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With an existing Foundation Degree, Higher National Diploma or Diploma of Higher Education in Early Years/Early Childhood, you’ll advance your professional development by completing two modules that cover working with children, and how research contributes to our understanding of children and young people.
Key features of the Early Childhood (Honours) Top-up from The Open University
– Offers a fast-track route to gaining our BA (Honours) Early Childhood
– Encourages critical understanding and reflection on contemporary issues and debates in early childhood
– Prepares you for further research, study, enquiry and practice
Career relevance
This BA (Hons) Early Childhood is an excellent foundation for entry to a range of careers working with and for young children and their families. If you are already in employment the degree may enable you to access a management role.
The degree is also suitable for those wanting to move into careers in teaching, health or social work. Please note that GCSE passes at Grade C or above in English and Maths are normally required for post-graduate study and for teaching a GCSE Grade C pass in Science is also a requirement.
The Open University was established in 1969 to widen access to the highest standards in scholarship and higher education. It is now the largest university in the UK by number of students.
The Open University is unique. It is a public research institution that delivers 100% of its courses by online learning. It is the only university of its type in the UK
The Open University has degree-awarding powers
In the UK, degree-awarding power means having the authority to grant academic degrees. Universities possessing this authority are designated as either degree-awarding bodies or recognised bodies.
REF 2021 recognises 82% of Open University research impact as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.
The Open University University has been awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
Gold means that the Open University student experience and student outcomes are typically outstanding.
This course is at level 6 in the UK Qualifications Framework. Level 6 is higher level study often referred to as undergraduate level.
The Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS) is a way to talk about the time and effort a course requires. One credit (or CATS point) equals 10 hours of learning effort.
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