Childhood, Youth and Education Studies with foundation year

The foundation year of this Coventry University degree will be delivered from our CU Coventry campus. Course delivery from year 1 of the degree onwards will be from Coventry University campus.

This course aims to provide you with a solid grounding for achieving the best outcomes for children and young people.

The foundation year covers key themes such as professional skills, inequality, social determinants and communications. It seeks to develop your key skills, such as research methods, scientific fundamentals and promotion techniques. Students who successfully complete their foundation year will then progress onto Childhood, Youth and Education Studies BA (Hons) degree within Coventry University’s School of Psychological, Social and Behavioural Sciences.

The degree is designed for people who want to contribute to the learning and development of children and young people across a variety of educational settings. It offers you a flexible learning experience where you will have the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills and experience needed to pursue a particular area of work with children and young people you are most passionate about. You will also have the opportunity to explore important areas of educational practice, formal and informal, through both in-class learning and practical work experience.

Key benefits of the degree

• Internationally focused course with employability at its core, where you can learn from academics and practice partners who currently collectively have experience across a range of relevant areas of study and practice

• Designed to help prepare you for a range of careers, such as social, youth and community work, family support or progression to teacher training

• Opportunity to hear from a range of guest speakers (subject to availability) which have previously included practice experts in special educational needs, child protection, children and young people’s health and youth violence, or those practising in contexts such as youth work, pastoral care, social care or primary/secondary education

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