Course in brief

This degree programme is designed for professionals employed in care or education positions. The course allows you to study while you work, bringing together practice, theory, current research and policy, and supporting you in developing your immediate practice as well as your career.

On course completion you will have earned a professional qualification and graduate fully prepared to progress your role in this challenging and rewarding field, or advance to further study.

A choice of modules allows you to tailor your degree specialities to fill your specific knowledge gaps and to complement your personal and professional interests.

Key facts

Location Brighton: Falmer

UCAS code Not applicable. Apply direct to the university.

Part-time 4 years 

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Entry requirements

Entry requirements

The entry requirements listed here are our typical offer for this course if you wish to begin studying with us in 2017. They should be used as a general guide.

We operate a flexible admissions policy – this means that you could receive a lower conditional offer than the typical offer, informed by our assessment of your complementary non-academic achievements and experiences. For courses that require interview or portfolio review, this may also be considered in the level of any conditional offer that follows if your application is successful.

To be considered for a place you should normally:

  • be working (paid or unpaid) with children or young people from 0–19 years, at least two days per week (or equivalent) and to have been working in services for children and young people for at least one year
  • have already undertaken some initial study and training in working with children and young people 
  • be able to show you are ready for study at university (usually through completing a level 3 qualification or similar).

International equivalencies

International equivalencies by country
 
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bermuda
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma (Myanmar)
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guyana
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kosovo
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malaysia
Malawi
Malta
Mexico
Moldova
Montenegro
Morocco
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palestinian National Authority
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Syria
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

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For English language preparation courses.

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Course in detail

Course structure

The Working with Children and Young People BA(Hons) is a four year part-time work-based programme.

Typically you will:

  • study for one day a week (as well as some Saturdays). This will not always be face to face at university; methods of learning include small group seminars, participatory workshops and online learning experiences as well as attending lectures led by experienced practitioners, tutors and researchers
  • take on a series of structured work-related tasks, supported by an individual work-based mentor
  • complete module assessment tasks
  • be supported in your individual learning and career progression throughout
  • visit other settings and complementary learning environments
  • conclude your studies with an individual extended professional enquiry of your own choosing.
children at nursery

Year 1

Modules

  • The Practitioner as Learner
  • Children and Young People's Learning and Development
  • Professional Reflective Practice in Learning and Development

Options*

  • Pedagogical Approaches and the Adult Role
  • Understanding Additional Learning Needs and Barriers to Learning
  • Readers and Texts
  • Relationships and Interventions with Young People
  • Play as a Developmental Learning Process
  • Informal Education and the Youth Work Curriculum
  • Supporting Literacy in Secondary and Further Education
  • Introduction to Science at Key Stages 1 and 2

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Students in classroom

Year 2

Modules

  • Safeguarding and Promoting Welfare and Wellbeing
  • Further Professional Reflective Practice in Learning and Development

Options*

  • Communication, Language and Literacy Development
  • Learning and Teaching Number at Key Stage 1 and 2
  • Supporting Numeracy in Secondary and Further Education
  • Contemporary Issues for Young People
  • Assessing Children’s Achievements
  • Principles and Interventions to Support and Facilitate Learning
  • Working with Groups of Young People
  • Principles and Effective Relationships and Interventions with Families in Need
  • Families in Communities: The Role of the Setting
  • Using ICT and Digital Media to Support Learning
  • Spoken and Written Language and How We Use It
  • Managing People and Provision
  • Supporting Pupils who have Experienced Relational Trauma and Loss

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Primary education

Year 3

Modules

  • Equality and Inclusion
  • Professional Identity and Inter-professional Practice Development

Options*

  • The Positive Learning Environment
  • Informal, Work-based and Alternative Learning Strategies  
  • Learning and Teaching Mathematics at Key Stages 1 and 2
  • Young People, Transitions and Change
  • Perspectives on Leadership
  • Information, Advice and Guidance in Secondary and Further Education
  • Developing Digital Literacy and Computational Thinking in the Primary Classroom
  • Understanding Participation and Community Development
  • Foundations for the Future
  • PSHEE and Citizenship in Learning and Development Contexts 
  • Quality Assurances and Services for Young People

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

children at nursery

Final year

Modules

  • Practitioners as Researchers
  • Professional Enquiry: Education Studies
Children at nursery

Staff profile

Mark Price

Assistant Head of School

Mark Price is a principal lecturer in the School of Education and is currently the assistant head of school. He has worked as a playworker, secondary school teacher, youth worker and youth counsellor and leads the reflective practice and inter-professional practices element of the Working with Children and Young People award programme at Brighton.

The focus of much of his work with young people has been with those whose pathway through the education system has sometimes been disrupted or fragmented.

He was awarded an Excellence in Facilitating Learning award in 2010 and is co-editor of ‘Integrated Working with Children and Young People’ published in 2012.

Mark has particular experience working with challenging behaviour and exploring themes of gender, sexuality and emotional literacy. He leads on modules relating to reflective practice and inter-professionalism, and is especially interested in the way that practitioners' working lives and identities develop.

Careers and employability

On graduation, you will be well-placed for career advancement, with a professional qualification giving you a competitive edge. 

This award supports career development in a range of contexts and professions. Our experienced and well connected staff will be able to advise you as you explore your future career opportunities in settings including nurseries, schools, colleges, children's and youth centres, family projects, activity focused provision, specialist provision and alternative education settings.

primary teaching

Fees and funding

Your fees

Year 1: (100 credits) 6,750 GBP

Year 2: (100 credits) 6,750 GBP

Year 3: (100 credits) 6,750 GBP

Year 4: (60 credits) 4,500 GBP

Students will be eligible to apply for study loans from Student Finance England to cover all fees.

Concerned about university fees?

You do not need to pay tuition fees upfront. If you are a UK or EU undergraduate student studying for the first time, you can apply for funding from the government to cover these. Once you leave university, you will only repay the loan if you earn above a certain amount. 

Universities UK and Money Saving Expert have produced a guide that takes you through the system and explains what you’ll really pay to study as a part-time student.

Download a copy of the brochure

Location and living here

Location

About Brighton

Brighton has been called the happiest place in the UK, and it’s easy to see why. With five miles of pebble beach, more than 300 pubs and a packed festival calendar, Brighton is the ideal place to spend your student years.

Arts and culture: The Royal Pavilion is the most famous landmark in Brighton, opening its doors to around 400,000 tourists every year. Right next door is the Brighton Dome, the south coast’s premier multi-arts venue, and the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, which holds a diverse collection of decorative arts, textiles and archaeological artefacts.

Festivals: The Brighton Festival is now the largest arts festival in England and a major milestone in the international cultural calendar. Meanwhile, The Great Escape has been established as the UK’s leading event for new music, with over 300 bands playing 30 venues across the city over three days.

Nightlife: Aside from the many nightclubs that line the city’s seafront, student favourites include The Haunt, Concorde 2 and Patterns, which attract leading bands and DJs from around the world. If you don’t feel like dancing, you can take your pick from the many hundreds of pubs and bars that dot the city centre.

Shopping: The quirky North Laine district houses Brighton’s finest collection of boutique shops and independent cafes, while the narrow, winding streets of the South Lanes house collections of jewellery and antiques. Churchill Square is the city’s main shopping centre and serves all of your high street needs.

Sports: Brighton’s seaside location offers the perfect opportunity to try paddle boarding, kayaking and windsurfing. Further into the city, The Level has a skate park for skateboarders and BMX riders to practise their skills.

i360 and ticket booth on the seafront  What to expect enriching experiences

Campus where this course is taught

Falmer campus

Surrounded by the South Downs National Park and just five miles from the centre of Brighton, our Falmer campus has benefited from over £60million of investment over the past 10 years. 7,000 students are based here, studying subjects including English, education, social science, nursing and medicine.

Recent developments include the Falmer Sports Centre – with its fitness suites and sports hall – and the innovative Checkland Building, which has natural ventilation systems and an insulating green roof.

Falmer has also recently installed more than 600 solar panels, which reduce the campus’s carbon emissions by more than 80 tonnes. The renovation has made us one of the top universities in the UK for on-site renewable energy production.

Accommodation

Brighton

Our Brighton halls of residence are located across the city in Grand Parade, Moulsecoomb, Varley Park and Falmer.

Our Grand Parade campus is in central Brighton and has one hall of residence, Phoenix Brewery, within walking distance. We have around 300 rooms available in Phoenix Brewery, which are all ensuite and self-catered.

Moulsecoomb is two miles from the city centre and also has one hall of residence, Moulsecoomb Place, on campus. All accommodation in Moulsecoomb Place is catered, offering breakfast and an evening meal during term time. There are more than 150 rooms available here, with six to eight rooms per flat.

Varley Park offers the biggest choice of student accommodation with ten halls of residence. The site is four miles from Brighton centre but within walking distance of Falmer train station.

Falmer campus has two halls of residence: Great Wilkins and Paddock Field. Great Wilkins offers 150+ self-catered single rooms and one-bed couples flats, while Paddock Field offers 450+ catered and self-catered single rooms only. All rooms in Falmer are en-suite.

Aside from halls, you have the option of Unihomes, which we let out to our students on behalf of private landlords. The rent covers all utilities and includes £5,000 of contents insurance for your personal belongings.

You can also choose to join the many students who live away from campus in private rented accommodation. We have a list of high-quality, university-endorsed private sector accommodation and can help you find housemates to move in with.

Find out more on our Brighton accommodation webpages and if you have any questions, our accommodation team will be happy to help. You can contact them by email at accommodation@brighton.ac.uk or by telephone on 01273 644100.

Paddock Field

Moulsecoomb Place


  

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Falmer campus and Brighton and Sussex Medical School map

 

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