Education in Professional Practice (Top Up) | Bristol, UWE

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Course summary

This third-year top-up degree allows you to continue working in an educational support role while gaining an honours degree and progressing your career.

Why study education in professional practice?
Working in education is highly rewarding. It's an area where you can truly make a difference and improve people's lives. Working with children or adults in schools, colleges or elsewhere in the community, you help people live fulfilled lives, build positive relationships and make contributions of their own.

Studying education in professional practice will help you progress your career in education and related fields. You'll increase your knowledge and relate your existing experience to educational theory. It's an opportunity to share ideas with peers and learn new theories and approaches from research-active tutors.

Why UWE Bristol?
BA(Hons) Education in Professional Practice gives you the opportunity to gain a higher education degree, while at work in an education-related role.

Earn as you learn, and top up existing credits to gain a full honours degree. If you work in education and related areas or hold qualifications from overseas, this allows you to further develop your career.

Our students include unqualified teachers and teaching assistants, education welfare officers, family support workers, mentors and those working in pupil referral units, prisons or the youth sector.

Work independently and with other students to complete a varied range of assignments. Examine innovative curricula, develop ways to support learners with emotional barriers to learning and investigate ideas for teaching and learning in a changing world.

Gain excellent research and independent study skills and build on your existing experience of working in education.

Where can it take me?
You'll graduate ready to progress on to a PGCE and primary Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), or to postgraduate study in education or related fields, such as our Master's in Education.

The course also provides an excellent foundation for career progression in education and related fields.

How to apply

Application codes

Course code:: X303
Institution code:: B80

Open days

UWE Bristol Undergraduate Open Day - City Campus
6 Jun 2026, 08:00
Bristol
UWE Bristol Undergraduate Open Day - Frenchay Campus
6 Jun 2026, 08:00
Bristol
UWE Bristol Undergraduate Open Day - Glenside Campus
6 Jun 2026, 08:00
Bristol
UWE Bristol Undergraduate Open Day - Frenchay Campus
10 Oct 2026, 08:00
Bristol
UWE Bristol Undergraduate Open Day - City Campus
10 Oct 2026, 08:00
Bristol
UWE Bristol Undergraduate Open Day - Glenside Campus
10 Oct 2026, 08:00
Bristol
UWE Bristol Undergraduate Open Day - City Campus
21 Nov 2026, 09:00
Bristol
UWE Bristol Undergraduate Open Day - Frenchay Campus
21 Nov 2026, 09:00
Bristol
UWE Bristol Undergraduate Open Day - Glenside Campus
21 Nov 2026, 09:00
Bristol
Undergraduate Virtual Open Day
2 Dec 2026, 16:00
Bristol

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Tinishia
UWE Bristol
Criminology
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UWE Bristol
English Literature
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UWE Bristol
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Mabelle
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I am currently a 2nd year student in Psychology, particularly interested in Business Psychology and I plan on doing a Placement Year. Enjoys watching F1 and playing piano (especially to destress).
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Jess
UWE Bristol
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Zainab
UWE Bristol
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I was born and raised in Nigeria and joined UWE early 2023. I will admit I waited till the last minute to decide to pursue software engineering as a degree, but I do believe I made the right decision. My passion for coding and software development is growing by the day and I cannot wait to apply my abilities in the real world. That’s not to say I don’t suffer from imposter syndrome occasionally, but I do think being in the right environment has really helped change my mindset and attitude.
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