Education

• Learn about education in multiple contexts and from multiple vantage points, including schooling, early childhood education, special and inclusive education, key moments in the history of education, and education’s role in a good society.

• Enjoy the freedom to develop your own interests through optional modules.

• Benefit from work placement, community project and study abroad opportunities.

• Learn from a dedicated tutor team of research active education specialists.

Our BA (Hons) Education course enables you to graduate with one of three specialist awards: BA (Hons) Education; BA (Hons) Education (Early Childhood); and BA (Hons) Education (Special Educational Needs). Educators make a lasting impact on people’s lives and our graduates go on to make a positive difference to the lives of the individuals they work with, their communities and to society as a whole. Whether your degree leads you to become a teacher, or to another graduate career related to education or the wider economy, Education leads to challenging and rewarding careers. Whatever your chosen specialism, you will develop the breadth and depth of knowledge and specialist skills necessary to become a critically minded, resilient, adaptable, reflective professional.

Our courses involve the study of education in its broadest sense, supporting you to develop an in-depth understanding of research, policy and practice in the field. You will draw on a range of disciplines including education, social policy, philosophy, history, disability studies and child development to develop you as a graduate ready to work in multi-professional occupations. Your intellectual, personal, social, ethical and professional development is at the heart of all our courses, and you will develop important transferable skills such as critical reflection, systematic analysis, communication and collaboration.

Through a combination of mandatory and optional modules you will explore a range of contexts from the classroom to how education defines the world around us and is used as a lever for social and political change. You will learn about the wide range of factors that influence why and how we educate, including: race, gender, power, health, technology, culture, ecology, inclusion and politics. You will gain a deep understanding of different education systems, varied approaches to formal and informal education and the fundamentals of how people learn. Work placements and community projects provide opportunities for you to explore your own real-world values through the application of the exciting theoretical perspectives you study across a range of educational settings and contexts.

Year 1 will support you in orientating to university level study through a range of core modules which include content that is fundamental to the multidisciplinary study of education. Year 1 introduces you to the study of education in general and to each specialism. In Years 2 and 3 you will select your increasingly specialised content to extend your knowledge and understanding of education by drawing on national and international research and practices and the extensive experience and research expertise of our dedicated tutor team.