News and Resources

13-Feb-2012: Learning Outdoors in Early Childhood Module at CREC from September
Why does being outdoors matter so much for young children? What does really effective and sat..

30-Jan-2012: CREC hosts visit from the Department of Education
David Fitzgerald, Deputy Director, Early Education and Childcare Division at the Departmen..

23-Jan-2012: Ready for School, Ready for Life!
CREC's own Professor Chris Pascal was one of the keynotes in the 'Inspection and Regulation in E..

11-Jan-2012: Interesting themes at the BECERA Conference
The 2nd BECERA Conference is only a month away and the team is working hard to put together a pr..

05-Jan-2012: Only a few spaces left for our January Outcomes training
Evidencing Outcomes & Measuring Impact 2 day Training Would you like clear, pra..

14-Dec-2011: Get 10% off Inspection & Regulation Conference
When? 18th January Where? Central London How to book? Click here (http://www.neilstewart..

30-Nov-2011: The tools to an Outstanding Evaluation
Click here (http://www.crec.co.uk/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&VID=8953008&KID=13708)to read ..

22-Nov-2011: CREC's latest newsletter
Read our latest newsletter by clicking here (http://www.crec.co.uk/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&V..

21-Nov-2011: Margaret M Clark OBE at the University of Wolverhampton
An invitation to an open seminar discussion Tuesday 29th of November 6pm to 7.30..

15-Nov-2011: Government launches the Early Education and Childcare Consultation
The Government has launched the Early Education and Childcare Consultation, which reflects commi..

01-Nov-2011: CREC Directors on why Practitioner Research is so important
Practitioner Research is, as the name suggests, research carried out by practitioners, but impor..

21-Oct-2011: A 'one stop shop' for all EY professionals
Data is now available to all Early Years Professionals on the Foundations Years website, a proje..

30-Sep-2011: BECERA Conference Call for Papers
The 2nd BECERA Conference is taking place at the Midlands Arts Centre (mac), Cannon Hill ..

19-Sep-2011: Dr Susan Young leads Early Years Music Module at CREC
Dr Susan Young from the University of Exeter leads the bespoke Early Years Music Module at CREC...

19-Aug-2011: University funded bursaries
The University of Wolverhampton is planning to invest £1.2M in MPhil/PhD bursaries over th..

09-Aug-2011: CREC and the School Food Trust
This year, researchers at CREC have helped the School Food Trust to come up with guildelines for foo..

19-Jul-2011: Foundation Years Publications - Department for Education
The Department for Education and the Department of Health have published a package setting out the G..

15-Jul-2011: Congratulations to our NPQICL students
All of us at CREC would like to congratulate the NPQICL students. To see the end of year video..

30-Jun-2011: BECERA conference is going ahead in 2012
The BECERA conference, hosted by the Centre for Research in Early Childhood in February 2011 is goin..

24-Jun-2011: Prof Chris Pascal on 'Enhancing Young Children's Play and Thinking Skills'
Enhancing Young Children’s Play and Thinking Skills Conference National Conference - ..

23-Jun-2011: Spaces left for our 'Equality, Diversity & Inclusive Practice' training - Book Now!
According to the British Council, the UK's diversity is 'a great asset and part of the fabric of..

08-Jun-2011: Some of our training dates have changed
Please note that the following training dates have changed: Evidencing Outcomes & Measuring..

07-Jun-2011: CREC Learning Circle Programme
Learning Circle The CREC learning circle is a ‘community of practice’ (Wenger 2002). ..

11-May-2011: New course to promote research into early years music
Dr Susan Young from the University of Exeter is leading a postgraduate programme in early years ..

10-May-2011: Be My Guest: Dr Susan Young, University of Exeter
Dr Young writes on the significance of music in early childhood. In recent years music in e..

02-May-2011: Be a good leader with our Leadership & Management programme
CREC has developed a menu of 10 training days aimed at all Early Years practitioners. The programme ..