Education Studies (Distance Learning) (Top-Up)

Careers and opportunities This education studies top-up degree will give you a solid grounding in the theory and ideas of practice behind education and the way people teach and learn.

It's ideal if you want a versatile Bachelor's degree that will open doors across the education sector and beyond.

Further study This course does not provide Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), but it does provide the gateway to study for further postgraduate qualifications, including QTS, early years initial teacher training (EYITT), qualifying social work Master's and other postgraduate courses.

For example, once you graduate with this BA (Hons) Education Studies top-up degree, you could do further postgraduate study to become a teacher via a PGCE course, such as our Primary PGCE or Further Education and Training PGCE.

Or you could become an early years teacher with our GradCert Early Years Initial Teacher Training course.

What jobs can you do with a Education Studies (Top-Up) degree?

Roles our graduates have taken on include:

teaching in primary education (with further training) teaching in colleges (with further training) early years teacher (with further training) social worker (with further training) senior management roles in nurseries senior positions in education and training in areas such as nursing and police work When you finish the course, our Careers and Employability service can help you find a job that puts your skills to work in the industry. You can get help, advice and support for up to 5 years after you leave the University as you advance in your career.