Education nurtures curiosity, stokes ambition and shapes careers. On this BA (Hons) Education Studies top-up degree course, you'll study education as a discipline and gain the skills and knowledge you need to work within education across a range of sectors and professions.
You'll turn your Level 5 qualification – such as a diploma, teaching apprenticeship or foundation degree – into a full Bachelor's degree. You'll develop a deeper understanding of how people learn, explore education in relation to society and build on your research skills.
Choose to study full time or part time over 15 months, which enables you to work alongside your course and apply what you learn to your role in real time.
When you graduate, you'll be ready to step up into a career championing education as a lifelong experience, such as in educational practice, professional training, nurseries, youth work or (with further study) teaching.
Applicants need relevant HE study leading to a Level 5 qualification, for example: an appropriate HND a foundation degree at Level 5, or 240 credits from Year 1 and Year 2 of an undergraduate degree (BA/BSc) in a relevant subject. 120 credits must be at level 5.
Only those who have previously studied at higher education level should apply.
20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.
The IELTS score for international applicants is 6.5 (with no less than 6.0 in each component).
Education
Guildhall Campus
Undergraduate
Full-Time, 1 year, Part-time, 15 months
September
9250,
18100, (INT)
Scotland
6.0
Undergraduate
20900
Manchester
6.0
Undergraduate
30000
Edinburgh, Scotland
5.5
Undergraduate
Scotland, £1,820, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland £9,250, Overseas and EU, £14,170