Early Years: Teaching and Learning (Top-Up) BA (Hons)

**Reasons to choose Kingston**<br/>- As an early years professional, you’ll advance your working practices and develop your skills and competencies in your work setting through critical reflection of theory and new research.<br/><br/><br/>- This qualification is valued by employers and will be a mark of your professional excellence and expertise.<br/><br/><br/>- You’ll be able to combine academic study with work-based learning, attending one teaching session per week at Kingston University. <br/><br/><br/>- Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the frameworks two new student experience and student outcomes categories. <br/><br/><br/>**About this course**<br/>If you work in Early Years and have a foundation degree in Early Years (or equivalent), this flexible course is ideal for developing your career. You’ll be able to balance studies with your employment and gain a full BA (Hons) degree in one year.<br/><br/>This course has been developed to build upon your working practice through the examination of social, political, and cultural aspects of early education. <br/><br/>As part of the course, you’ll consider how creativity and play act as tools for children’s learning, and you’ll learn how to make critical decisions that can transform practice. The course offers you an opportunity to explore multi-disciplinary working, deepen your knowledge and understanding of transitions that occur in childhood and examine current issues in early education.<br/><br/>Assignments enable you to draw on your professional knowledge in work-based situations. You’ll also have the opportunity to research and develop your specific area of interest.<br/><br/>**Future Skills**<br/>Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.<br/><br/>As you progress through your degree, youll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.<br/><br/>At Kingston University, were not just keeping up with change, were creating it.<br/><br/>**Career opportunities**<br/>Graduation can lead to many roles within the sector as well as postgraduate study and continuing professional development, including Qualified Teacher Status and/or an Education MA.

Located in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, you'll benefit from excellent transport links to central London and beyond. You'll have access to great employer connections, with Kingston being on the doorstep of hundreds of prestigious businesses.<br/><br/>Kingston University’s commitment to high-quality teaching has been recognised with a TEF Gold rating (TEF 2023). The University has also secured a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and outcomes categories.<br/><br/>Kingston has invested heavily in dedicated study spaces, cutting-edge sports facilities and specialist equipment. You can hone your trading skills at the Bloomberg Trading Room or create your masterpiece in the modern art facilities. Whatever your chosen course, you'll be supported with modern facilities and passionate lecturers.<br/><br/>You can also get involved in over 70 sports clubs and societies and even start your own society.