Course description
BA (Hons) Advancing Practice Top-Up Degree (Four Pathways Available)
This course will encourage professionals from a range of settings to refine their professional practice by engaging in critical, analytical reflection and both individual and collaborative research. They will be provided with opportunities to relate theory to practice and to evaluate their capacity to embrace and facilitate change in the workplace. Students will be equipped with the skills required to make a significant impact on their own workplace practices and to positively influence those of others.
Whilst this top-up degree is relevant for professionals within a range of sectors, the separate pathways will allow you to continue your own professional journey. Here knowledge development and skills acquisition can support you to fulfil future specialist roles within your field. To ensure that your studies are relevant to your current or future role, you have the opportunity to negotiate a specific assignment foci.
Pathways available
- Early Years Professional
- Inclusive Education
- Learning and Education
- Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Foundation degree, DipHE, HND or equivalent qualification in education, health, care or welfare or related subject.
We consider applications from individuals from a wide range of prior educational and employment experiences, therefore we will also consider applicants from non-standard entry routes. We encourage applications from candidates who can provide evidence of their ability to work at Level 6 and substantial experience of working within education, health, care or social welfare.
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the institute website.
Training Course Content
Mandatory modules (for all pathways):
- The positionality of the practitioner
- Engaging with change in the professional environment
- Specialism in focus
Mandatory pathway-specific modules
- Perspectives of childhood [for Early Years Professional pathway]
- Culture and disability [for Inclusive Education pathway]
- Psychological perspectives in learning environments [for Learning and Education pathway]
- Issues in contemporary society [for Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People pathway]
Optional modules (you will choose one of these)
- Research project
- Social enterprise
Course delivery details
This course is delivered using a blended learning approach. You are taught through a combination of face-to-face teaching, live-on-line learning, tutorials and guided online learning alongside independent study time.
In a typical week you will have around 8 hours of planned learning via teaching, guided study or tutorials. The planned learning sessions will comprise a range of learning activities which will change week to week depending on whether they are face-face or live online, and from module to module.