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Education and Learning - Level 6 Top-up

SGS (South Gloucestershire and Stroud College)

UCAS Code: X300 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Course option

1year

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Education studies

Our BA (Hons) Education and Learning Level 6 programme offers the perfect opportunity to complete your honours degree in just one year. If you are interested in studying alongside work commitments and have achieved a relevant Foundation Degree, Higher National Diploma or comparable level 4/5 qualification this programme could offer you an exciting opportunity to progress with your studies.

This is a full-time vocational level 6 degree programme with student finance available. This means you will be expected to attend timetabled sessions for one day per week, currently Thursday from 1pm-8pm whilst also working in an educational setting for at least two and a half days per week or equivalent (16 hours). This can be either a paid or voluntary position.

This contemporary and inclusive honours degree in Education and Learning (Level 6) prides itself on excellent student outcomes and up-to-date initiatives in education. Professionally relevant, the course combines in-depth academic study with meaningful practical application relevant to all areas of education.

If you are interested in teacher training, coaching, workshop facilitation, behaviour management, educational psychology or social/ educational policy this course is right for you.

With a delicate balance of content and assessment you will be supported to embark on a Dissertation or Action Research Project, develop ideas relating to curriculum design, critically engage with psychological theory and develop ideas relating to health and wellbeing that are imperative for a sustainable future in education.

During the course, you will gain an interest in research-based practice and extend your applied knowledge of psychology, sociology and the holistic development of children and young adults. It is a highly engaging course which offers a uniquely supportive and challenging learning environment.

**Part time routes are available. For more information, please email [email protected]**

**Graduate Opportunities:**

This programme prepares you well for a range of careers in education, particularly because theory is combined with real world experience through you 16 hours per week work experience. Teaching is one pathway but there are various roles and opportunities which you may have not yet considered, such as:

· local government

· youth services

· civil service

· educational organisation bodies

· education in museums and prisons

· charities and NGOs

· community and educational theatre

· educational administration at school and university level

· educational marketing, PR and journalism

· education business and commerce

**This course also provides an excellent foundation for progressing to a PGCE in primary or secondary education.**

Modules

Level 6 Modules
Contemporary Curriculum Design
Psychology in Education
Developing Health for Life
Dissertation

Assessment methods

Coursework (No Exams), Practical assignments Presentations and Dissertation

Tuition fees

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Channel Islands
£9,000
per year
England
£9,000
per year
EU
£13,250
per year
International
£13,250
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,000
per year
Republic of Ireland
£9,000
per year
Scotland
£9,000
per year
Wales
£9,000
per year

The Uni


Course location:

University Centre WISE (UCWISE)

Department:

Education, Care and Social Studies

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