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Education (Early Childhood Studies) MA

University of Huddersfield

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Course options

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  • Qualification

    MA - Master of Arts

  • Location

    University of Huddersfield

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    22-SEP-25

  • Duration

    1 year

Course summary

If you’re looking to develop your career within the specialist field of early childhood education (0-7 years), then this course could be for you.

Why Education (Early Childhood Studies)?
In this course you’ll reflect on a range of international attitudes to early childhood education. You’ll also consider the relationship between theoretical perspectives and aspects of practice in early childhood education.


You’ll have the opportunity to focus on current issues faced by early years professionals and you’ll study early childhood education in international contexts. Themes include children’s rights, sociology of childhood, psychological perspectives on childhood and international approaches to early years education. The course combines knowledge about practical aspects of the early years curriculum with the opportunity to bring a theoretical understanding to help to deepen and challenge your thinking.


The course is tailored around you. You can expand on your early years focus by choosing from a range of options to match your role, experience or organisation to help you progress as an informed, reflective and inspirational practitioner.


On this course you’ll have the opportunity to develop an understanding of critical reflection and how to employ independent learning strategies to enable you to evaluate and inform your professional practice. You’ll also develop and deepen your knowledge and understanding of educational research and be able be able to use these skills in researching an aspect of early childhood studies for your dissertation.


You’ll be taught by an outstanding team of teachers, and will have access to our extensive professional and academic network which feeds directly into course design and delivery and to excellent facilities and specialist equipment.

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University information

University of Huddersfield

University of Huddersfield

  • University League Table

    65th

  • Campus address

    University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, Kirklees, HD1 3DH, England

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100% of permanent teaching staff are Fellows of the Higher Education Academy – Huddersfield is the first and only UK university to achieve this.
Strengths in teaching, employability, internationalisation and inclusiveness.
Huddersfield has a thriving international community of over 3,300 students from nearly 100 different nationalities.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Education

    39th out of 91 8

    19th out of 73 4

    14th out of 42

  • Entry standards

    / Max 224
    128 57%

    59th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    83.0 83%

    23rd

    17

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.18 80%

    29th

    13

  • Entry standards

    / Max 180
    136 76%

    19th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    82.0 82%

    54th

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.16 79%

    31st

    24

  • Entry standards

    / Max 157
    127 81%

    17th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    56.0 56%

    30th

    10

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.24 81%

    16th

    5

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