Declan Dowkes👨🏻‍🏫📚

Senior Lecturer in Education @HuddersfieldUni | PhD candidate @uniofbrighton: Stories of Loss in Early Years Work📕🫙💔 | Former EYP

[Declan Dowkes👨🏻‍🏫📚 @earlyyearsdec]

Great evening spent with my partner in crime @dimi_kaneva in Greater Manchester visiting one of the nurseries participating in our LIME study. We spoke to parents about the study, their children’s role within it and shared our initial data analysis with them💚#playbasedmethods

[Sussex Cricket @SussexCCC]

Time to chase.

192 needed to kick off our #VitalityBlast campaign with a victory. 🎯

[NDNA @NDNAtalk]

🎓 National Apprenticeship Week (9–15 February 2026) celebrates apprentices and the vital role they play in the early years sector.

Apprenticeships support skills, confidence and long-term career pathways in childcare.

#NationalApprenticeshipWeek #EarlyYears

[Twinkl Resources @twinklresources]

This is scarily accurate… Which slice of the pie is most real for you😅?

[Dr Poppy Gibson @poppygibsonuk]

The start of a new year ahead can feel exciting but also overwhelming- here are some helpful contacts and apps that may be useful for mental health support 🧠 💜

#2026 #mentalhealth #wellbeing #mentalhealthawareness #newyear

[Declan Dowkes👨🏻‍🏫📚 @earlyyearsdec]

And just like that, my time at the University of Brighton comes to an end 🥺🏖️. Now onto a new chapter: from 1x undergrad, 2x postgrad, PT and FT Lecturer… to Senior Lecturer. Feels good to be back @HuddersfieldUni💙🎓 #InspiringGlobalEducationalProfessionals

[Declan Dowkes👨🏻‍🏫📚 @earlyyearsdec]

@etaknipsa @kateowbridge Congratulations!🥳

[Re-energising Your Career @career_re]

#AcademicTwitter😂#phdvoice #PhDlife

[Declan Dowkes👨🏻‍🏫📚 @earlyyearsdec]

Open Day ready👨🏻‍🏫✅ #Education #EarlyChildhoodEducationandCare

[Nursery World @NurseryWorld]

Kids Planet have new job opportunities within Sussex and Surrey

Whether you’re looking to start or advance your career in Early Years, come and be part of the Kids Planet family!

https://t.co/SzKVSFK87T

[Barnsley Museums @BarnsleyMuseums]

Would you like a sneak peek of the new exhibition which opens at @EBMuseum tomorrow? (that was a rhetorical question, we're showing you anyway)

Stories From Childhood combines lots of toys and games that you will recognise from your childhood alongside paintings, films & pics.

[Declan Dowkes👨🏻‍🏫📚 @earlyyearsdec]

@MarcWithersey @EYTagteam @ey_TACTYC @AaronTeamEC Hey Marc. Really great to connect with you!☺️

[Declan Dowkes👨🏻‍🏫📚 @earlyyearsdec]

I would love to connect with LGBTQIA+ Early Years Practitioners🏳️‍🌈👶🏽👧🏼👦🏻. Are there any recommended accounts/people that I should follow?☺️ #teamearlychildhood @EYTagteam @ey_TACTYC @AaronTeamEC

[Declan Dowkes👨🏻‍🏫📚 @earlyyearsdec]

I would love to connect with LGBTQIA+ Early Years Practitioners🏳️‍🌈👶🏽👧🏼👦🏻. Are there any recommended accounts/people that I should follow?☺️ #teamearlychildhood @EYTagteam @ey_TACTYC @AaronTeamEC

[Declan Dowkes👨🏻‍🏫📚 @earlyyearsdec]

@EarlyExcellence Well worth a listen👏🏼

[Declan Dowkes👨🏻‍🏫📚 @earlyyearsdec]

Really enjoyed representing @edubrighton at the @uniofbrighton Educational Research and Scholarship Symposium 2025 today presenting my ‘inclusive table boxes’ (and the research that they’re grounded in) to colleagues from across the university 🎓☺️

[Declan Dowkes👨🏻‍🏫📚 @earlyyearsdec]

@JodiRoffey @MyBCU @ShannonLudgate Thank you Jodi☺️

[Universities UK @UniversitiesUK]

Graduates contribute to their local area through the money they spend while studying, and go on to meet the needs of local industries and to earn more📈

Graduates power regional growth. See the economic impact of teaching and learning👇
https://t.co/HjyOBeetDk

[When The Adults Change @TheAdultsChange]

It’s today!!! Thank you for taking part. We hope it goes well. Tag us in your social media posts, send us your photos, email us and let us know how you get on. We love to hear all about it! #PND2024 #EduTwitter

[Declan Dowkes👨🏻‍🏫📚 @earlyyearsdec]

@kat_simmo 😍

[Universities UK @UniversitiesUK]

On average, each UK grad who does their first full-time degree generates £75k for the exchequer

Well supported universities will help transform the economy and create opportunities for millions

The government must invest in them in the #AutumnBudget 👇
https://t.co/W8d5vxiXDx