Our Education Studies degree is a rewarding and challenging course. You’ll study child and adolescent development, specifically around inclusion and educational inequalities.
You’ll question why governments change education policy, and look at how education is portrayed in popular culture.
In your second year you can choose an innovative pathway Education Studies: SEN, Disabilities and Inclusion (SENDI) This covers the experiences of children and young people who can find themselves marginalised or excluded from traditional Educational settings.
You will gain extensive knowledge about the role of education in contemporary society, and areas such as:
- education
- psychology
- gender
- 21st-century education
- special educational needs and disabilities
- children’s literature
This degree prepares you for many careers including:
- teaching
- youth work
- educational psychology
- social work
- therapeutic support
- policy provision
- educational publishing.
Course Details - Modules
In Year 1 you will study introductory modules in the history and philosophy of education as well as the psychology and sociology of education. You will also be introduced to key themes such as childhood and educational policy critique. You will also begin to develop the core skills necessary for the academic study of education. In Year 2 you will have an opportunity to strengthen your engagement with a number of the core disciplines or focus on particular themes in the study of education such as research methods in education, ICT and new media, inclusion and special educational needs, global issues in education and childhood. In Year 3 you can study honours modules such as Philosophy of Education, Becoming a Reader, Controversial Issues in Education, International Development, e-Pedagogy, Inclusion, and Work and Community-Related Learning as well as complete a dissertation that will comprise a piece of original research.
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
X301
Institution code:
O66
Campus Name:
Main Site
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
65%
Go onto work and study:
90%
Fees and funding
Channel Islands
9250.0
Year 1
England
9250.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
Scotland
9250.0
Year 1
Wales
9250.0
Year 1
EU
14600.0
Year 1
International
14600.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
Please note tuition fees for Home students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students in line with an inflationary amount determined by government. Tuition fees for International students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students.
Oxford Brookes University intends to maintain its fees for new and returning Home students at the maximum permitted level.
Provider information
Gipsy Lane
Headington
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Oxford
OX3 0BP
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