Course Overview

How do people learn? What gets in the way of learning? Where might people learn best – and how? Do we need schools? Is it possible to ‘school’ the world? Can education make a difference in human rights? Women's rights? Nationally? Globally? These are just some of the big questions you will examine by studying Education Studies at BGU in Lincoln. We are proud of our high current, reactive, and issues-based course, carefully designed to give you that ‘bigger’ picture of education in a global society. An Education Studies degree from BGU will equip you well for the future, no matter what your career destination, but if you are planning to go on to teach, you will find that our modules will open your eyes to some different ways of thinking about education and its purpose and place in society.

Studying Education Studies with us will provide you with an excellent understanding of education in its broadest sense, nationally and globally. It is a perfect choice if you are interested in a career in teaching or are thinking about working in other education-related areas. The undergraduate degree provides you with a deep and reflective knowledge and understanding of contemporary issues in education, directly related to everyday practice. You’ll debate education policy, find out more about the drivers of educational change in England today and critically consider different approaches to schools and schooling, both within the UK and globally.

A key feature of Education Studies is focusing on you as a developing practitioner. You will be encouraged to develop a solid personal ideology of education during the course and will be supported in developing secure employability skills through our work-based placements. A number of core modules each year incorporate posts in schools or other education-related settings, and carefully structured placement tasks will ensure you gain valuable first-hand practical experience.

Studying English at BGU provides an exciting and wide-ranging engagement with the power of human creativity and the rich heritage of literary expression. In this course, you will look at great works of literature from Ovid to Ali Smith and from Shakespeare to Bernardine Evaristo, Salman Rushdie, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, enriching your learning with explorations into creative and environmental writing, detective fiction, world literature, drama, children’s literature, film, Victorian, Romantic, and contemporary literature.

You will study an exciting range of writers, texts, and topics. You will be able to analyze works in their historical and genre contexts, explore literary concepts and themes (identity, memory, gender and adolescence), make intertextual and creative connections (myth, adaptation, film, creative writing), and develop your critical independence and career prospects with comprehensive research and work-based projects (English@Work, research project). During your studies, you will follow your interests through an assessment strategy that facilitates your choice of focal points and textual examples for assessment tasks.

Through diverse assessment methods, you will acquire essential academic and transferable skills such as critical thinking and evaluation, analysis, research, and high-level communication skills, which blend established crucial communication skills with up-to-date digital literacies and platforms. You will develop expressive and creative skills fit for the 21st century, combining written essays and oral presentations with e-portfolios, multimodal videos, posters, hypertext, digital publication, and independent research projects. You will benefit from an innovative and flexible approach to teaching and learning that promotes student participation and engagement. With the close academic support you will receive here at BGU, you will have the opportunities and guidance to fulfill your full potential.

As an English student at BGU, your engagement with literature won’t stop at the seminar door. The English team are all research-active lecturers passionate about studying literature and its positive impact on the individual and broader society. We actively support a range of organized events and visits to enable more involvement in literary culture, including visiting speakers, a research seminar series, subsidized film and theatre trips, workshops and celebrations, poetry readings, and academic awards.

(Please note that depending on your choice of English course, you may have a choice of optional modules in your second and third years.)

General Eligibility

You will generally need 96-112 UCAS tariff points (from a maximum of four Advanced Level qualifications). We welcome a range of capabilities that meet this requirement, such as A/AS Levels, BTEC, Access Courses, International Baccalaureate (IB), Cambridge Pre-U, Extended Project, etc.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• A minimum IELTS score of level 6 with a minimum of 5.5 across all sections.