International Education

Are you interested in finding out about why education matters for people and society across the world?

Our BA (Hons) International Education course prepares you for a future career in education, as you go beyond the confines of the classroom to analyse the fast-changing landscape of education. Exploring topics on a local, national and global scale, you’ll learn about education from all perspectives and understand how you can make a significant difference in the lives of others.

Viewing education through a variety of international lenses in this way enables you to become a global citizen committed to social justice.

Diverse study options
You will study a diverse range of modules across three years including Teaching English as a Foreign Language and Comparative Education.

Open up your career options
This broadly-scoped degree opens up opportunities to work in the community, with organisations that have an educational component to their work or a career in teaching at any level.

Placement opportunities
You will have the opportunity to undertake a work placement in your second and third years in a variety of educational settings or organisations, both in the UK and abroad. These placements help you to contextualise theoretical learning and examine contemporary educational issues in society.

On this course you will:

• Investigate, understand and analyse the fast-changing landscape of education.

• Study real-word projects as you learn in an active manner.

• Explore and consider key theories of human development and the nature of education.

• Gain a firm foundation for a career within educational settings and open routes into teaching, educational policy and charity organisations in the UK and beyond.

You will take eight modules in each year of your course.
Year One: All compulsory modules.
Year Two: Six compulsory and two optional modules.
Year Three: Four compulsory and four optional modules.

Each set of optional modules contains specialist options in Education, SEND, and International Education. In your second and third year you will select modules that are pertinent to your degree route and future career pathway.

The key to a degree, and subsequent career, in education and teaching is communication. Therefore, there will be a range of methods to assess the knowledge, understanding and skills you will develop on the course. These will range from more traditional assessment methods such as essays, presentations, and examinations, to more education specific practices such as lesson plans, lesson commentaries and curriculum packs. There will also be a focus on your ability to function within a workplace setting, as well as a final independent project that will act a culmination of your three years of learning on the course.