Education with Integrated Foundation Year

Consider the role of education, learning and thinking in human development

Build your academic knowledge
This four-year route will help you gain a deeper understanding of the philosophy, policy and practice of education while building your academic skills.

Studying at university can be challenging but that’s the beauty of this course. It includes an introductory year to build your academic knowledge, skills and confidence.

Alongside building your academic writing, research and presentation skills, in the first introductory year you’ll take modules from the BA (Hons) Education and BA (Hons) Primary Teaching degrees. This means you’ll get to see different careers in education.

Go beyond the classroom
Our BA (Hons) Education with Integrated Foundation Year course prepares you for a future career in education, as you go beyond the confines of the classroom to analyse the fast-changing landscape of education.

Exploring topics on a local, national and global scale, you’ll learn about education from all perspectives and understand how you can make a significant difference to the lives of others.

Open up your career options
Choosing this course will help keep your options open with future study and job prospects in or outside of the classroom. You will gain the skills needed to progress within numerous industries that contain an education element to their work.

Placement opportunities
As part of this course, you get the opportunity to experience placements during the third and fourth year.

This will give you great insight into how different industries integrate education in their organisations.

On this course you will:

• Build your academic on an integrated foundation year.

• Investigate, understand and analyse the fast-changing landscape of education.

• Explore and consider key theories of human development and the nature of education.

• Provide a firm foundation for a career within educational settings.

Our BA (Hons) Education with Integrated Foundation Year course gives you the academic skills, knowledge and confidence to succeed.

You then focus on a comprehensive overview of key contemporary theories and conceptions surrounding education, allowing you to discover and pursue your specific interests.

The key to a degree, and subsequent career, in education and teaching is communication.

Therefore, there will be a range of methods to assess the knowledge, understanding and skills you will develop on the course.

These will range from more traditional assessment methods such as essays, presentations and examinations, to more education specific practices such as lesson plans, lesson commentaries and curriculum packs.

There will also be a focus on your ability to function within a workplace setting, as well as a final independent project that will act a culmination of your three years of learning on the course.

Modules are assessed at every stage of the course, offering cumulative assessment of your progress. Your academic advisor and lecturers are available for advice throughout your degree.