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Course summary
Overview 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.
- Explore cultural, emotional and social learning perspectives, such as the significance of heritage in the educational experience, societal norms in education, and the role of mentoring within an educational context
- Be taught by expert researchers and practitioners from our School of Education and Sociology (EDSOC)
- Study full time or on a part time basis alongside your job
- Graduate with a full Bachelor's degree that’s valued across the education sector
- teaching in primary education (with further training)
- teaching in colleges (with further training)
- early years teacher (with further training)
- social worker (with further training)
- senior management roles in nurseries
- senior positions in education and training in areas such as nursing and police work
Modules
Each module on this course is worth a certain number of credits. You need to study modules worth a total of 120 credits. For example, 4 modules worth 20 credits and 1 module worth 40 credits. Core modules:
- Becoming a Researcher (20 credits)
- Child and Youth Development (20 credits)
- Health & Well Being of the Child and Young Person. (20 credits)
- Perspectives of Early Childhood Education (20 credits)
- Understanding Childhoods (40 credits)
Assessment method
You’ll be assessed through presentations, essays, reports and a dissertation.
How to apply
31Jan
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.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015) - Not accepted
GCSE/National 4/National 5
T Level - Not accepted
Relevant HE study leading to a Level 5 qualification, for example an appropriate HND, foundation degree or Advanced Diploma, or 240 credits from year 1 and year 2 of an undergraduate degree (BA/BSc), in a relevant subject.
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6.5 | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 6.0. |
| PTE Academic | 61 | An overall score of 61 with a minimum of 54 in each skill. |
| TOEFL (iBT) | 91 | 91 with a minimum of 20 in Reading, 19 in Listening, 21 in Speaking and 20 in Writing |
| Cambridge English Advanced | Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169. | |
| Cambridge English Proficiency | Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 176 with no component score less than 169. | |
| Trinity ISE | 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 | £4110 | Year 1 |
| England | £4110 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £4110 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £4110 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £4110 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £4110 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £4110 | Year 1 |
| International | £10800 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
Students who are resident in EU countries: please note that the net fee is inclusive of the Transition Scholarship
Fees are accurate at the time of publishing and are subject to change at any time without notice.
Fees may also go up in later years, in line with inflation.
For more information about fees, go to port.ac.uk/ug-tuition-fees
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP