Education (including foundation year) (Hons) London Metropolitan University

Overview

The Education (including foundation year) (Hons) degree from London Metropolitan University  will engage your interest in a range of issues within the sphere of education and social sciences. 

Quick Facts:

• Learning in a stimulating environment, you’ll develop your critical thinking and reasoning skills, allowing you to construct, evaluate and defend arguments in the sphere of education and related studies. They’ll equip you with the practical and academic skills that will allow you to assess what shapes educational practices, policies and institutions.
• Throughout your degree, you’ll receive academic and pastoral support from a range of services at the University. Your support system will include an academic tutor and academic mentors, who will offer individual support, as well as small group workshops to reinforce your skills' development and to ensure that you’re settling into university.
• The focus in the subsequent years will shift from providing you with academic skills in the context of education studies to expanding your knowledge of the theories and practices in the field of education. Learn more about the content of the subsequent three years of this course on our Education  degree.

Career opportunities:

• After this four-year course you’ll be able to enter a wide range of careers within education, such as local government, charities, youth work and educational management. You’ll also gain a range of transferable skills, such as critical thinking, reasoning and writing that will translate into a variety of careers.