Course summary

Why this course?

• Silver in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) for delivering the high-quality teaching, learning and outcomes for our students

• Roehampton is internationally renowned for its research into early years education and its Froebelian ethos

• Top ten in the UK for postgraduate student satisfaction (PTES 2022, 2023)

• The 2023 Complete University Guide ranks Roehampton 2nd in London for research quality in education

• Jointly recognised as the best modern university in the country, and the best modern university in London for research excellence. (REF 2021). 77% of our research is ranked ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (REF 2021)

• This programme is supported by the Froebel Archive for Childhood Studies and attracting PG students from around the world

• Play, Thinking and Communication

• Social and Educational Research

• Early Childhood Pedagogy and Practice

• Exploring the Froebelian Legacy in Early Childhood Practice

• Professionalism, Leadership and Advocacy

• Emotion and the Roots of Wellbeing

• Current Perspectives on Child Development

• Representing Childhoods

• Developing a Language-aware Pedagogy for Multilingual Learners

• Strengthening your awareness and understanding of the influence of social, cultural and political contexts on young children's lives and explore how you take account of them into action

• Learning advocacy skills for the well-being of young children and their families and develop effective leadership and collaboration techniques across disciplines in the field of early childhood

• There is a deep commitment to working in partnership with families and communities and to the development of students’ professionalism, advocacy and leadership

• Early childhood

• Education

• Health and social welfare

• Policy making

• Administration of early childhood services

• Research and developing the early years workforce in further and higher education.