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Education, Early Years & Primary Education

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English and Welsh study options | Long history of delivering education and teacher training

By choosing to study an Education, Early Years or Primary Education degree at Cardiff Met, you will be joining an academic School that has been delivering Education and Teacher Training for over 75 years and is recognised as being amongst the largest centres of teacher education and training in the UK. All of our courses have optional or compulsory work placements, providing you with the opportunity to gain key work experience to boost your employability.

We have excellent links with schools, employers and the community for guest lectures, events and trips, plus you will be taught by lecturers who are research active and specialists in their field of work and are committed to providing a high-quality, supportive learning environment.

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Education, Early Years & Primary Education Degrees

Non Qualified Teacher Status (QTS):


Many of our students continue with their studies at postgraduate level to gain qualified teacher status in a primary setting, and we are pleased to guarantee entry to the interview stage for our highly competitive PGCE Primary course for those who meet the entry criteria.


Primary Education leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS):


Addysg Gynradd gyda Statws Athro Cymwysedig – BA (Anrh) *

Primary Education (with Qualified Teacher Status) – BA (Hons) *

* Delivered as part of the Cardiff Partnership for Initial Teacher Education and accredited by the Education Workforce Council


The BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS degree is a 3-year undergraduate course that leads to the award of an honours degree and qualified teacher status. This degree can also be partly studied through the medium of Welsh.

The course will prepare you as a student teacher to be a highly-skilled, confident, critically reflective, and innovative practitioner, committed to lifelong professional learning and the education of young people.

You will develop the values and dispositions that will enable you to be highly employable and ready to meet the demands of the classroom.

Cardiff Partnership for ITE website  
Education Workforce Council website  
 
 
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You will have access to our outstanding facilities on campus such as our Outdoor Learning Centre, seminar spaces and dedicated workshops for practical activities, including art, media, design, and science laboratories.

Our new ‘Froebel House’ offers integrated indoor and outdoor spaces for students across all education degrees to enhance your learning experience, which includes block play, clay, woodwork and gardening.

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“Studying at Cardiff Met hugely enhanced my confidence through meeting new people, lecturers, individual presentations, work experience and much more. The lecturers and staff on the degree were great, they knew us all individually and I felt this really gave me the confidence I needed for when I graduated. It really felt like one big family studying at Cardiff Met. My degree has allowed me to pursue my dreams of opening my own business giving me the confidence and boost that I needed. I have used my knowledge and understanding from my degree in the setting up of Little Dinos Role Play Centre, which provides a fun and safe environment for children to explore their imagination and be anything and everything.”

Ffion Thompson
BA (Hons) Early Years Education and Professional Practice with Early Years Practitioner Status (EYPS)

 
 

“On the BA Primary Education with QTS degree we study through a combination of lectures and seminars. During seminars we receive hands-on experience with software and applications that can educate and inspire children, most of which I would never have stumbled across otherwise! These seminars also cover subjects such as science, literacy, numeracy, music and art. We are not only taught about these subjects and expanding our knowledge, we are also shown how to teach it from content experts that have taught these subjects for many years. The seminars have been really interesting and helpful in preparing you for upcoming school experiences. I was initially nervous about going on school placement, but I quickly became comfortable in the classroom.”

Beau Fryer
BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS

 
 

“I fell in love with the diversity of the EPSEN degree and being able to study a combination of 3 separate topics to give you a deeper knowledge of them. Before attending University I had experience of working with children with disabilities. This was something which really interested me – I enjoyed working with these people who had additional needs and I was excited to learn more whilst at university. Cardiff Met is very supportive with work placements, they introduced me to the agency I currently work for which provides me with lots of work in schools which I carried out on my day off. I also did my placement with this agency – supported by the university which meant I got paid to learn!”

Chloe Edwards
BSc (Hons) Education, Psychology & Special Educational Needs

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“Prior to coming to University, I worked for twelve years as an administrator for Local Government in the Special Educational Needs Department. One of my fears of going to Uni was being the oldest and not fitting in, but my tutors and peers have been so supportive. Forest school training has been one of my favourite highlights, as well as working in a school’s Behaviour Unit which is an area I would like to focus on in the future. This work experience has been invaluable, not just financially but the experiences have helped to make everything I have learnt in lectures and seminars more relevant.”

Helen Keegan
BA (Hons) Primary Education Studies

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