Education (Supporting Teaching and Learning)

Are you already in a learning support role within a school, college, or other educational setting? If you’re keen to enhance your knowledge and skills in this specialist area, our Education (Supporting Teaching and Learning) BA(Hons) degree course could be for you. <br/><br/>Allowing you to fit your studies around other life commitments, this course is taught on a Saturday, making it truly flexible for those who would like to work in industry and upskill. <br/><br/>It has similarities to our Education (Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Inclusion) BA(Hons) course; it’s also focused on getting the best out of our learners to unlock potential and boost employability post-University. <br/><br/>**Why Study Education (Supporting Teaching and Learning) BA(Hons) at University of Huddersfield?** <br/>On this education degree course, you can build upon the unique features of the support role in ways that contribute to raising learner achievement, promoting a commitment to safeguarding, equality of opportunity, anti-discriminatory and inclusive practice. <br/><br/>On this course, you’ll: <br/>• Increase your critical understanding of the use of assistive technology and alternative teaching methods. <br/>• Receive access to our extensive professional and academic network, which feeds directly into course design and delivery and to excellent facilities and specialist equipment. <br/>• Be supported, by teachers who are experts in their field, to unlock your potential. <br/><br/>You might go on to work in pastoral care, or as a school secretary, teaching assistant, or in a safeguarding role. <br/><br/>Education at Huddersfield is top in Yorkshire for Assessment and Feedback, too, scoring 90 per cent, based on experimental statistics from the National Student Survey 2023. <br/><br/>**Professional Bodies** <br/>At Huddersfield, you’ll also study the Global Professional Award alongside your degree†, allowing you to gain valuable qualities and experiences that could help you to get the career you want, no matter what your field of study is. <br/><br/>†full-time, undergraduate first degrees with a minimum duration of three years. This does not include postgraduate, foundation, top-up, accelerated or apprenticeship degrees. <br/><br/>**Why Huddersfield?** <br/>Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.