BA Childhood and Youth Studies
About this course
BA (Hons) in Childhood and Youth Studies, a degree in Early Childhood Studies exploring children's lives, human development, social policy, and welfare needs. Core topics include Research Methods. The curriculum integrates practical work placements, simulation activities, and a final-year research dissertation or community-based change project. The first year covers foundational academic skills through modules such as Introducing academic skills, Introduction to research and social enquiry, Narratives of childhood and youth, and Development in childhood and youth. The second year examines data analysis, policy perceptions, and digital environments via modules like Research 2: exploring data, Digital childhoods, Perceptions and discourses of childhood, and Work-related experience in childhood and youth, alongside optional choices including Disability in society and Leadership and management in early years. The final year addresses safeguarding and community application through compulsory modules such as Child protection and safeguarding: the contexts of vulnerability, SASS Change Maker project, and SASS Change Maker research dissertation, while optional study areas cover global contexts, violence in modern society, and youth justice, gangs and serious violence.
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Entry requirements
96 UCAS tariff points including 80 from at least 3 A-levels or equivalent. With Foundation Year: 48 UCAS tariff points including 32 from at least 1 A-level or equivalent.
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 25 graduates, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- North West: 5%
- East Midlands: 5%
- West Midlands: 5%
- East of England: 35%
- London: 25%
- South East: 25%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Bronze overall, Silver for student experience, Bronze for student outcomes.
Modules
- Research 1: collecting data
- Introducing academic skills
- Introduction to research and social enquiry
- Career planning for social scientists
- Narratives of childhood and youth
- Development in childhood and youth
- Relation-based practice
- Research 2: exploring data
- Digital childhoods
- Perceptions and discourses of childhood
- Work-related experience in childhood and youth
- Disability in society
- Addictions and society
- Living with mental health conditions
- Leadership and management in early years
- Child protection and safeguarding: the contexts of vulnerability
- SASS Change Maker project
- SASS Change Maker research dissertation
- Childhoods in a global context
- The lived experiences of children and young people in diverse family and social circumstances
- Violence in modern society
- Issues of childhood and social justice
- Youth justice, gangs and serious violence
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Childhood and Youth Studies at University of Bedfordshire earn?
The median salary is £25,500 after 3 years, £32,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £17,000 and £45,500. The £32,000 median after five years is £9,500 more than the UK median for Childhood and youth studies.