Education Studies

Discover how education shapes lives, communities, and society. Explore learning, inclusion, and social change while preparing to make a lasting difference.

How can education change lives?
Education is one of the most powerful forces for change. It creates opportunities, transforms lives, challenges inequality, and influences the future of individuals, communities, and society. Discover how learning empowers people and communities to confront real-world challenges and create meaningful change together.

On this education studies degree, you’ll explore education far beyond the classroom, examining how learning intersects with politics, culture, identity, and social justice. You’ll question established thinking, debate the issues shaping education today, and investigate how education can create fairer, more inclusive opportunities for everyone.

As part of this course, you’ll:

• Explore education from social, cultural, political, and global perspectives, examining the issues that matter most

• Discover how education shapes policy, opportunity, and social mobility across diverse communities

• Challenge educational inequality through critical enquiry, collaboration, and evidence-informed practice

• Build the skills, confidence, and knowledge for a career across education, community, public sectors, and beyond

• Personalise your degree with specialist modules, placements, and an independent research project

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Explore the big ideas
Throughout your studies, you’ll investigate the ideas, debates, and challenges shaping education today through three connected themes:

• Social justice, inequality, and the lived experiences of diverse communities

• Contemporary debates that examine the relationship between education policy, democracy, and the state

• Questioning, reflection, and educational research

Shape your degree
Tailor your degree around your own interests and career ambitions through a choice of specialist modules, giving you the freedom to explore areas of education that inspire you most.

You’ll also undertake an independent research project, developing your skills to investigate real educational issues, generate new insights, and deepen your expertise in a subject that matters to you.

Learn beyond the classroom
Put your learning into practice through professional placements across a wide range of educational and community settings. Previous students have gained valuable experience in schools, museums, hospitals, charities, refuges, youth organisations, and other community-based organisations, building the skills, networks, and confidence to thrive in their future careers.

Join the Carnegie community
Become part of a vibrant learning community within the Carnegie School of Education, where you’ll learn alongside fellow students studying education and teacher training programmes. You’ll benefit from teaching shaped by the latest research, shared ideas, and a school committed to breaking down barriers to learning and improving educational outcomes locally, nationally, and internationally.

Why study the BA Education Studies course at Leeds Beckett University?

• Develop the knowledge and confidence to challenge inequality and champion social justice through education

• Tailor your degree through specialist modules, professional placements, and an independent research project

• Explore beyond the classroom and gain real-world experience through opportunities in schools, charities, museums, healthcare, and community organisations

• Challenge ideas, test theory, and spark critical thinking through hands-on learning that tackles education’s biggest issues

• Learn from experts in the Carnegie School of Education, where research, policy, and practice shape every stage of your learning

Year 1 Core Modules:

• Introduction to Policy Studies
• Evolution of the Education System
• Academic Self
• Professional Development 1
• Whose Curriculum? Whose Knowledge?
• Applying Educational Research

Year 2 Core Modules:

• Inequality of Schooling & Social Justice
• Introduction to Education Philosophy
• Research Methods & Ethics
• Comparative Studies in Global Education
• Professional Development 2
  In addition, choose from a list of Year 2 option modules. Please check our website for a full and up-to-date list.

Year 3 Core Modules:

• Multi-disciplinary Working: from Teaching to Social Work
• Professional Development 3
• Dissertation
  In addition, choose from a list of Year 3 option modules. Please check our website for a full and up-to-date list.