BA (Hons)

Practice Development

(Primary Education)

Duration:: Part-time: One year
Start Dates:: September
Attendance:: Mixture of attendance, blended and e-learning
Venue:: High Wycombe
Cost:: Available on request

Key Contact:: Carol Rogers
Tel:: 01494 603 171
Email:: ask@bucks.ac.uk

Is this course suitable for me?

This top-up degree is flexibly designed to enable practitioners in community health, education and social care to meet their continuing professional development (CPD) needs and develop their expertise in their practice setting.

Overview

Pathways are available in the following areas:

Community Development
Community Health and Social Care
Epilepsy Care
Early Years
Education
Mental Health
Post Qualifying Specialist Social Work – Adult
Post Qualifying Specialist Social Work – Children and Young People
Primary Education
Public Health
Working with Children and Young People

The programme provides a part-time route (One Year) to achievement of the award for students who have successfully completed a Foundation Degree or a Diploma in Higher Education/ Diploma in Social Work. However, those students taking the PQ Social Work award may take up to 4 years. It is designed to help students to develop their theoretical knowledge further and develop their expertise to enable enhanced practice and career progression. The modules are designed to offer an integrated degree programme, however most modules may be accessed on a stand alone basis for professional development purposes.

Modules

Students choosing the modular option who intend to complete this Degree programme can only use a maximum of 60 credits as Accredited Prior Certificated Learning (APCL). For those students wishing to use credits from other universities, only 45 credits can be used as Accredited Prior Learning (APL). Students will choose from a portfolio of modules or short courses available. In order to achieve the award learning outcomes the student will normally need to undertake:

One practice-specific module (30credits)
One optional module (30 credits)
One management/leadership module (15 or 30 credits)
One researching practice module (30 credits)

Modules available on the Primary Education pathway

Core Modules
Teaching and Learning in the Primary School
Developing subject knowledge in English, Mathematics and Science
Researching and Developing Practice
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Optional Module+
Leadership and Management in Practice (Also a Core module)
Reflective Professional Portfolio (Also a Core module)

Modules available

The title of the bracketed award will be determined by the subject area of the practice-specific module and the researching practice module. At least 60 credits MUST be in the subject field of the award.

Entry requirements

Applicants should normally have 120 credits at Level 5 and will normally be working in a relevant area of community health, education and social care. Social Workers who already hold a degree (120 credits at Level 6) will be awarded a Graduate Diploma in either PQ Specialist Adult, or Children and Young People.

Funding assistance

As this is a part-time, work-based course you should apply to your local authority for fee support using form PTG1. You may also wish to explore whether your employer or practice setting is in a position to support you.

For further advice and support in filling out the PTG1 form please contact our Student Centre department on 01494 603020.

For further information or to apply for the funding arrangement please log onto to www.studentfinancedirect.co.uk.

Please ensure that you make the application for funding as soon as possible as the University will be looking for confirmation of payment of fees from the Student Loan Company or your local authority at enrolment.

How to make an application

Please contact the Enquiries Team on 01494 603 171 or email ask@bucks.ac.uk

We hope to have a fully on-line application system shortly, but in the meantime, to apply for a course, please download and print these forms, completing them fully and posting back to the address below.

Mike Thomson

Student Recruitment Officer

Bucks New University

106 Oxford Road

Uxbridge

UB8 1NA

If you are unable to view the forms, please click here to download a free version of adobe reader.

Alternatively, if you call us on 01494 603 171 or email ask@bucks.ac.uk we can post you a hard copy application pack.

Students funded by the NHS or other employer

If the cost of your course is being funded by your employer, please contact your education lead or manager for guidance as to how they would prefer you to make an application.