Education with Sustainability [with Foundation Year]

Explore the effects of environmental and social change on education - and build practical experience for your future career.

Learn how education intersects with planetary health, sociology, globalisation, technology, and social justice.

At ARU in Cambridge you'll focus on Environmental Sustainability Education (ESE) in policy and practice.

Explore theories on outdoor learning, place-responsive teaching and creative pedagogies – and conduct your own research on these approaches.

As well as gaining academic knowledge, you’ll build practical experience through volunteering, placements, and community engagement.

Why ARU?

• Study at a university with 20 years + experience of training education professionals

• Ranked 13th in the UK for Education (The Guardian University Guide 2025)

Course modules

Year 1

• Learning to Learn

• Critical Thinking

• Composition and Style

• Intercultural Studies

• Ethics

• Social Perceptions

• Psychology

Year 2

• Journey through Life: Stages of Human Development

• Safeguarding and Wellbeing

• Research Foundations

• The Power of Connection: Building Strong Educational Relationships

• Introduction to the Study of Literature and Writing *

• Creating the Past: From the Archive to the Web *

• Environmental Sustainability Education: Policy and Practice *

• Redefining Ability: Perspectives on Disability in Modern Society *

• Leadership Cultures in Education and Organisational Theory *

Year 3

• Equity in Education: Understanding Identity and Social Justice

• Ruskin Module

• Learning Theories in Education

• Educational Research Methods

• Digital Stylistics *

• Bridging Cultures *

• Britain in the 19th century *

• Hanging, Prisons and Community Service: Crime and Punishment in Britain throughout the Ages *

• What's in a Place? *

• Education for All: Global Approaches to Inclusive Practice *

• Building Strong Teams: Leadership for Staff Development *

Year 4

• Undergraduate Major Project

• Neurodiversity and Inclusion: Strategies for Effective Learning

• Education in the Digital Age: Policy, Theory and Global Trends

• Leadership and Enterprise

• Forbidden Stories: Banned Children's Books *

• Writing and the Present *

• Gender and Sexuality in Britain: 1880-2000 *

• The Making of Modern Media *

• Education and Environmental Justice *

• Leading the Way: Inclusive Education in Action *

• Navigating Change: Strategic Leadership in Education *

*optional