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FdA Early Years at Teesside University

Teesside University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

A part-time foundation degree for early years practitioners, delivered with partner colleges, approved against the Early Years Lead Practitioner occupational standard. It progresses to the final year of the BA (Hons) Young Children and Early Childhood top-up.

Duration: 2 years part-time  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: part-time  |  Location: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 modules are Early Years Policy, Play and Active Learning, Professional Development Projects Level 4 and Traditional and Contemporary Perspectives of Childhood Development. Year 2 modules are Influences on Early Learning, Professional Development Projects Level 5, Protecting Children and Promoting Well-Being in the Early Years and Research in the Early Years.

Career pathways

Career progression within professional childcare.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must work (paid or unpaid) in an early years setting with access to children aged birth to eight, be 18 or over, hold a Level 3 childcare qualification or equivalent, have at least 150 hours a year in an early years setting, attend an interview and hold an enhanced DBS check. Year 2 entry requires 120 Level 4 credits in a childcare foundation degree or equivalent. International applicants requiring a student visa cannot be accepted.

Intake: September

Duration: 2 years part-time

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