Following a Master’s course in early years education provided by the Centre for Research in Early Childhood (CREC), Acorn Early Years Foundation manager Laura Andrews changed the social enterprise’s approach to nurturing workers. ‘A lot of companies have set targets and mentoring programmes,’ she says. ‘Early years can’t work like that – it must be more open and flexible.’
Ms Andrews has written a dissertation on the subject – the final module of three she must complete to gain the qualification. She started her course in 2014, studying one module a year part-time. CREC requires students to attend five to seven face-to-face study days per module at St Thomas Children’s Centre in Birmingham. Ms Andrews says these days include lectures, discussions and group work with other students. This flexibility, and the range of subjects offered, are why she chose the course.
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