Are you interested in psychology and education, how children and young people learn, or their mental and emotional well-being? Perhaps you already work, or you would like to work, with children and young people in educational settings and want to enhance your academic knowledge and professional practice? Birkbeck's Psychology for Education Professionals (FdSc) offers a unique opportunity to explore how current psychological understanding can enhance professional practice. You will focus on issues of particular relevance to educators and other professionals working with children and young people, including: - intellectual, social and emotional development - children's learning - communication and relationship building - working in partnership with parents and carers - working in multidisciplinary teams - reflective practice. In the final year of your studies, you will have the opportunity to carry out a work-based project on a topic of your choice, under guidance and supervision. **Highlights** - This Foundation Degree was devised following comprehensive consultation with managers and experts in both psychology and education. - You will have access to extensive support as part of your lectures and through additional study days and workshops. - Our graduates have successfully progressed to a wide range of careers, including higher teaching assistants, special needs assistants, nursery workers, learning mentors, family support workers and other education and childcare professionals. Once you graduate, you will also have the opportunity to continue your studies to full BA/BSc level in a range of specialist areas such as psychology, education or professional practice and take your career even further. - The Department of Psychological Sciences is strongly oriented towards research and contains the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, the Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, the Birkbeck-UCL Centre for Neuroimaging and the Centre for Cognition, Computation and Modelling. - Psychological Sciences at Birkbeck were ranked fifth in the UK in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF) and we achieved 100% for a research environment conducive to research of world-leading quality. - Psychology at Birkbeck is ranked third best in London, ninth in the UK and 85th globally in the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject.

For information about course structure and the moules you will be studying, please visit Birkbeck’s online prospectus.

Assessment will be varied and relevant to students' work contexts and individual interests. It will include case studies, small-scale research reports, class presentations, critical analysis of published research, learning and reflective journals, and essays, as well as some writing under examination conditions.

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We welcome all interested applicants with and without formal qualifications as we base decisions on our own assessment of qualifications, knowledge and previous work experience. However, as a minimum, applicants must have: - a good standard of written and spoken English - a good standard of basic mathematics - basic computer skills - an active and ongoing engagement in the education sector working directly with children or young people (as a paid employee or as a volunteer) for a minimum of one day (six hours) a week, for the duration of the degree - a workplace mentor (to support your reflective practice at work). Confirmation of your placement and mentor will only be required when you enrol. ALTERNATIVE ENTRY ROUTES The Certificate of Higher Education in Applied Psychology offers an entry route into the second year of this Foundation Degree.

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/2022/undergraduate/programmes/UFSPSYCH_C/#entry-requirements

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England	5865.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	5865.0	Year 1
Scotland	5865.0	Year 1
Wales	5865.0	Year 1
International	10920.0	Year 1

Part-time home students, Year 3: £3910 pa Part-time international students, Year 3: £7280 pa Students are charged a tuition fee in each year of their programme. Tuition fees for students continuing on their programme in following years may be subject to annual inflationary increases.

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