Education

Course description

**OVERVIEW** UWS’s BA Education is professionally-recognised and will help you establish a career as a primary school teacher.

This degree is designed to equip you with the skills to work effectively within a primary school setting and will provide you with a broad-based education in contemporary subjects.

The BA Hons Education offers the flexibility of combining your studies in education with a specialism to enable selection from a range of qualifications, including: 

// BA (Hons) Education // BA (Hons) Education with Health and Wellbeing // BA (Hons) Education with Literacy // BA (Hons) Education with Languages // BA (Hons) Education with Mathematics // BA (Hons) Education with Science // BA (Hons) Education with Inclusive Education 

**PRACTICAL FOCUS** The BA Education provides valuable opportunities for school placement throughout each year of study – giving you the hands-on experience needed to complement your academic studies.

School placement opportunities are embedded in each year of your studies, which provide you with the hands-on experience to complement your academic studies.

You’ll spend 30 weeks of the programme on placement and will also have the opportunity to undertake a placement in an additional support needs school.

We will provide opportunities to undertake additional voluntary placements in Additional Support Needs schools across Scotland. We currently have 26 partner schools across seven local authorities.  

Guest speakers also form part of the programme to further deepen your understanding of your subject. Recent speakers have addressed topics such as supporting learners with hearing impairments, learners on the autistic spectrum and sectarianism. 

**PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION** The BA (Hons) Education is professionally recognised by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS). By successfully completing this course you will meet the Standard for Provisional Registration as a primary school teacher.

**CAREER PROSPECTS** **Jobs** Eligible BA (Hons) Education graduates are guaranteed a one-year induction post that will enable you to achieve the standard required for full registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland.

UWS graduates have gone on to teach throughout Scotland, the UK, Canada, New Zealand and in other Commonwealth and EU countries.

The BA (Hons) Education is highly-regarded by employers outside of education, recognising the strong personal transferable skills that our graduates have developed.

**Further Study** Some graduates choose further study, as part of their professional learning to an MEd, MSc.

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