Education Studies (Hons) Oxford Brookes University

Overview

In the Education Studies (Hons) programme at the Oxford Brookes University, 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.

Career prospects

A degree in Education Studies can lead to careers in many areas. We recognise that there are many career opportunities for Education Studies students, in addition to teaching. 

For those not wishing to follow a teaching career, the course offers an excellent preparation for careers in the public or private sector. Professions within a specialist education sector now include advertising, marketing, the arts, journalism, law, publishing and the media together with the charity and leisure industries. 

Some students do become teachers after completing their degrees, undertaking a further one-year PGCE course in primary or (for combined honours students) secondary education, leading to Qualified Teacher Status. Others have gone on to teach in further education colleges. Education Studies is not a programme of initial teacher education and does not in itself provide a recognised teaching qualification.  

Previous graduates from the course have gone on to have successful careers in many different fields including social work, youth work, community education, adult education, educational psychology, recruitment and retail management.