The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) is to survey around 4,000 graduates working in the early years sector who have gained the Early Year Professional Status (EYPS) qualification.
The survey will explore to what extent the qualification and being a graduate helps them in their working life. Other questions will cover their aspirations and further career development needed.
The results will be fed into a three-year academic research study being carried out by Wolverhampton University on behalf of the CWDC. Researchers will also look at collecting case studies from responses.
The survey is available online and is open until 19 February. Respondents can also request a hard copy to be returned by post.
The EYPS qualification was developed in 2007 to help nursery and other early years workers take more responsibility in managing play and childcare and gain a better understanding of the latest early years research.
