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Online undergraduate Early Years courses
Undergraduate
FdA
Early Years and Education
Already working with children and ready to take your career further? This foundation degree is designed to help you grow your skills and confidence as a professional in Early Years care and education.
Undergraduate
BA (Hons) top-up
Early Childhood Studies
Already hold a foundation degree or equivalent? Our one-year top up turns your qualification into a full honours degree. You’ll deepen your understanding of childhood development and strengthen your impact in your current role, or take the next step in your career.
Undergraduate
BA (Hons)
Early Childhood Studies
Explore how children learn, grow and develop the professional knowledge and practical skills to support them. You can also work towards the Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner competencies, a valuable step for your career.
Undergraduate
BA (Hons)
Montessori Early Childhood Studies
This specialist degree helps you understand the theory and practice behind one of the world’s most respected approaches to childhood learning. Perfect if you want to work in a Montessori setting, or bring its principles to your practice.
Meet Early Childhood Studies student Jessica
Jessica, a Nursery Nurse from Essex chose our BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies to grow in confidence, step up in her career and achieve her full potential in the Early Years sector. Studying by distance learning means she can balance work, study and balance life as a new mum.
Online postgraduate education courses
Postgraduate
MA
Applied Linguistics and TESOL
This Master's degree is ideal if you're involved in any aspect of foreign language teaching and want to further your career. You'll learn the latest linguistics theories and be able to apply them to your classroom practice.
Postgraduate
MA
Education
Ideal if you work in an educational setting and are looking to enhance your professional skills and understanding of contemporary professional practice. This course will help you develop in your existing role and help open doors for career progression.
Postgraduate
MA
Education with Early Childhood
Our MA focuses on early childhood education from birth until eight years old and is ideal if you currently work with children or if you have a degree in early childhood studies, pre-school education or a related subject.
Postgraduate
MA
Education with Leadership and Management
This course will grow your understanding of educational leadership within a broad context and explore and critique varying approaches to driving education forward.
Postgraduate
MA
Education with SEND
This course is ideal if you're passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children and young people with SEND. You'll develop the expert knowledge and understanding of the key issues, make a difference and support your career progression.
Postgraduate
MA
Education with Technology
This course is ideal for anyone working or aspiring to work in the ed tech sector, or who has a strong interest in the role technology plays within education, or who works in education provision where the provision relies on technology.
Postgraduate
MA
Education with Montessori
Specialise your teaching with our groundbreaking Montessori masters degree and nurture children's learning through Montessori education with the first degree of its kind in the UK.
Postgraduate
PG Cert
Learning and Teaching (Higher Education)
This one-year postgraduate degree is accredited against the Higher Education Academy professional Standards Framework and is the perfect fit if you're new to teaching in higher education or already work in the sector.
Postgraduate
PGCE
Postgraduate Certificate in Education
If you're looking to enhance your teaching practice or want that academic qualification to further your career, then this course is for you. Develop the skills, knowledge and confidence to enhance your teaching practice and make a real difference in the classroom.
Postgraduate
PG Cert
Medical and Healthcare Education
Combine your passions for health and education and start your leadership journey with our Higher Education Academy and Academy of Medical Educators accredited course. Designed for registered professionals from across the healthcare sector, who are engaged in teaching or learning as part of their professional role.
Postgraduate
MSc
Medical and Healthcare Education
This Higher Education Academy accredited postgraduate degree is the optimal choice if you're a registered professional working in the healthcare sector and are involved in teaching or learning as part of your role. It will perfectly prepare you to become a future education and healthcare leader.
Postgraduate
MBA
Educational Leadership & Management
Ideal if you’re new to educational management, moving into a teaching leadership role or are an experienced leader who wants to bolster their management toolkit. The degree will align with your current role —creating a tailor-made course that’s completely relevant to you and your employer.
Teaching for change: Anu’s mission in Medical Education
Meet Anu, a medical educator on a mission to give back. With a passion for uplifting others and creating lasting change, she’s using her Medical and Healthcare Education PG Cert to lead with purpose. Learn how she’s combining leadership, teaching, and compassion to reshape training and support her wider healthcare community.
Flexible online learning that supports your passion
Because we appreciate the challenges of fitting studying around work and family, flexibility is at the heart of our online education degrees.
You'll study our education courses online through Canvas, our world-class Learning Management System (LMS), which is optimised for all major devices and accessible from anywhere in the world — and you'll enjoy the same quality of staff support as campus-based students.
Canvas allows you to keep in contact with your tutors and other students, access your learning materials, and submit your assignments.
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If you'd like to talk to our experienced team about our online education degrees, ARU or any aspect of completing further education via distance learning then please do not hesitate to contact us.
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