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Education (Top-up) BA(Hons)

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Start Dates

20 September 2027

Duration

1 year full-time

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About this course

Overview

Why choose Huddersfield for this course?

  • Understand global education systems and explore political, social, and economic influences on learning.
  • Gain skills to respond to change in fast-moving educational environments across varied settings.
  • Analyse and compare education worldwide and develop solutions for challenges in a global context.

If you want to further enhance your skills, this one-year top-up course helps you deepen your understanding of how education works in a global, fast-changing world. Designed with international students in mind, it explores education in both the UK and overseas, helping you understand how learning is shaped by policy, culture and society.

You will investigate education as both a social system and a business, exploring themes such as leadership, organisational culture, management and marketing. This will help you understand how educational organisations operate and how they adapt to change around the world.

Through lectures, seminars and independent study, you will compare international education systems, analyse real case studies and explore creative solutions to global challenges in education. By the end of the course, you will have the insight and analytical skills to contribute confidently to educational settings in the UK or overseas.

Career opportunities after the course *

Nursery Practitioners

Early Years Practitioners

Early Years Teachers

Room Leaders

Nursery Assistants

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Who can apply?

Entry Requirements

All entrants are normally required to hold an intermediate level qualification (gained by examination) or equivalent. Broadly such qualifications can include:

  • Higher National Diploma (or equivalent)
  • An initial teaching qualification from a recognised teacher education institution
  • Successful completion of a Higher Education qualification with 120 European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits (or equivalent)

Preference is for an appropriate subject such as Education or Childhood. However, the basic criterion will be a person's ability to benefit from the programme, so consideration will be given to holders of alternative recognised degrees or diplomas.

English language competence is required. General entry criteria for this course are International English Language Test System (IELTS) 6.0 or Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) 87.

The University’s normal entry criteria apply to all international students.

Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our International Entry Requirements page.

If you do not meet that requirement you can enrol on a pre-sessional English programme of between 4-24 weeks, depending on your level of English.

What will you learn?

Course Details

This module seeks to develop your understanding of theories of leadership, management and the organisation of professional practice. You’ll have the opportunity to explore relevant theory and practical factors such as mentoring arrangements, group structures, staff development and the leadership of change in professional practice. Assessment typically involves the development of an annotated bibliography and a poster presentation.

This module will help you to learn how to design and conduct a final year project. It does this by exploring a range of research and design approaches, strategies and methods. The module helps you to design a project that utilises your knowledge and abilities, carry it out and evaluate its outcomes. Your final year project will focus on an empirical research, policy or practice development, documentary research, policy analysis, entrepreneurship activity, or other options in negotiation with your tutor. The module guides you towards gaining a thorough, critical understanding of project planning and evaluation, research protocols, methods, ethics and ways of doing data analysis. By the end of the module you’ll be confident and capable of designing your own rigorous and valid project.

This module allows you to pursue your academic and work-related interests and to demonstrate the breadth of knowledge, understanding, and strengths that you have developed during your degree studies. You will review critical understanding of project planning and evaluation, research protocols, methods, ethics, and analysis. You will be supported in the selection of a focus for your final project, in the development of an application for ethical approval, and at each stage of your study. Your final year project will focus on an empirical research, policy or practice development, documentary research, policy analysis, entrepreneurship activity, or other options in negotiation with your tutor. This module is your opportunity to work together with a supervisor to confidently and rigorously undertake a valid project.

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You will examine definitions and different understandings of inclusion and models of disability, considering a national and global context. You will explore the impact these different definitions and models have on educational policy and practice. You will critically analyse current approaches to inclusion in a range of settings. You will develop your understanding of approaches to inclusive planning, teaching and assessment that ensures accessibility, challenge and achievability for all pupils.

This module develops your understanding of theories concerning counselling, coaching and mentoring. In doing so, it will improve your effectiveness in responding to and working with the needs of individuals in a variety of contexts. You will have an opportunity to develop your helping skills and evaluate the use of different helping approaches.

This module seeks to introduce the theories and practices of human resource development, helping you to understand the theoretical considerations in organising and delivering training. Assessment is typically the development of a training package and written report and aims to help you develop effective skills for developing training in the workplace.

This module explores the context of and responses to a range of social, emotional and mental health needs in educational settings. Your understanding of different techniques that can be used to promote positive social, emotional and mental health plus behaviours for learning will be developed. You will explore causes of social, emotional and mental health needs, and look at how these can lead to dysregulated behaviour as well as the way that emotional and other difficulties can be recognised in one-to-one, small group encounters and whole class contexts. You will also consider theoretical aspects of supporting positive social, emotional and mental health, alongside behaviour management.

For more information on when and how we update our modules please see the ‘Legal Information’ section below.

Teaching and Assessment

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How much will it cost?

Fees and Finance

£10,050 per year

This information is for Home students applying to study at the University of Huddersfield in the academic year 2027/28.

Modules credits can range from 15 to 60, dependent on the content of the module. Read more about total credits required for a range of degrees, to allow you to calculate the potential total cost.

Please note that tuition fees for subsequent years may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X) and/or Government policy. 

From January 2027 the UK government is launching a new student funding system for people starting university education. Read more about the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE).

For detailed information please visit our fees page.

£17,600 per year

This is the tuition fee for 2026/27 entry. Tuition fees for 2027/28 will be published once the information becomes available.

This information is for international students applying to study at the University of Huddersfield in the academic year 2026/27.

Please note that tuition fees for subsequent years may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X) and/or Government policy. 

For detailed information please visit our international fees and funding page.

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