36 monthsProgramme duration
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Education and Training
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
This part-time degree programme prepares you for a management role within the early childhood learning and care sector.
You will examine issues of:
- childhood, including childhood studies
- health and wellbeing
- child development
- education
- family sociology
- childhood policy and rights
We support you to:
- build your knowledge of leadership, management and professionalism
- develop communication and management skills
- learn about organisational development and inter-agency working.
This programme is work-based and does not involve placements.
You will need to be working with children and families while taking the degree.
Programme benefits
- Accredited by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), graduates of the programme are eligible to register with the SSSC as a lead practitioner or manager.
- This programme is offered part-time, with classes held in the afternoons and evenings, to allow you to work while you study.
- Develop your skills and apply them directly to your work.
- All of our staff are actively researching and delivering initiatives relating to childhood in the 21st century and have a wealth of research connections locally and globally.
- Our cohorts are small and friendly, so you'll have plenty of support from our dedicated staff and can build a community of peers from a diverse range of childcare settings.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Education and Training
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
This part-time degree programme prepares you for a management role within the early childhood learning and care sector.
You will examine issues of:
- childhood, including childhood studies
- health and wellbeing
- child development
- education
- family sociology
- childhood policy and rights
We support you to:
- build your knowledge of leadership, management and professionalism
- develop communication and management skills
- learn about organisational development and inter-agency working.
This programme is work-based and does not involve placements.
You will need to be working with children and families while taking the degree.
Programme benefits
- Accredited by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), graduates of the programme are eligible to register with the SSSC as a lead practitioner or manager.
- This programme is offered part-time, with classes held in the afternoons and evenings, to allow you to work while you study.
- Develop your skills and apply them directly to your work.
- All of our staff are actively researching and delivering initiatives relating to childhood in the 21st century and have a wealth of research connections locally and globally.
- Our cohorts are small and friendly, so you'll have plenty of support from our dedicated staff and can build a community of peers from a diverse range of childcare settings.
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