Childhood: Health and Wellbeing BA (Hons)

Ready to take the next step towards providing children with a healthy start in life? Our unique BA (Hons) Childhood: Health and Wellbeing degree will equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to help you achieve your goals. Focusing on childhood from conception to 14 years, this degree is for those planning a rewarding future in a variety of areas including education, social care and health care.<br/><br/>You’ll develop a solid understanding of the role of health and wellbeing in childhood in the contexts of both physical and mental health within families. In addition to studying the core themes, you’ll focus on modules related to health and wellbeing.<br/><br/>Give real-life context to your studies and become even more attractive to future employers with our enhanced placement opportunities. You’ll be well prepared for the world of work with our extensive network of 600 partnerships in a wide range of settings. There’s even the opportunity to take your placement overseas.<br/><br/>**Why study Childhood: Health and Wellbeing at NTU?**<br/><br/><br/>- **You will have the opportunity to undertake placement and work-like experiences** through over 600 partnerships with local schools, colleges and organisations.<br/><br/><br/>- **Take your placement overseas** with optional opportunities from teaching in Sri Lanka, to working with young children in a Ghanian orphanages.<br/><br/><br/>- **Study an interdisciplinary course** ideal for students from a range of different backgrounds looking to pursue a career in a range of sectors.<br/><br/><br/>- **Receive a guaranteed interview** for a PGCE Primary teacher training course at NTU on completing your undergraduate degree (terms and conditions apply).<br/><br/><br/>**What you’ll study**<br/>Giving children a healthy start in life is crucial to their future health and wellbeing - and that’s what makes this course so engaging. You will gain a broad view of childhood and child development with an emphasis on achieving healthy lifestyles for both physical and mental health. Alongside this, you will develop a critical awareness of current issues and concerns regarding healthy childhoods. This will support you to work within the health professions as well as those seeking careers within the child wellbeing sector.<br/><br/>**Placement**<br/>You will have the opportunity to undertake a placement in Year One and Year Two. Placements can be in a wide range of educational settings, locally, regionally, nationally or even internationally. Placement options include working with disadvantaged children at a local authority provision; educational and support provision in a hospital context; supporting the provision of activities for children / young people with a range of disabilities and additional needs at a local charity or experiencing an outdoor Kindergarten in Denmark.<br/><br/>Putting your studies into practice helps you to understand your subject and its application in real-life. Placement opportunities support you both professionally and personally by ensuring you develop the key skills that will make you more employable at the end of your studies.

If you’re looking for somewhere that’ll get you credibility, plenty of real-world experience, and the attention of employers, at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), you'll find all that and so much more.<br/><br/>They offer a huge range of undergraduate courses that have been created with careers in mind, built in collaboration with industry experts and accrediting bodies, with employer facing work experience included as standard – you’ll be sure to find a course to suit your interest and ambitions. <br/><br/>Choose to study at one of their university sites across Nottingham, and be a part of one of the UK’s top student cities with a reputation for being an affordable and friendly place to live. Or study in a vibrant capital city, at their newest campus in London, right in the creative core of one of the world’s top-ranked student cities. <br/><br/>Ranked 2nd in the UK for Student Life (University Compare 2026) and with NTU's accommodation gurantee, it's a place everyone can call home. Your first year of accommodation in Nottingham is guaranteed if you are offered and accept a place through Clearing (T&Cs apply). <br/><br/>Join NTU this September and enjoy GOLD-rated teaching, long-lasting employability support and incredible extracurricular opportunities at one of the UK’s largest and most applied to universities.<br/><br/>“Studying here has allowed me to challenge my perspectives and think critically. The support from tutors is second to none, and I've grown so much as a person and as a student.”<br/>Mary Jarvis, Psychology