The NQF Snapshot Q3 2015 is ACECQA’s 11th national report on children’s education and care services operating under the National Quality Framework. The data presented in this Snapshot was taken from the National Quality Agenda IT System (NQA ITS) on 1 October 2015 for the period ending 30 September 2015. Snapshot highlights include:

The aim of this paper is to provide practitioners and policy makers with an outline of some of the key issues highlighted in the research. It is not intended to be an exhaustive review of the literature.

Jennifer Nedelsky calls for deliberation on her proposal to completely rebalance the challenges of employment, life, family and care. Her idea; that everybody (and she does mean everybody) engage in both paid part-time work and unpaid part-time care. In this talk she argues that the current arrangements and approaches are behind many of the social...

Presents a review of government initiatives that help families balance their work and family responsibilities, highlighting innovative ideas and including a discussion of international trends and themes. Summary This AIFS Research Report presents a review of government initiatives that help families balance their work and family responsibilities, highlighting innovative ideas and including a discussion of...

The NQF Snapshot Q2 2015 is ACECQA’s 10th national report on children’s education and care services operating under the National Quality Framework. Snapshot highlights include: ·14,910 children’s education and care services operating under the NQF across Australia ·9347 or 63% of services have received a quality rating ·66% of assessed services are Exceeding or Meeting...