Course summary
This is a Connected Degree Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after you've started your course. Overview Young people’s development has as much to do with how they think as it does their circumstances and environment. On this Childhood and Youth Studies with Psychology degree, you’ll learn what makes young people tick as you develop knowledge of the biological and social factors that impact their complex journey into adulthood. You’ll gain the expert skills and knowledge needed for a rewarding career working with and supporting children and young people aged 8–25. You could go onto work in sectors such as youth work, mental health support, teaching, fundraising. Course highlights
- Tap into the latest research happening at the University on pressing subjects such as the effect of the pandemic on children’s development and child safeguarding
- Complete a minimum 60 hours of placement at an appropriate setting in year two
- Be taught by education and psychology specialists who have years of experience in the field and links to a network of potential employers
- Investigate psychology’s role in dealing with society-wide problems that affect young people such as homelessness, domestic violence and unemployment
- Develop relationships with potential employers through events and workshops with organisations such as children's charities
- Apply your client-facing skills in meetings with parents and children, with support from trained practitioners
- Benefit from access to specialist research software and applications including Online Surveys, NVivo, Atlas.ti, SPSS and Mendeley
- youth work
- social work
- mental health services
- educational welfare
- childcare
- health promotion
- teaching (as a teaching assistant)
- psychologist (by taking a postgraduate conversion course, such as a BPS-accredited Master's)
- social work
- psychotherapy and counselling
- teaching
Modules
Year 1 Core modules in this year include:
- Becoming a Researcher (20 credits)
- Child and Youth Development (20 credits)
- Educational Contexts (20 credits)
- Introduction to Social Psychology (20 credits)
- Understanding Childhoods (40 credits)
- Children's Social Minds (20 credits)
- Professional Practice With Children and Young People (20 credits)
- Psychological Science (20 credits)
- Research With Children and Young People (20 credits)
- Strategies for Social Change (20 credits)
- Development of Learning (20 credits)
- Empire and Its Afterlives in Britain, Europe, and Africa (20 credits)
- Engaged Citizenship in Humanities and Social Sciences (20 credits)
- Global Childhoods (20 credits)
- Global Security (20 credits)
- Intercultural Perspectives On Communication (20 credits)
- Marketing & Communication (20 credits)
- Modernity and Globalisation (20 credits)
- Nationalism and Migration: Chaos, Crisis and the Everyday (L5) (20 credits)
- News, Discourse, and Media (20 credits)
- Principles of Economic Crime Investigation (20 credits)
- Professional Experience L5 (20 credits)
- Puritans to Postmodernists: American Literature (20 credits)
- Transitional Justice & Human Rights (20 credits)
- Understanding Personal Life (20 credits)
- Wildlife Crime: Threats and Response (20 credits)
- Psychology in Practice (20 credits)
- Supporting Children and Young People's Mental Health (20 credits)
- Behaviour Matters (20 credits)
- Dissertation (Childhood Studies) (40 credits)
- Going Outside: Pedagogies for Outdoor Learning (20 credits)
- Introduction to Teaching (20 credits)
- Major Project (40 credits)
- Professional Experience L6 (20 credits)
- Professional Themes in Supporting Young People's Relationships and Interactions (20 credits)
- Therapeutic Play Principles and Practices (20 credits)
- Working With Looked After Children (20 credits)
Assessment method
You’ll be assessed through a variety of ways, including: essays group and individual presentations and projects exams a dissertation You’ll be able to test your skills and knowledge informally before you do assessments that count towards your final mark. You can get feedback on all practice and formal assessments so you can improve in the future. The way you’re assessed may depend on the modules you select. As a guide, students on this course last year were typically assessed as follows: Year 1 students: 17% by written exams, 7% by practical exams and 76% by coursework Year 2 students: 17% by written exams, 5% by practical exams and 78% by coursework Year 3 students: 33% by written exams and 67% by coursework
How to apply
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
Please select a course option – you will then see the application code you need to use to apply for the course.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)
We welcome applications for advanced entry. If you’d like to apply for advanced entry, you need to select the required year when you complete your UCAS application.
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 104 - 112 points
A level - BBC - BCC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DMM
Access to HE Diploma
Scottish Higher
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
Scottish Advanced Higher
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 25 points
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H3, H3, H3, H4, H4 - H3, H3, H3, H3, H4
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
GCSE/National 4/National 5
T Level - M
CACHE Diploma (NQF) grade B acceptable on its own, CACHE Level 3 Extended Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce (QCF) grade B acceptable on its own.
Additional entry requirements
Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Applicants must pass Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) before starting their professional placement working with children and young people. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is for UK Criminal Records checks only. Applicants who have been living overseas for the past 5 years will require an equivalent ‘certificate of good conduct’ from each country they have been resident in, as well as from their home country. The outcome of your DBS or Certificate of Good Conduct will be reviewed by the course team who will make a decision about your suitability to work with children and young people in the UK. Your DBS Certificate Number and date of receipt will be recorded on our Single Central Record
English language requirements
Test | Grade | Additional details |
---|---|---|
IELTS (Academic) | 6 | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5. |
PTE Academic | 54 | An overall score of 54 with a minimum of 51 in each skill. |
TOEFL (iBT) | 79 | 79 with a minimum of 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking and 17 in Writing. |
Cambridge English Advanced | Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162. | |
Cambridge English Proficiency | Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162. | |
Trinity ISE | Pass | Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components |
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
EU | £9250 | Year 1 |
England | £9250 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
International | £17200 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP