BSc Education
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: Pass, with 32 points overall with 16 points at Higher Level
About this course
Bachelor of Science in Education, an education degree centred on the academic study of learning, policy and schooling. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods. The course examines both national and international systems across primary and post-compulsory stages, with pathways leading to postgraduate study opportunities. The first year establishes foundational knowledge through compulsory modules including Contemporary Education Issues, Problems and Policies, Digital Education: Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI, Education across the World, and Introduction to Statistical Analysis. The second year builds investigative capability with compulsory modules such as Research Methods in Education, alongside optional choices covering topics like Cognitive Psychology in Education, Curriculum Design, and Leading and Managing in Education. The final year centres on an independent research project through the compulsory Dissertation module. Optional modules in the final year allow specialisation in areas such as Education in a Changing World, Learning and Teaching Mathematics, and Sociology of Education.
Modules
- Contemporary Education Issues, Problems and Policies
- Digital Education: Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI
- Education across the World
- Introduction to Statistical Analysis
- Professional Skills and Career Readiness
- Researching Learning and Education
- Special Educational Needs and Disability
- Teachers and Teaching
- Education in England: Past, present and future
- Primary and Secondary Education: Critical Observations
- Research Methods in Education
- Cognitive Psychology in Education
- Curriculum Design
- Early Years Education: Critical Observations
- Employability
- Everything, everywhere, anytime - Learning in informal settings
- Language, Literacy and Literature in Education
- Leading and Managing in Education
- Dissertation
- Advanced Research Methods
- Education in a Changing World
- Exploring the Hidden Assumptions in Education
- Learning and Teaching Mathematics
- Rethinking Autism
- Social Justice & Inclusive Education
- Sociology of Education
- Supporting Additional Learning Needs: Critical Observations