Program Overview

A wide range of professions are open to you, including child protection roles, working in schools or other educational settings, parent support workers, play workers, and further study in teaching and social work.

Course content is intellectually stimulating and current. It is interdisciplinary, drawing on contemporary research and discourse, ensuring your knowledge of children and families is relevant to current developments in sociology, psychology, education, health, legislation and policy.

You develop theoretical, practical and reflective skills to lead to good practice when working with early years and young children, parents and other disciplinary services. You focus on child development and behaviours, assessment of children, comparison of children in the UK and across the world, and children’s services.

The teaching team have an array of relevant and professional experience in childhood and early years. Active researchers and authors on the team, include the pedagogy of early literacy; poverty and the impact of childhood; early years pedagogies, which benefits your learning experience.

Top reasons to study this course

• Sector speakers and experts share their experiences, giving you authentic and up to date views.
• A range of theoretical and transferable skills make you career ready for a range of professions.
• Teaching and support staff with specialised skills enrich your understanding and application to practice.
• University services, such as careers and Volun-Tees, support your graduate employment skills and experiences.
• Your final year project is an opportunity for you to focus and research on your own specialist interest