Courses

Courses in the Department of Learning and Leadership.

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Our department offers a comprehensive range of courses in early childhood and primary education. These include the Primary PGCE, masters courses and doctoral studies. 

Our academics, with international reputations for their research, supervise students' research and contribute to all areas of teaching including teacher training.

• Undergraduate
• Teacher training
• Graduate taught
• Graduate research
• Short courses
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Undergraduate

Our Early Childhood Education BA draws on the department’s expertise to examine early years education from a global perspective, emphasising children’s rights, social justice and early childhood policy and practice:

• Early Childhood Education BA

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Teacher training

The breadth of our department's teaching includes the education of trainee teachers and practising teachers, through to doctoral study. One of our major strengths is the strong connections we make between theory, research, learning, teaching and policy.

• Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) (Employment Based Route) PGCE
• Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) (Mainstream Route) PGCE
• PGCE Primary (EYFS/KS1 full-time)
• PGCE Primary

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Graduate taught

Our Master's programmes are centred on our main areas of strength in learning and leadership: more specifically, early years education, leadership, literacy, and primary/elementary education.

• Applied Educational Leadership MA
• Early Years Education MA
• Educational Leadership (International) MBA
• Educational Leadership (In-service) MA
• Educational Leadership (Pre-service) MA
• Primary Education (4–12) MA
• Social Science Research Methods PG Dip

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Graduate research

• Learning and Leadership EdD
• Learning and Leadership MPhil/PhD
• Learning and Leadership with integrated research methods training MPhil/PhD

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