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Children's Development and Learning
1 Study option · UndergraduateBasingstoke College of Technology
Course summary
The Foundation Degree in Children's Development and Learning course enables you to develop the skills to progress in your career working with children, alongside your job. This course is aimed at early years and education practitioners who are working with children up to the age of 11 and requires you to attend for half a day each week. You'll study through one of our partner colleges.
This vocational award is a work-based course, and your assignments and lessons are all designed to benefit your professional development. You'll build upon your experience through modules in areas such as child development, safeguarding, creativity and critical thinking, and working in partnership with parents. College sessions include lectures, as well as tutorials and seminars. The course also incorporates a great deal of group work, which will be an opportunity to share experiences with fellow professionals working in a range of settings.
For more information, please visit the programme page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/Subject-area/education-ug/foundation-degree-in-childrens-development-and-learning.
Ways to study this course
Campuses
- Basingstoke College of Technology
Study options
- FdEd • Full-time • 2 Years
Start dates
- 10/2026
Application codes
- Course code:
- X3L5
- Institution code:
- R12
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Application codes
- Course code:
- X3L5
- Institution code:
- R12
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Course optionsUniversity of Reading
Whiteknights Campus
Reading
RG6 6UR
Course contact details
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Email:ugadmissions@reading.ac.uk
Phone:0118 378 8372
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