BA (Hons) Education Studies (Special Educational Needs, Disability and Inclusion) at University of Hull

A degree that challenges exclusion, discrimination and barriers to learning, covering neurodiversity, institutional inequality and participatory approaches with people with SEND. Practical placements each year are in SEND schools, charities and advocacy organisations, and students can add Forest School and play-based therapy qualifications.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Education  |  Department: School of Education  |  Duration: 3 years full-time (4 years with foundation year)  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Hull, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 is shared with Education Studies (Education, Power and Knowledge, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Learning Across the Lifespan, Ethical Dilemmas, Social Justice and Social Change). Year 2 covers a SEND Professional Practice Placement, Creatively and Critically Exploring Neurodiversity and Working Therapeutically and Inclusively with Children with SEND. The final year covers Voice and Influence, an Extended Research Project and Key Contemporary Themes in Education.

Career pathways

Graduates pursue careers as Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officers, SEND Co-ordinators, Pastoral Care Officers, Disability Rights Advocates and Mental Health and Wellbeing Officers, or work in teaching, educational management and SEND charities.

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