Course summary

Our BA Early Childhood Studies (top-up) is designed for students who have completed the foundation degree in Early Childhood studies and wish to obtain a full degree. Why this course?

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

• Achieve a level 6 Graduate Practitioner Competencies by completing an assessed work placement in your final year

• Access the Froebel Archive, containing rare books, toys and photos, collected over the past 200 years.

• A holistic view of babies, young children, their families and the communities they are part of, making links with past, present and future.

• The centrality of play and (outdoor) environments for wellbeing and learning.

• Inclusion and connectedness, and a commitment to social justice in the field of early childhood.

• A commitment to recognising and responding to the individual experiences and understandings of children.

• Continued development of understanding of professionalism and professional reflection and action, linking theory, research and practice.

• Developing knowledge, skills and confidence to act as an advocate for babies, young children, their families and communities.

• Understanding policy and practice, and learning to engage in critical inquiry and problem solving around key issues in the field.

• Graduate Practitioner Competencies - Students have the opportunity to gain the level 6 certificate through undertaking an assessed placement.

• Working as an education professional in primary and nursery care (teaching, administration or management)*

• A special needs professional in schools, children centres and the community.

• A children's charity undertaking policy and research, in community support, welfare or housing.

• An NGO or central or local government department.