BA (Hons) Education Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University

Programme overview

Explore how education works and how it can be a force for change with a degree in Education Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University. If you're curious about how people learn, who decides what we learn, and how education impacts society, then embark on this multi-disciplinary and employability focussed course.

Faculty: School of Social Work, Education, and Teacher Education | Department: Teaching, Education and Childhood | Duration: 3 years (Full-time) | Study mode: full-time | Intake: September 2026 | Location: Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Analyse key educational theories and apply them to real-world learning environments and social challenges. Reflect on your own beliefs and values whilst critically evaluating diverse perspectives on education and society. Core modules include Year 1: What is Education?, Education, Power and Society, Investigating How Humans Think and Learn, The Rise of Technology and Education: Key Issues and Debates, Student Success Modules; Year 2: The Story of Education, Transformation and Revolutions, Special Educational Needs and Disability: Inclusion for All, Interdisciplinary modules, Employability Modules; Year 3: Creativity and Education, Global Perspectives on Education, Politics and Communities, Researching Education: Major Project.

Career pathways

Where can this degree take you? Education Studies is a broad academic course that provides a foundation for many different professional career paths.

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Entry requirements

Typical offer: 112 UCAS tariff points; A levels: BBC; BTEC: DMM; International Baccalaureate: 29 Points; Access to HE Diploma: 15 Distinctions and 30 Merits. DBS clearance. A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is not an entry requirement. However if you take part in work-related experience, visits or placements to settings or educational establishments where you are undertaking regulated activity, the setting may determine that a DBS check is required. You will be required to undergo a DBS check and arrange this through the University before undertaking the activity. English language: IELTS 6.0 overall with no element below 5.5. UCAS code: X301.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). Full-time annual tuition fee (UK) Source

International applicants: GBP 17,000 a year (2026/27). Full-time annual tuition fee (overseas) Source

Intake: September 2026

Duration: 3 years (Full-time)

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