Hello, my name is Tricia Shaw and I'm a Senior Lecturer in Education Studies.
If you're interested in exploring how education can impact children
and young people's lives, then the Education Studies degree
at the University of Hull is the one for you.
It challenges you to think about the very purpose of education
and what we might do differently in the future
to create a more equitable society for all.
One of the things that's really good about the degree
is that you have the opportunity to undertake placements in a variety
of settings.
So for example, it might be in a school or a museum or a community setting.
In the first year of the degree, you get a grounding in what
education means, what it looks like, how children learn.
And we also address some of the key questions that impact on education.
So we might look at some of the key questions like how does
poverty impact children's ability to learn?
Another thing that's really exciting about this degree is the first year
gives you a chance to read, experience and reflect on what you're learning,
and then you can decide
how you want to progress in that degree in your second and third years.
You could take a special educational [needs] and inclusion degree
where you think about how people with disabilities and special needs
are marginalised or discriminated against in society.
Or alternatively, you might take a youth and community work pathway
where you can get an accreditation
towards becoming maybe a community or youth worker.
Or alternatively, you could take a TESOL pathway where you learn about how you can teach
English to people that don't necessarily speak English as their first language.
And this has an exciting opportunity where you could even go to Shanghai
and take a placement there.
If one of those pathways aren’t what you like, then stick with the
Ed Studies degree where you’ll engage with staff who are passionate
and knowledgeable about how to work in informal ways.
You can also take additional training in things like Forest School
or learn how to undertake therapeutic techniques
to help and support children and young people with their learning.
Whichever of these degrees or pathways you choose,
Hull is the place for you to be.