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Children's Development and Learning - FdEd

University of Reading

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  • Qualification

    Foundation Degree in Education - FdEd

  • Location

    Berkshire College of Agriculture

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    15-OCT-26

  • Duration

    2 Years

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 education practitioners who are working with children in an educational setting for at least 2.5 days per week. You will study at one of our partner colleges for half a day each week.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 topics 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 course page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/education-ug/foundation-degree-in-childrens-development-and-learning

Application deadline

14/01/2026

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University information

University of Reading

University of Reading

University of Reading

  • University League Table

    36th

  • Campus address

    Whiteknights Campus, Henley Business School, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6UD, United Kingdom

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The University of Reading is an international community with more than 26,000 students from around 160 countries. 
Reading is a lively town just 22 minutes from London Paddington by train, and 45 minutes from Heathrow Airport by coach. Windsor and Oxford are also close by.
Reading supports undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students to maintain, improve and develop their academic English.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Economics

    44th out of 77

  • Entry standards

    / Max 235
    119 51%

    47th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    81.0 81%

    38th

    5

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.08 77%

    35th

    15

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