BA (Hons) Education Studies

This course reflects that, and you’ll be taught by an academic team that is representative of the wide multicultural variety of our student intake. Our course is strongly rooted in the real world, with plenty of opportunities to experience education in action in our community. This will ease your transition into a teaching environment when you leave us.

Year 1

• Mental Wealth: Academic and Professional Skills for Life 1.
• Exploring Social Worlds
• Key Principles for Inclusion and Diversity
• Emerging Research Communities
• Philosophy of Education
• Sociology of Education

Year 2

• Mental Wealth: Academic and Professional Skills for Life 2
• Contemporary issues in Education
• Identity and Social Justice
• Building Research Communities
• Ideology, Politics, and Policy in Education
• Education Practice

Year 3

• Mental Wealth: Academic and Professional Skills for Life 3.
• Critical and global perspectives on education
• Language, Pedagogy and Cultural Diversity
• Volunteering
• Active Research Communities

Employability

This course provides you with an excellent foundation for a career in education.It’s the perfect springboard if you want to become a teacher, particularly in primary education, or if you want to influence policy in the education field. Once you’ve graduated successfully, you’ll have the option to train as a teacher, for example through a Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) program. At UEL, we offer PGCEs in Primary Education and a wide range of secondary subjects. With a teaching qualification, you’ll have the choice of teaching in a mainstream school, a special school, or a different kind of educational setting such as an environmental education center. The Education Studies course also equips you for a career in educational administration or a support role in education. During the course, you’ll have frequent opportunities to meet practitioners and potential employers, and we also arrange dedicated careers workshops and events. The skills you gain are transferable to a wide range of working environments. Some of our graduates have gone on to teach English as a foreign language abroad. Others have moved into fields outside education such as journalism