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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

  • Location

    Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    1 Years

Course summary

This BA (Hons) Education course (with optional Early Years specialism) has been designed and developed as a final ‘top-up’ year progression route for work-based students who have completed a foundation degree in Education or Early Childhood Studies. If you are working or volunteering in an educational setting and are engaged in work with children, young people or adults, then this course could be for you.The course focuses on you as a learning practitioner, providing an opportunity to build on knowledge and experience of working in education through study at higher education level. You’ll develop your skills as a reflective practitioner, making connections between your professional practice and academic study. It’s designed to be flexible to your personalised needs, interests and experience and builds on current and previous practice within your workplace setting. It will deepen your professional understanding and subject knowledge and build your self-confidence and belief in yourself as a professional learning practitioner. The course requires online attendance for teaching sessions, seminars and tutorials and is designed to fit around your work (paid or voluntary) within an educational setting.Key features of the course:Choose to study modules with a specific focus on Early Years provision and practice or modules with a more general focus on Education. There are separate pathways to the same degree.A focus on you as a learning practitioner, helping you to build self-confidence, self-knowledge and self-belief, and an understanding of your own skills, attributes and abilities.A flexible approach to learning using online teaching sessions for convenience.Opportunities to choose the context for your module assessments which are linked to your own practice within your own setting.CareersYou will be provided with opportunities to prepare you for employment.Our graduates work in a range of careers in educational settings, children’s centres, care and family support, educational administration and management, play work and learning support. Many enter teaching through PGCE, Schools Direct, Schools Direct salaried and School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) routes.Others have progressed to postgraduate study, such as Early Years Teacher, and Masters programmes.

Application deadline

29 January

Tuition fees

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£ 1,861month

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University information

University of Staffordshire

University of Staffordshire

  • University League Table

    94th

  • Campus address

    Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 2DE, England

The university offers dedicated international student support and celebrates its diverse and inclusive community through a calendar of student-led events.
Students are supported to make industry connections. There are also opportunities for hands-on and paid work experience through the Innovation Enterprise Zone.
As well as leading modern courses, there are modern facilities, including SmartZone (with its digital and immersive technology) and engineering workshops.

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