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BA (Hons)
Undergraduate degree - single honours
We accept a wide range of qualifications for entry to our undergraduate programmes. The main ones are listed under 'Typical offers' in the main column below. For combined courses, please check both subjects. If your qualification is not listed, please email admissions@bathspa.ac.uk with your specific details.
Are you passionate about changing lives through education? Our innovative Education course will allow you to develop a portfolio of skills that employers look for, such as creative thinking, taking initiative, networking, and problem solving.
You’ll have opportunities to explore a range of education careers and develop professional skills by putting your knowledge into practice through work placements and research projects focused on real-world problems.
Whether you want to be an educator, policy-maker or researcher, continue your studies with teacher training or postgraduate study, or dive straight into a graduate trainee scheme, this degree in education can form the basis of a career in public service.
You’ll gain knowledge and understanding of:
Year one
You'll be introduced to formal and informal education and explore the potential of education to transform lives in different ways. Key themes include sustainability, wellbeing, digital literacy, and global citizenship.
Year two
You’ll learn about education policy and its role on a local and global scale. You’ll also evaluate how research into education can improve workplaces. You’ll explore digital literacy and global citizenship in more depth.
Year three
You’ll develop a deeper understanding of a professional career in education and education’s role in sustainable development. You’ll use your knowledge and skills to work on a research project designed to prepare you for progression to employment or postgraduate study.
You'll be assessed through various tasks and coursework including written assignments, creative projects, practical assessments and presentations. There are no exams.
You’ll be taught by experienced University staff through a mix of seminars, lectures, individual tutorials and online tasks. You’ll also learn from guest speakers.
To find out more about how we teach and how you'll learn, please read our Learning and Teaching Delivery Statement.
Throughout your degree, you'll be immersed in work-based learning, giving you the opportunity to investigate a range of education-related careers and develop your employability skills. You'll create a professional portfolio to explore, experience and progress towards your chosen career.
As part of your degree, you could study abroad on a placement at one of Bath Spa’s partner universities.
This BA in Education has been designed to prepare you for a career in a number of education-related roles, from classroom teacher to managerial positions and advisory roles within schools.
Many of our students go on to further study either in the school sector, as a teacher, or in other industries such as non-government organisations (NGOs), consultants in museum/heritage organisations, local government policy development, and rehabilitation services and prison education.
If you’re a full-time undergraduate student starting your first year at Bath Spa University, you can apply for the Certificate in Global Citizenship, which you’ll study alongside your degree.
You’ll gain global awareness and add an international dimension to your student experience, and funding is available. On successful completion of the programme, you’ll be awarded a Certificate in Global Citizenship. This is in addition to your degree; it doesn’t change your degree title or results.
Develop a wealth of indispensable digital skills that you can take into your future career. One of only three Adobe Creative Campuses in the UK, we provide all Bath Spa students with access to the full Adobe Creative Suite, giving you the tools to communicate creatively, whatever your course or chosen professional field.
This optional placement year provides you with the opportunity to identify, apply for and secure professional experience, normally comprising one to three placements over a minimum of nine months. Successful completion of this module will demonstrate your ability to secure and sustain graduate-level employment.
By completing the module, you'll be entitled to the addition of 'with Professional Placement Year' to your degree title.
Before your Professional Placement Year, you'll work to secure your placement, constructing a development plan with your module leader and your placement coordinator from our Careers and Employability team.
On your return to University for your final year, you'll submit your Placement Portfolio, detailing your development on your placement.
Your course will be a mix of virtual and in-person learning. In-person classes will take place at our Newton Park campus. Situated just out of the city centre, the campus offers panoramic views of the countryside and access to our state of the art facilities, including:
Our UK undergraduate fees for 2024/25 entry are £9,250. International tuition fees aren't yet available. See current undergraduate tuition fees for international students for reference. For some courses, additional costs may apply. We'll update this page as soon as we have more detailed information.
We’re looking for applicants who are passionate about changing lives through education and want to develop a portfolio of employability skills and experiences.
You'll want to start an education-related career, perhaps as a teacher, policy maker or researcher. You'll have a keen interest in the impact of education on social transformation. You may also be – or wish to become – an activist.
We accept a wide range of qualifications for entry to our undergraduate programmes. The main ones are listed below:
If you don’t meet the entry requirements above, we may be able to accept your prior learning or experience from outside of formal education. See our Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) page to learn more.
English Language Requirements for International and EU Applicants
IELTS 6.0 - for visa nationals, with a minimum score of IELTS 5.5 in each element.
Course enquiries
For further information about the programme or entry requirements, please email us at admissions@bathspa.ac.uk.
Ready to apply? Click the 'apply now' button in the centre of this page. Need more guidance? Head to our how to apply pages.
Course leader: Jenny Hatley
Email: j.hatley@bathspa.ac.uk
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