Psychology in Education with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)

<strong>Foundation Year</strong><br/><br/>Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, youll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that youd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.<br/><br/><strong>International Students</strong><br/><br/>For International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. Applications for International Foundation Years are also handled by KUIC; please do not apply via UCAS as the University will not be able to process your application and you may still be charged the UCAS application fee. To find out more and to apply for an International Foundation Year, visit https://kuic.keele.ac.uk/<br/><br/><strong>Psychology in Education</strong><br/>Are you curious to learn about the human mind, peoples emotions and behaviours within educational settings? Psychology in Education BSc at Keele will train you to become a well-rounded researcher, exploring core areas of psychology, educational policy, and intervention design and evaluation in practice. The programme will enable you to build a variety of skills that will support your career in psychology, education and beyond.<br/><br/><strong>This course is currently seeking accreditation from the British Psychological Society (BPS)</strong><br/><br/><strong>Why choose this course?</strong><br/><br/><br/>• Cover key topics in social, cognitive, developmental and biological psychology<br/><br/><br/><br/>• A chance to broaden your horizons and study abroad at a partner university<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Benefit from real-world industry experience with placement opportunities<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Gain highly transferable graduate employability skills to pursue a broad range of careers in psychology, education and caring professions<br/><br/><br/><br/>Expand your knowledge of the human mind and behaviour with our Psychology in Education degree at Keele. Cover the biological bases of behaviour, cognition, individual differences, human social interaction and lifespan development, whilst investigating the role of psychology in the classroom.<br/><br/>Our programme will enable you to build key skills in ethical research, how to interpret quantitative and qualitative data and draw conclusions to understand how people think and behave. You will be able to apply your learning to educational settings, with key insights into children within education, behaviour in the classroom and interventions designed to address developmental, social and educational issues.<br/><br/>Whether you would like to pursue a career in industry or related fields, our programme equips you with core skills in communication, problem-solving and analytical thinking to help prepare you for employment.<br/><br/><strong>Please note: This course is currently seeking accreditation from the British Psychological Society (BPS).</strong><br/><br/><strong>About Keele</strong><br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.