Children and Young People's Care and Education (Top Up)

University Centre Leeds, Leeds City College
Undergraduate BA (Hons) Full-time 1 Year Social work, childhood, and youth studies

About this course

Inspire young minds by supporting children and young people’s care and education. Our top-up degree will amplify your existing knowledge as you conduct a research project and apply core principles to your personal context. This qualification will take an existing foundation degree to a full BA (Hons).

You’ll become a knowledgeable professional after completing our top-up degree. Building on your existing knowledge of care and education, you’ll observe external social and environmental factors, assessing how they can influence development and education. You’ll also personalise your studies by applying your newly acquired knowledge to your specialism.

Alongside continuing your work experience, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of care and education learning, about purposeful child-centred play, contemporary discourse, and the context of family. You’ll identify a personal area of interest which you’ll explore within your dissertation.

Employability is a core focus of this course so full-time students undertake an integrated work placement gaining 10 to 12 hours a week of experience.

Study Options

This course is available in 2 study options:

Part-time day/evening

Duration: 1.5 Years

Qualification: BA (Hons)

Location: Leeds

Full-time Shown above

Duration: 1 Year

Qualification: BA (Hons)

Location: Leeds

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

2317 Teachers of English as a foreign language
1172 Social services managers and directors
2461 Social workers
2319 Teaching professionals
3231 Higher level teaching assistants
2229 Therapy professionals

Course Details

Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
1 Year
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Leeds
Scheme
Undergraduate
Subjects
Social work, childhood, and youth studies