Education BA (Hons) at Brunel University of London

The Education BA at Brunel offers you the opportunity to combine the study of education with professional practice to give you a pathway into a range of education professions and postgraduate professional study including teacher education. Whether you are looking to explore education related fields – such as counselling, educational psychology, social services, local authority work, social work, administration and education management – or you already know you want to teach, Brunel’s Education BA will give you a strong foundation from which to build.

Faculty: College of Arts, Law and Social Sciences  |  Department: Department of Education  |  Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years full-time with placement  |  Study mode: full-time; placement year option  |  Intake: September  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The Brunel Education BA aims to equip you with a broad and balanced view of educational theory, policy and practice within a range of educational contexts. Compulsory modules by year include Year 1: Understanding Concepts in Education, Issues and Perspectives in Education, Human Development, Education and Society, Study Skills and Methods of Enquiry, Education Work Placements 1; Year 2: The Social Study of Children and Young People, Research Methods, Education Work Placements 2, Educational Spaces, Education in Literature and the Media, Educational Practices and the Early Years; Year 3: Growing Up in 21st Century Britain, Education in Different Contexts, Educational Work Placements 3, Education and Research 3 – Dissertation.

Career pathways

Our Education BA offers you a pathway into employment in a range of educational-related fields either on graduation or via further professional study such as Schools Direct, Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) and Post Graduate Diploma Youth and Community (PGDipYCW). As an Education BA graduate career options include education administration, after-school programme co-ordination, early years education, and informal education, education welfare, continuing professional development co-ordination, business training, and primary school teaching.

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