Education Studies

Whether working in a school, family learning setting or in the community, you can play a vital role in helping people to succeed. And our Education Studies degree will help you get started.

Your future could involve coaching and mentoring others, helping children or adults who have special educational needs, championing reading or maths projects, supporting vulnerable teenagers, or running outdoor activities. The possibilities are endless.

You’ll have the opportunity to work across age ranges – right from early years to post-16 learning. And the broad nature of the course means you can keep your options open for future careers.

The programme is split into two core elements. You will study education as an academic subject, where you will explore learning theories, how the education system works and themes such as social mobility and inequality.

Then there’s the practical side, where you’ll develop your skills through projects and by building a portfolio of work experience. In your final year, you will produce a piece of research looking at an education issue or practice.

We will support you every step of the way and help you nurture your passion for helping others to learn. You will also be an integral part of the community, with lots of opportunities to gain real-world experience through our strong links with local schools and organisations.

Our flexible approach means you can also tailor your degree to your individual interests. Either continue with a more general route, or choose one of the following pathways:

• Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

• Mental health and wellbeing

• Education for our sustainable world

If you opt for the sustainability route, you could be delving into outdoor learning, how to engage young people using the natural world, home education and other philosophies of education practice.

The SEND pathway could involve working with either children or adults. You might be working with children and young people to promote wellbeing, supporting and designing strategies in different learning environments.

On successful completion of study, depending on your choice of specialism pathway, we will issue you with one of the following awards:

• BA (Hons) Education Studies

• BA (Hons) Education Studies (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities)

• BA (Hons) Education Studies (Mental Health and Wellbeing)

Course Modules

Year One: Children, Families and Society; Emergent Graduate Professional; Keeping Children Safe in Education; Evolution of Education

Year Two Standard Core: Contemporary Issues in Children and Young Peoples Voices; Perspectives of Learning and Development; Research Methods

Year Two Standard Optional: Introduction to Special Educational Needs and Disability; Mental Health in Education Contexts

Year Two Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Pathway: Contemporary Issues in Children and Young Peoples Voices; Perspectives of Learning and Development; Introduction to Special Educational Needs and Disability; Research Methods

Year Two Mental Health and Wellbeing Pathway: Contemporary Issues in Children and Young Peoples Voices; Perspectives of Learning and Development; Mental Health in Education Contexts; Research Methods

Year Three Standard Core: Educational Inquiry: Literature, Methods and Early Findings; Innovative Research Dissemination for Professional Practice; The Graduate Professional

Year Three Standard Optional: Mental Health Practice Provision; Specialist Skills: Employability and Enterprise in SEND Services

Year Three Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Pathway: Educational Inquiry: Literature, Methods and Early Findings; Innovative Research Dissemination for Professional Practice; The Graduate Professional; Specialist Skills: Employability and Enterprise in SEND Services

Year Three Mental Health and Wellbeing Pathway: Educational Inquiry: Literature, Methods and Early Findings; Innovative Research Dissemination for Professional Practice; The Graduate Professional; Mental Health Practice Provision

Your course will provide you with opportunities to test your understanding of your subject informally before you complete the formal assessments that count towards your final mark. Each module normally includes practice or ‘formative’ assessments, for which you receive feedback from your tutor. Practice assessments are developmental and any grades you receive for them do not count towards your module mark. This includes a range of coursework assessments, such as reports, projects, digital projects, blogs, presentations and pitches, and all our assessment approaches are linked to ensuring you have the skills to work in educational settings. The grades from formal assessments count towards your module mark.