The University of Northampton is proud to have been one of only six providers in the country selected to offer the Early Years Student Associate Scheme (EYSAS) in 2010. The scheme was aimed at final-year undergraduate students who might be interested in working with young children from birth to five, who were not studying an early years-related degree but who demonstrated lots of enthusiasm to learn, and who demonstrated potentially transferable skills.
The Children's Workforce Development Council established the EYSAS as a means of providing a 'taster' of work experience in an early years setting to help prospective graduates decide whether this could be the right career choice for them. The initiative was also a bid to attract a wider range of people into early years, including those from ethnic minorities and men. It was decided that we should throw a challenge to the prospective students.
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