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BA (Hons) Education Studies with Integrated Foundation Year

Explore the world of education. Understand the history and socio-cultural issues of modern pedagogy. Develop an exciting career in a fascinating field.

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UCAS codeL9N9
Duration4 years
Fee (UK)£5,760
LocationOn campus

Course summary

The BA (Hons) Education Studies degree is ideal for anyone interested in a broad, interdisciplinary approach to education or preparing for a future teaching qualification.

You’ll explore education from early years to adult learning, engaging in topics like social justice, neurodiversity, curriculum design, globalisation, and the impact of technology and politics. Along the way, you'll develop valuable skills in research, problem-solving, and critical thinking.

Placements are an essential part of the course, helping you gain real-world experience and discover where your interests lie. Possible career opportunities could include:

  • Educational developer
  • Youth development worker
  • Training officer
  • Careers leader
  • Prison educator
  • Museum educator
  • Higher level teaching assistant
  • Student support officer

Please note, this course doesn’t qualify you as a teacher, but you’d be guaranteed an interview for one of our PGCE or master’s degrees if you decided to take this route upon completion.

Why Sunderland for Education and Teacher Training

Integrated Foundation Year

This course is available with an Integrated Foundation Year, an extra year of your degree. This route offers a supportive way of transitioning into university study. It may be suitable for you if you:

  • Have valuable work or life experience but no formal qualifications
  • Are returning to education after a break
  • Want to change direction or explore a new career path
  • Have just missed the entry requirements for the three-year course.

We’re enhancing our Integrated Foundation Year to give you an even stronger start to your degree. The updated modules will align more with your chosen subject area. This will help you build the knowledge, confidence, and skills you need for your studies. We'll share full details soon and can't wait to tell you more.

Please note, this route isn’t available to international students.

What you'll study

Many of our courses include a range of modules you can choose from. Some options may only be available if you’ve already studied specific modules. If you’re not sure what you need before picking a module, your course leader can help.

Undergraduate module credits should total 120 credits per academic year. If optional modules are available, choose an amount that totals 120 credits.

How you'll learn

The BA (Hons) Education Studies degree is taught via small group work, workshops, lectures, tutorials, computer-based learning, presentations, and independent learning.

Your progress will be assessed with essays, reports, group work, seminar presentations, and self-evaluation. Throughout the course you'll have one-to-one support from academic staff.

There's also an in-service version of the course available, which is more suitable for applicants who already have the relevant qualifications and work experience.

Entry requirements

Fees and finance support

UK£5,760

Undergraduate fees are set according to rules from Government in line with forecast inflation. If you're a Home fee-paying student, the fee for your first year of study for 2026/27 will be £9,790. You'll pay tuition fees for every year of study. Fees may increase every year based on the Retail Price Index.

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Full-time UK/Irish/EU settled/EU pre-settled students may be eligible for financial support. This would cover your fees for the full four years. UK and EU settled students may also be eligible to receive a maintenance loan.

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Disclaimer

We want to make sure you have clear and accurate information about our courses. Our website always shows the latest updates. If you’ve applied and you're offered a place, we’ll contact you in writing if anything important changes.

For more information, view our programme specifications. These include course content, learning outcomes, and the skills you'll gain.