head of Early Years at the University of Northampton has been a…

26 July 2018

New competencies to benchmark Early Childhood Studies degree qualifications will be launched in September

Twenty-five years after its launch, the Early Childhood Studies Degrees Network (ECSDN), has introduced a…

25 July 2018

Child Protection in the Early Years: Dr Eunice Lumsden is Finalist in national awards

Congratulations to Dr Eunice Lumsden, whose book, Child Protection in the Early Years, is a…

10 July 2018

From Hong Kong to Northampton – Jen blogs about her time with us

Jen To, aged, 30, an international student from Hong Kong, is graduating this July from…

5 July 2018

Education differences discovered on exchange trip to Germany

Eleven third year students studying on the Primary Education and the Early Years courses’ have…

29 June 2018

Primary school children use campus noise to create a masterpiece

Combining Art, Science, Computing and Music to create a composition was the theme of a…

24 May 2018