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Early Years Education (with Early Years Teacher Status) at University of Sussex - UCAS

University of Sussex

Degree level: Postgraduate

Early Years Education (with Early Years Teacher Status) (Taught)

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2023 - 20242024 - 2025
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Course summary

Do you want to work with children from birth to five years old (including Reception) in the public and private sectors? Achieve Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) in just one year with this Masters-level course. Early Years learning primarily focuses on the following ideas:

  • what constitutes ‘quality’ in Early Years education?
  • equity, inclusion and justice for the pre-school child and the wider family
  • ideas of communication, imagination, language and literacy, and provision for the bi/trilingual child
  • understandings of early mathematical and scientific development
  • discourses of nurture, care and attachment.
On this MA, there are two routes available:
  • an employment-based route for people already working in an Early Years setting
  • a placement route for those not currently working in the sector.
As a student on the employment-based route, you’d normally work in an Early Years setting within about 90 minutes’ travelling distance from our campus. This is so you can attend teaching on campus as well as work within your placement setting. University staff also need to be able to support you on your placement. As a student on the graduate route, we’d seek to place you within similar travelling distance of our campus. We welcome applicants currently not living within 90 minutes of campus. Please note that, if your application is successful, we would expect you to relocate so we can give you the appropriate level of support in your work and studies. This course is currently funded by the UK Government. There is currently no fee to pay for UK students. There are also training bursaries if you’re on the employment based route. Find out more on the UK Government web pages. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/early-years-initial-teacher-training-2023-to-2024-funding-guidance

Modules

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2023/24. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to COVID-19, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity. We’ll do our best to provide as much optional choice as we can, but timetabling constraints mean it may not be possible to take some module combinations. The structure of a small number of courses means that the order of modules or the streams you choose may determine whether modules are core or optional. This means that your core modules or options may differ from what’s shown below. Core modules Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most. All year

  • Research in Early Years Education
Autumn teaching
  • Critical Reflection; Early Years Education
Autumn and spring teaching
  • Professional Practice 1 (EYTS)
Spring and summer teaching
  • Professional Practice 2 (EYTS)
- Reflecting on Professional Knowledge in Early Years

Entry requirements

You should normally have a lower second-class (2.2) undergraduate honours degree or above. If you are a graduate: your qualification can be in any subject. If you are currently working in the Early Years sector: your qualification can be in any subject you must be currently working in a UK school or nursery in an Early Years or Foundation class setting. You must have achieved a GCSE grade C (or equivalent) in English, maths and a science subject. Note: If you have achieved Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) or Early Years Teacher Status (EYTS) you are eligible to apply for the course. You can’t receive funding from the government, but you may be eligible for exemption from the practice-based course modules, and still be awarded an Early Years Education MA on a self-funding basis. Email [email protected] for more information.

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Early Years Education (with Early Years Teacher Status) at University of Sussex - UCAS