Education studies degrees

Education studies at Brighton opens doors to rewarding careers. We offer professional development courses for people who are already working in the education sector.

  • 2nd in the UK for education courses – Guardian University Guide 2025.
  • Top 20 in the UK for education graduate prospects – Complete University Guide 2025.
  • UK top 15% for graduate earnings in education and teaching, three years after graduating – Longitudinal Educational Outcomes 2024.
  • In education, 100% of our research impact is assessed as ‘outstanding’ or very ‘considerable’ in terms of its reach and significance – 2021 Research Excellence Framework.

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Education and teaching degree courses

Our degrees in education studies

Undergraduate degree

Professional Practice in Education is aimed at professional practitioners working in formal and informal education, learning and development settings who want to develop their academic and research skills. This course is part-time, allowing you to study for a degree while you are working.

Postgraduate and research degrees

The University of Brighton has a strong history in doctoral degrees in education including professional doctorates and PhD.

Why study education at Brighton?

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Develop your expertise

You’ll be encouraged to explore new ideas, perspectives and world views extending beyond teaching and learning.

Visiting guest speakers will introduce you to new educational topics and challenge your critical reflection and understanding.

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Learn from the experts

You will be taught by a highly qualified, experienced and enthusiastic research-active team with an outstanding national reputation and comprehensive research profile that informs course content.

Research and professional expertise and interests are hugely varied across the team and tutors harness their passion and enthusiasm in support of their students.

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Career success

Graduates leave confident, articulate, highly skilled and well equipped to contribute as professionals in their role and in a wide range of educational roles in the UK and beyond

Take a tour of our facilities

The specialist Curriculum Centre on our Falmer campus houses more than 30,000 resources, spanning all the subjects in the national curriculum. The collection includes games, DVDs, CD-ROMs, pictures, charts, education packs and an extensive collection of children’s books.

Falmer library also houses an extensive array of literature and resources related to education studies.

 

 

 

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What jobs can you do with an education studies degree?

Your specialist knowledge and skills will be attractive to a wide range of employers. There are many career paths you can pursue including settings such as schools, local authorities, the police force, museums and welfare services.

You will learn many transferable skills during your studies for roles outside the sector too.

10 jobs you could do with an education studies degree course or masters include:

  • teaching
  • publishing
  • youth worker
  • museum education officer
  • special educational needs coordinator/assistant
  • learning mentor
  • education consultant
  • family support worker
  • work placement coordinator
  • nursery worker.

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If you have a question about these courses, our enquiries team will be happy to help.

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Education Research Excellence Group 

Brighton has a long-standing history of research in education expertise that underpins all its courses.

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Doctoral degrees

Many students have successfully pursued doctoral degrees in Education at the University of Brighton.

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