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Spotlight on…Nathan Archer

Winner of the annual Rutland Prize for Early Childhood Education

What is the prize that you have won?

The Rutland Prize is given to one student on University of Sheffield’s MA in early childhood education, and this year I was very pleased to receive it. I have been working in settings, schools and for early years organisations for 18 years. I did the MA because I thought it was time to take my learning to the next level. The model of learning is long-distance, with five residential weekends over two years. It’s a mixture of lectures and tutorials, and you complete four assignments and a dissertation. Students travelled to Sheffield from Austria, Denmark, Ireland and even Hong Kong, which is testament to the great reputation of the programme and the academic team.

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