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The BA (Hons) Education Studies programme offers a breadth of learning experiences that provide you with the multi-professional development essential to pursue a career in a range of educational settings.
The course is delivered by practitioners and academics in the Education team who have specialist knowledge and experience of working in a range of educational settings such as schools, post-16 educational settings, and further and higher education.
The course will provide you with an in-depth understanding of the education system in the UK and overseas and enable you to relate educational and learning theory to teaching practice.
Our goal is to encourage you to look at the theoretical, philosophical and practical approaches to what education is, what it does and the challenges faced by learners, teachers and institutions in the 21st Century. We aim to stimulate discussion in relation to education and explore the potential for diversity and innovation alongside established practices and ideas.
The course operates from a wide span of interest and considers education, teaching and learning across all age groups and is not specific to any one sector Including the state sponsored systems. Informal learning and organisational approaches allows to develop a wide spectrum of critical analysis on different forms of education in practice, and theory.
Please note: the course is not designed to provide Qualified Teachers Status but can be used as a platform for further post graduate study in to the Primary and Post Compulsory sectors.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Education and Training
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
The BA (Hons) Education Studies programme offers a breadth of learning experiences that provide you with the multi-professional development essential to pursue a career in a range of educational settings.
The course is delivered by practitioners and academics in the Education team who have specialist knowledge and experience of working in a range of educational settings such as schools, post-16 educational settings, and further and higher education.
The course will provide you with an in-depth understanding of the education system in the UK and overseas and enable you to relate educational and learning theory to teaching practice.
Our goal is to encourage you to look at the theoretical, philosophical and practical approaches to what education is, what it does and the challenges faced by learners, teachers and institutions in the 21st Century. We aim to stimulate discussion in relation to education and explore the potential for diversity and innovation alongside established practices and ideas.
The course operates from a wide span of interest and considers education, teaching and learning across all age groups and is not specific to any one sector Including the state sponsored systems. Informal learning and organisational approaches allows to develop a wide spectrum of critical analysis on different forms of education in practice, and theory.
Please note: the course is not designed to provide Qualified Teachers Status but can be used as a platform for further post graduate study in to the Primary and Post Compulsory sectors.
Admission Requirements
80+
When you study at Level 4 you will study further introductory modules which will strengthen your introduction to Education as a discipline and will challenge your perceptions as to what Education is, and what Education does. You'll look at the history of education, key learning theories and gain transferrable study skills that will support you as you progress into the later stages of the programme.
As you progress through the programme at Level 5 and Level 6 you will be able to begin to study specialist modules that look at how education interacts with digital developments, employment and the international environment. In the final stages of the programme you'll conduct a dissertation which will be in an area of your interest, chosen in conjunction with your dissertation supervisor. This will be your opportunity to specialise in an area of interest to your personally – or to your chosen career.
All students take a total of 120 credits per level.
Level 4 Modules (all modules are mandatory) include:
Study Skills
Learning Theories
What is Education?
Introduction to Research Skills
Foundations for a Sustainable Education
Becoming a Digital Educator
Level 5 Modules (all modules are mandatory) include:
Educational Learning Theories
Wild Pedagogies and Radical Responses: Critical Approaches to Sustainability in Education
Education in a Digital age
Educational Research
A Case Study in Primary Practice
International Perspectives in Education
Level 6 Modules (all modules are mandatory) include:
Dissertation Proposal
Future of Education
Building a Sustainable Future
Dissertation Research
Alternative Education
Design for Communities of Growth: A Technology Enhanced Learning Project approach
3 Years
Aug-2026
Tuition fees
Domestic
8,750
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Education Studies BA (Hons)
University Centre at Blackburn College, Blackburn, United Kingdom
36 monthsProgramme duration
Aug-2026Starting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Education and Training
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Programme overview
Main Subject
Education and Training
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Admission Requirements
Tuition fees
Domestic
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