**OVERVIEW**
The BA Community Education degree will enable you to become a professionally qualified Community Educator.
This degree is perfect for anyone interested in working with young people, adults and communities, to engage in learning about how to live the best life possible and to challenge discrimination and all forms of injustice.
Throughout the course, teaching, learning and assessment are underpinned by theories and practices relating to youth and community work, equality and social justice, wellbeing and community empowerment.
**Guiding Pri...
**OVERVIEW**<br/>The BA Community Education degree will enable you to become a professionally qualified Community Educator.<br/><br/>This degree is perfect for anyone interested in working with young people, adults and communities, to engage in learning about how to live the best life possible and to challenge discrimination and all forms of injustice.<br/><br/>Throughout the course, teaching, learning and assessment are underpinned by theories and practices relating to youth and community work, equality and social justice, wellbeing and community empowerment.<br/><br/>**Guiding Principles**<br/>The BA (Hons) in Community Education provides a range of social and psychological theories and practices that help students take a critical stance in contemporary policy, social economics and in the transformative capabilities of communities.<br/><br/>It prepares you to work in Community Education (CEd) and Community Learning and Development (CLD) at local, national and international levels.<br/><br/>The values and principles of CLD: self-determination, inclusion, empowerment, working collaboratively and promotion of learning as a lifelong activity, underpin the overall ethos of this course.<br/><br/>There are three themes running through the course:<br/><br/>// the dynamic nature of theory and practice and the importance of critical reflection and research in relation to community education, formal and informal practices and educational perspectives.<br/>// the development of anti-discriminatory professional practice in the context of changing cultural, social, political and economic conditions<br/>// the concept of ‘community’ and how this links to processes of globalisation and new communication practices and social relationships<br/><br/>**PRACTICAL FOCUS**<br/>This a very practical degree and 40% of learning is achieved in practice-based placements that provide experiential learning in community education settings.<br/><br/>**PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION**<br/>This degree is professionally recognised and approved by the Community Learning and Development Standards Council for Scotland and is recognised as a lead practitioner qualification.<br/><br/>**CAREER PROSPECTS**<br/>**Jobs**<br/>As a qualifying degree approved by CLD Standards Council youll find employment opportunities in urban, rural and international locations. As a practitioner or manager within youth work, adult education and community development you will find interesting jobs in the community, voluntary and statutory sectors.<br/><br/>Graduates from this degree have gone on to work in:<br/><br/>// Community and school-based youth work // Lifelong and family learning // Literacy work and TESOL // Faith-based and rural work // Employability // Community development and capacity building // Issue-based practice on climate change and health/wellbeing // Charitable trusts // FE Colleges // Campaigning for human rights, equality and social justice
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Course Details
Information
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
08/09/2025
Campus
Lanarkshire Campus
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
L540
Institution Code
U40
Points of Entry
Year 1, Year 2, Year 3
UCAS Tariff114 including English Scottish HigherB,B,B,B Including English International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme24 Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)MMM Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)H1,H2,H2,H2 Including English. Scottish HNCPass Entry to Year 1 with a HNC in Social Services. Entry to Year 2 with a HNC with B in the graded unit in one of the following: Working in/with Communities; Social Care; Sport in Communities; Community Arts; Additional Support Needs; Social Sciences; Childhood Practice; Social Services. Scottish HNDPass HND in one of the following subjects: Working in/with Communities; Social Care; Sport in Communities; Community Arts; Additional Support Needs; Social Science. A levelB,B,C Including English T LevelPass (C and above) |
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Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year |
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Scotland | £1,820 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |
England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland | £9,250 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |
EU, International | £15,500 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |