Education BA (Hons)

Embark on a journey to uncovering the contemporary challenges surrounding education. Become a successful and dynamic educational professional with a proactive approach to navigating the ever-evolving education sector. Whether you want to work in a school and later pursue teaching, or explore youth work in the community, or train as a child psychologist, or maybe even shape educational policy, our Education BA will help to get you started. Our programme equips you with advanced transferable skills in communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving, preparing you for a wide range of careers working with learners and helping people to succeed.

Why choose this course?
• Global Top 300 for Education (Times Higher Education World University Subject Rankings, 2022)



• Examine contemporary challenges in education including inequality, the emergence of artificial intelligence and social change



• Prepare for a wide range of careers across the education sector and beyond



• Benefit from real-world industry experience with a placement year opportunity



• A chance to broaden your horizons and study abroad at a partner university



Investigate how the education system operates in the modern world and examine a range of theories from disciplines such as sociology, history, psychology and philosophy. Our Education degree covers a broad range of topics from key psychological theories and models to explain how young people develop in the classroom, to core social science principles of designing, implementing, and analysing social research. This programme adopts a distinctive approach to exploring learning theories and themes such as social mobility and inequality.

Our unique combination of educational theory combined with active practical application will provide insight into real world situations to help enhance your skills and expertise as a practitioner in the classroom. You will consider how theories, ideas, and concepts can be applied in practice across a range of environments and age groups, from young people in classrooms to adults in the local community. Throughout the programme you will gain a thorough understanding of education in the past and present and what this means for our future. You will be encouraged to reflect on how political ideas and ideologies shape policy, and learn to design educational solutions for emerging issues such as artificial intelligence and climate change. This can be explored further through your own Independent Research Project by investigating an area of your choice involving data collection and analysis.

Through the use of field trips, guest speakers, and practical learning opportunities such as placements in schools, you will be able to apply your theoretical knowledge to real-world settings, building advanced skills in critical thinking, communication and emotional intelligence.

About Keele

Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university.

We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level.

Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.

Career focused courses, a vibrant student community and a beautiful 600-acre campus – this is Keele.

Whether you’re a passionate natural scientist, or eager to explore law, business, humanities or social sciences, our innovative courses are designed with your future in mind. Many of our courses offer a placement opportunity – just one of our initiatives that prepare you for real-world success.

Recognised for outstanding student experience and teaching quality, we were ranked a Top 10 UK university for student satisfaction across 15 subjects (National Student Survey 2025, broad-based English universities) and achieved Double Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (2017 and 2023).

Located in the Staffordshire countryside, but within easy reach of a bustling town, vibrant city and our noisy neighbours of Manchester and Birmingham, Keele truly offers the best of both worlds: a close-knit campus community and an exciting local area to explore.

We’d love to see you on campus soon.