DCU Early Childhood Research Centre

ECRC based in Dublin, @DCU_IoE: Interdisciplinary inquiry for practice and policy at local, regional and international level. Research for Competent Systems.

[DCU Early Childhood Research Centre @dcu_ecrc]

@ClaudiaCostin Glad to hear that, Claudia!

[DCU Early Childhood Research Centre @dcu_ecrc]

@ClaudiaCostin Sending you healing thoughts and good wishes from all at the DCU Early Childhood Research Centre! Get well soon, Claudia!

[DCU Early Childhood Research Centre @dcu_ecrc]

Delighted to see our work recognised in Germany and elsewhere! Children's right to quality early childhood education and care form birth must be our common concern no matter where we work. So much to learn WITH each other! #ECEC @DCU_IoE @DCU

[bildungsklick @bildungsklick]

Das Early Childhood Research Centre @dcu_ecrc in #Irland zeigt, was eine gute #Kita ausmacht – und warum sie nicht allein in Räumen entsteht. Vernetzung, Spiel und verlässliche #Rahmenbedingungen sind entscheidend, damit alle #Kinder profitieren können.

https://t.co/ZlxTyOy15U

[DCU Early Childhood Research Centre @dcu_ecrc]

Delighted to welcome Dr. Hande Arslan Çiftçi at DCU Early Childhood Research Centre today! Hande joins us from Istanbul Medeniyet University as a Jean Monnet Postdoctoral Fellow. As a member of our research team Hande will focus on comparative research on children's rights @DCU

[DCU Early Childhood Research Centre @dcu_ecrc]

@edmatters is a fantastic resource, covering the entire range of education in Ireland. Access the full yearbook here: https://t.co/OwjrDFuckL

[Mathias Urban @Froebelbanjo]

@edmatters 2024 is out, with an impressive 12 chapters on early childhood education and care! My overview chapter: Pre-election promises, potential for change, and what we really should be talking about: https://t.co/Vn6KWozDnh #ECEC @DCU @dcu_ecrc

[Mathias Urban @Froebelbanjo]

Delighted to represent @dcu_ecrc today at @dfatirl event to mark Ireland joining @g20org, hosted by South Africa. Since 2018 I had the honour to coordinate a fabulous global group of #ECCE #ECD experts that provides policy briefs to @T20org. We look forward to 2025! @DCU @DCU_IoE

[Dublin City University @DCU]

Could a truly public system fix childcare and education in Ireland?

Piece by Prof Mathias Urban @Froebelbanjo, @dcu_ecrc @DCU_IoE, for @RTEBrainstorm.

Read here: https://t.co/99HdhPXHsk

#RTEBrainstorm

[RTÉ Brainstorm @RTEBrainstorm]

Could a truly public system fix childcare and education in Ireland? ‘A public system may be complex to achieve, but it is necessary if we want a society that takes shared responsibility for all children’. By @froebelbanjo @dcu_ecrc @DCU_IoE @DCU https://t.co/4uLzRaOhhA

[DCU Early Childhood Research Centre @dcu_ecrc]

Congratulations to @WorldOMEP and all organisations brought together by @UNESCO for this important task! At DCU-ECRC we are delighted to be working with you and all members of the TAG. @DCU @DCU_Research

[World OMEP @WorldOMEP]

#UNESCO invites Mercedes Mayol Lassalle and Gilles Petreault of OMEP, to join its Technical Advisory Group to advance global commitments on early childhood education. The meeting will focus on the 2024-2030 Roadmap for quality, accessible, and equitable education

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Breaking News: The ICC's Pre-Trial Chamber has just issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
As the int'l community braces for potential repercussions, we must work together to keep the flame of accountbility burning bright. May this time of darkness see the call for Justice grow stronger.

[DCU Early Childhood Research Centre @dcu_ecrc]

Every child has the right to education and care, from birth. This is one important step from aspiration to international law and enforceable right, writes @Froebelbanjo. @DCU @DCU_IoE @globaleducation @RTEInitiative @WorldOMEP @dcediy
https://t.co/ZeEiqH8pa3

[Mathias Urban @Froebelbanjo]

A fruitful collaboration with my @dcu_ecrc PhD students Diana Paola Gómez Muñoz and Germán Camilo Zárate Pinto

[Mathias Urban @Froebelbanjo]

Hot off the press and open access. 'Alliances for change: conversations across the abyssal line' in the @SAGE_GSC themed issue 'Reconceptualising early childhood education: critical reflections, conversations, and work in progress' https://t.co/0u0bnlVAOJ @DCU @dcu_ecrc @rece_tw

[DCU Early Childhood Research Centre @dcu_ecrc]

The group of experts, activists, and advocates published under the name of INFORM: Jenny Bernard (R.I.P.), Emma Byrne-MacNamee, Nóirín Hayes, Winifred Jeffers, Colette Murray, and Mathias Urban. Now is the time to act!

[DCU Early Childhood Research Centre @dcu_ecrc]

On 19-09 we launched #TogetherForPublic, the alliance of 30+ civil society organisations presenting a roadmap to a rights-based, universal, public #ECEC system for Ireland. In 2021 @Froebelbanjo coordinated a group of experts that laid out arguments and a plan for action [...}

[DCU Early Childhood Research Centre @dcu_ecrc]

The arguments weren't taken up for the last programme for government but they still stand. More relevant than ever. Read them here: https://t.co/eCqrehze6J [...]

[DCU Early Childhood Research Centre @dcu_ecrc]

@MaryMoloneyie @Froebelbanjo @DCU @NewsTalk Correct. Educators are highly qualified professionals; the profession is Early Childhood Education and Care #ECEC. @Froebelbanjo consistently emphasises this and has argued (successfully) for it to be used throughout the #TogetherForPublic alliance

[Mathias Urban @Froebelbanjo]

We must-and can-realise the right to education and care for ALL children from birth, integrated in a competent, multisectoral system of #ChildrensRights supports: rights-based, universal, public! #ECEC #TogetherForPublic @DCU @dcu_ecrc

[DCU Early Childhood Research Centre @dcu_ecrc]

... about an integrated approach to public policy that links #ECEC, parental leave, flexible labour rights for parents, town and urban infrastructure planning...
10. You are welcome to join the conversation!

[DCU Early Childhood Research Centre @dcu_ecrc]

We are delighted to work in support of this broad alliance of 30+ organisations demanding transition to a public system of early childhood education and care for Ireland. Join us for the launch on Thursday 19 September. @DCU @dcediy #CompetentSystems

[Womenscouncilireland @NWCI]

💪Next week, we're launching #TogetherForPublic - a new campaign alliance for a Public System of Early Childhood Education & Care #EveryChild

⭐We want all political parties to pledge to deliver a public system in their General Election manifesto & Programme for Government ⭐

[DCU Early Childhood Research Centre @dcu_ecrc]

... set up with EOCP money years ago) to be brought into public ownership if they wish so? Yes - to prevent buyout by for-profit-only corporate providers
8. Should the state pay educators' salaries? Yes
9. Is a 'public system' about providing childcare only? No - it is ...