LONDON'S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
Working with Children: Education and
Wellbeing (Top-Up) BA/BEd
UCAS code: X301
www.ucl.ac.uk/prospectus/education
Working with Children: Education and Wellbeing (Top-Up) BA/BEd
This one-year full-time (four-term part-time)
programme offers an extra year on top of a
foundation degree, or equivalent, in which to
extend your knowledge of the principles of
teaching and learning, as well as develop your
professional expertise and understanding of
education.
Degree summary
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The UCL Institute of Education (UCL IOE) is a world-leading school
for education and social science, ranked first in the world for
education (QS World University Rankings 2014).
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At the end of the programme you will be awarded a Bachelor's
degree which could enable progression to further study or training to
gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
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Gain a deep understanding of the aims and values of education and
its relationship to society, and develop your professional skills.
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Increase your understanding and confidence in the use of study
skills, ICT, independent learning and academic literacy and learn how
to reflect creatively on your professional experience.
Throughout the programme you will study educational processes in a
variety of contexts and ask fundamental questions concerning the aims
and values of education and its relationship to society. This will help you
to develop professional expertise, give you a thorough grounding in
selected specialist areas of educational studies, and help you to suggest
ways forward and possible changes in practice.
You will also develop study skills, use resources such as electronic
research journals and web-based materials, and draw on your own
practical experience to evaluate educational processes.
You will take three compulsory courses and one optional course (typically
from a choice of two). You will also have the opportunity to conduct a
small-scale research inquiry.
Please note the top-up degree does not in itself lead to QTS but provides
a solid foundation from which to go on to develop as a qualified teacher.
Your learning
Teaching is delivered by lectures (often interactive, sometimes shared),
tutor-led seminars, small-group work, student presentations, reading
groups, reflections on video extracts, tutorial workshops, individual and
pair tutorials, research preparation workshops, inputs from librarians,
attendance at academic literacy workshops, and IT training courses as
needed.
You must successfully complete all elements of the programme to gain
your degree. Assessment is by long essays, timed open-book
examinations, and poster- and short presentations.
Your career
At the end of the programme, you will have acquired a range of study
skills and gained confidence in independent learning, academic literacy
and using ICT. You will be able to organise, articulate and communicate
opinions and arguments in speech and writing, using relevant specialist
vocabulary. In addition you will be able to process and synthesise
empirical evidence.
After graduating from the programme, many students go on to apply for
post-graduate programmes, including Master's degrees and initial teacher
training programmes to gain Qualified Teacher Status.
Degree structure
In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual courses,
normally valued at 0.5 or 1.0 credits, adding up to a total of 4.0 credits for
the year. Courses are assessed in the academic year in which they are
taken. The balance of compulsory and optional courses varies from
programme to programme and year to year. A 1.0 credit is considered
equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
Year One
Compulsory courses
Education, Values and Society
Ethics and Research in Education
The Enquiring Practitioner
Optional courses
Special and Inclusive Education
Teaching & Learning in Classrooms
Entry requirements
A levels
You will have experience of working with children or young people in an
educational context (e.g. nursery assistants, teaching assistants, or
learning mentors) although you do not need to be currently employed as
there is no work-based study requirement. We may ask you to attend an
interview or provide samples of your previous academic work. The d
A level grades
Not applicable.
A level subjects
240 credit foundation degree (or equivalent) in a
cognate area.
AS levels
For UK-based students a pass in a further subject
at AS level is not required.
UK/EU fee
£7,500 (2016/17)
Overseas fee
£14,785 (2016/17)
GCSE
Not required.
Notes
Details about financial support are available at:
www.ucl.ac.uk/study/ug-finance
IB points
Not applicable.
Contacts
Subjects
Please contact UCL Admissions
(undergraduate-admissions@ucl.ac.uk) for
further advice.
Contact
Fees
IB diploma
Ms Melanie Trapani
X301: Programme Administrator
Email
m.trapani@ioe.ac.uk
Other qualifications
Telephone
+44 (0)20 7612 6368
Full lists of all degree programmes and other entry requirements can be
found on our website at: www.ucl.ac.uk/otherquals
Prospectus entry
www.ucl.ac.uk/prospectus/education
Undergraduate Preparatory
Certificates
UCL's Undergraduate Preparatory Certificates (UPCs) are intensive
one-year foundation courses for international students of high academic
potential, who are aiming to gain access to undergraduate degree
programmes at UCL and other top UK universities.
For more information see our website: www.ucl.ac.uk/upc
Your application
Application for admission should be made through UCAS (the
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service). Applicants currently at
school or college will be provided with advice on the process; however,
applicants who have left school or who are based outside the United
Kingdom may obtain information directly from UCAS.
The deadline for receipt of applications to guarantee full and equal
consideration is 15 January 2016 although late applications may be
considered up to 30 June 2016.
Your application needs to demonstrate the relevance of your foundation
degree (or other level 5 qualification) to progress to this programme. You
should tell us what in particular you have taken from your learning so far
and how that has informed your professional practice and/or inspired you
to continue studying. We will also be interested to know about any future
plans.
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