Enquire ↗Part of Indaba

UNIVERSITY OF THE CHILD · A VISION TAKING SHAPE

Curiosity guided by evidence.

A proposed home for careful enquiry into childhood: listening to practitioners, asking useful questions and sharing knowledge in ways that improve everyday practice.

Proposed institute for child development · In development · No facilities, degrees or bookings are being offered.

Concept illustration: Seated adult in a warm lounge
Concept · Seated adult in a warm lounge.
Concept illustration: Close detail of a young child's feet on a wooden floor
Concept · Close detail of a young child's feet on a wooden floor.

01 · THE POSSIBILITY

Questions from practice

Research could begin with the realities educators encounter, connecting developmental understanding with local experience.

02 · THE POSSIBILITY

Ethics before measurement

Any future work involving children would require appropriate ethical review, safeguarding, informed consent and proportionate data collection.

03 · THE POSSIBILITY

Knowledge shared openly

The ambition is to make learning useful beyond the campus through practitioner resources and collaboration with researchers.

AN ENVISIONED EXPERIENCE

Imagine a day here.

A future research conversation might begin with a teacher’s observation and grow into a carefully designed enquiry shared back with the community.

FROM VISION TO REALITY

An invitation to thoughtful collaborators.

This is a long-term institutional ambition. Development depends on partnerships, resources, appropriate permissions and careful planning.

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AN INVITATION

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