Education Studies

The BA (Hons) Education Studies programme offers a breadth of learning experiences that provide you with the multi-professional development essential to pursue a career in a range of educational settings.

The course is delivered by practitioners and academics in the Education team who have specialist knowledge and experience of working in a range of educational settings such as schools, post-16 educational settings, and further and higher education.

The course will provide you with an in-depth understanding of the education system in the UK and overseas and enable you to relate educational and learning theory to teaching practice.

Our goal is to encourage you to look at the theoretical, philosophical and practical approaches to what education is, what it does and the challenges faced by learners, teachers and institutions in the 21st Century. We aim to stimulate discussion in relation to education and explore the potential for diversity and innovation alongside established practices and ideas.

The course operates from a wide span of interest and considers education, teaching and learning across all age groups and is not specific to any one sector Including the state sponsored systems. Informal learning and organisational approaches allows to develop a wide spectrum of critical analysis on different forms of education in practice, and theory.

Please note: the course is not designed to provide Qualified Teachers Status but can be used as a platform for further post graduate study in to the Primary and Post Compulsory sectors.

All students take a total of 120 credits per level.

Level 4 Modules (all modules are mandatory) include:

Study Skills
Learning Theories
What is Education?
Introduction to Research Skills
Foundations for a Sustainable Education
Becoming a Digital Educator
Level 5 Modules (all modules are mandatory) include:

Educational Learning Theories
Wild Pedagogies and Radical Responses: Critical Approaches to Sustainability in Education
Education in a Digital age
Educational Research
A Case Study in Primary Practice
International Perspectives in Education
Level 6 Modules (all modules are mandatory) include:

Dissertation Proposal
Future of Education
Building a Sustainable Future
Dissertation Research
Alternative Education
Design for Communities of Growth: A Technology Enhanced Learning Project approach

Throughout the course a full range of assessment techniques will be used. You could be assessed by examinations, group assessments, reports, essays, and portfolio building.

Formal assessment will count towards your module mark.

Additionally, some lecturers will provide informal feedback, for example, following an examination they may choose to work through the exam paper in a tutorial. It should be noted that feedback is part of the ongoing learning cycle which is not limited to written feedback. Other forms of feedback include one-to-one meetings with a personal tutor, dissertation and project supervision meetings, a lecturer responding to learner questions or responses during topic or situation discussions.

Feedback is intended to help you learn and you are encouraged to discuss it with your module tutor.