Course description
The Education and SEND degree course recognises the many changes within the education sector, including a deepening awareness of the need to better prepare practitioners to support SEND and children’s mental health. The course allows students the opportunities to consider the range of issues and perspectives involved when working with children and young people in education and wider settings, and particularly those with a range of diverse needs. Exploring policy, theory and practice, you will consider the challenges to inclusive approaches to education, as well as wider educational theory relating to social justice. The course will help you to develop your own knowledge and understanding necessary for a wide range of careers involved in supporting children and young people in both educational settings and wider society.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
You should to aim achieve 112 UCAS points.
Access Students can achieve the requirements with the following combination of Distinction, Merit and/ or Pass grades at level 3 achieved from a completed Access course.
You may be required to obtain a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance for a Work Placement module in Year 2.
For applicants who are unsure that they will achieve the above UCAS tariff, Newman University offers aEducation and SEND (with Foundation Year)which enables such applicants to access a university degree via a four year route. Upon successful completion of their foundation year, students will progress to Year 1 of the Education and SEND degree.
International Students
The University is not licenced by the UK Government to sponsor migrant students under the Student route and is therefore unable to accept applications from international students at present.
Applying Direct Option
You can apply direct to Newman University for the full-time route for this course if you have not previously applied to Newman University through UCAS and you are not applying to any other universities.
Training Course Content
Modules
Year One
- The Purpose and Philosophy of Education
- The Importance of Core Subjects in the Primary Phase
- Child Development and Interpersonal Relationships
- Curriculum Approaches and Reflecting on Skills for Effective Study and Graduate Level Employability
- Inclusion and SEND and Mental Health
- Childhood, Society and Keeping Children Safe
Year Two
- Research Methods
- Locating the Learner
- Introduction to the Teaching Profession: Reflective Practice
- Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Rights
- Assessment in the Primary Phase
- Contemporary Issues in Primary Education
- Creativity
Year 3
- Research Project
- The Whole Child: Social, Emotional, Moral, Wellbeing
- SEND, Disadvantage and Mental Health
- National Policy and Education in the Primary Phase
- Primary School Teaching as a Graduate Level Profession
- Sociology of Education & Global Diversity
Course delivery details
Education and SEND provides students with the knowledge and skills for future employment in a wide range of educational and support settings. In the first year you will be introduced to a variety of topical issues that govern teaching, learning, children’s well-being, SEND and Inclusion, and school organisation in education in the UK and other international settings.
You will study the complex process surrounding learning and child development. You will gain essential insights into the theory and practice of learning in education settings and examine the key characteristics of effective teaching and the learner experience. The course will explore key areas of pupils’ experience, including socialisation, learning styles, the role of technology, creativity, Special Educational Needs, safeguarding and pastoral care. Through the study of Special Educational Needs you will gain an appreciation of the depth and diversity of pupil needs within education settings. You will engage with the debates surrounding the inclusion, pupil disaffection and the current research and inspection evidence relating to school exclusion.
The course offers a great deal of flexibility and personal choice. In your second year you will undertake a self-selected work placement, providing an important link between practice ‘on the ground’ and the issues covered in the taught course. In your third year you will be supported by dedicated staff in conducting a specialist piece of research of your own choosing.
Expenses
The full-time course fee for academic year 2024 is £9,250.
The University will review tuition fees and increase fees in line with any inflationary uplift as determined by the UK Government, if permitted by law or government policy, in subsequent years of your course. It is anticipated that such increases would be linked to RPI (the Retail Price Index excluding mortgage interest payments).
Continuing Studies
This course develops a broad range of transferable skills that are highly valued by employers in a wide range of work situations. A wealth of opportunities will be available to you as a graduate including various roles and responsibilities involved in education, and working with children and young people with special education needs and disabilities. This could include, but is not restricted to: inclusion support, pastoral leads, special educational needs coordination roles, learning mentors, family liaison and learning support assistants in wider educational settings.
It is important to note that this course does not confer QTS and students will typically undertake further postgraduate training that will lead to a career in teaching. Birmingham Newman University will guarantee an interview for its PGCE courses to graduates of this degree.
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Birmingham Newman University
Founded in 1968, Birmingham Newman University is a community-focused institution based in Bartley Green, Birmingham. It has built strong partnerships with many local businesses, charities and schools, making it an ideal choice for students wishing to gain practical experience during...