Here the Beckies are joined by the lovely Emma a University Lecturer .
What is life like as a lecturer and how did Emma become one, we discover what impact a University Lecturer can make to Early Years and the lives of children.
We chat about the most important aspects of choosing this career?
Emma talks honestly about what she misses about not working directly with young children. Relationships are key and helping to play a part in the professional journey of others becomes crucial in understanding how we enable children.
Foundations and developing an understanding of what is needed in early years and how much studying
What routes are there and where would we go to for more information. What careers can we expect to access with an Early Years degree? Discover many roles, even as a consultant early years professional for a  toy manufactures.
Why do we need to qualify and extend our knowledge? 
The impact we can make lasts a lifetime
We study for three years at least so that we can make others lives better, 
we try to develop professionalism in Early Years, this is an area we all must be aware of.
Find out Emma's favourite research, as she shares her top favourites and what really makes a difference in practice. 
This podcast is for anyone in Early Years, it has some great information for whatever position you are in and whatever your role.  Snuggle down, grab a cuppa and join our amazing community of amazing early years, its well worth a listen for 20 mins, these top tips could help make your career easier and better, all that for a quick listen and a chill-out. 
Conversations are key, having the time for a child, how do we create the natural conversation.
Congratulations to Emma and the whole Early Years Team at UOG for 97 percent student satisfaction! Fantastic achievement! 
Further information we think might be helpful 
EPPE project - The Effective Provision of Preschool Education 
Thriving Language www.thrivinglanguage.co.uk 
University of Gloucestershire https://www.glos.ac.uk/
Early Childhood Studies at the University of Gloucestershire Facebook 
Growth Mind Set the Power of Yet 
MIT ( 2018) https://news.mit.edu/2018/conversation-boost-childrens-brain-response-language-0214
Early Education - https://www.early-education.org.uk/
TACTYC https://tactyc.org.uk/

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Publications Routledge:
Speech Language and Communication in the Early Years
Speech Language and Communication for Healthy Little Minds
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