Education Studies - SEN, Disabilities and Inclusion

How can we support young people with special educational needs (SEN) or a disability to learn and thrive? How can therapies or alternative settings help an excluded child become a happy, confident adult?

Our Education Studies (SENDI) BA explores the world around the child with a focus on children with additional needs. You’ll develop a specialist knowledge of the demands and needs of children with special needs or disabilities and learn skills to launch a rewarding teaching career. Others have gone into various therapeutic roles to specialist support worker or outdoor learning specialist.

You’ll explore the underlying principles, history and psychology of education and analyse education’s role in society with a view to the future. We’ll help you discover exciting career paths through hands-on annual work placements connected to your future goals – perhaps in a special school, forest school or working alongside a range of allied professionals. And you can tailor the course to your special interests through a wide range of options.

Studying BA Education (SENDI) empowers you with a wealth of specialist knowledge to kickstart your career. Your annual placements help you build a network of professional connections. This means you’ll graduate feeling well-placed to apply for specialist education settings and postgraduate training.

Some of our students pursue careers in youth work or join charities, while others go straight into schools as specialist behaviour support workers. Others choose to pursue a PGCE in Primary or Secondary (alongside a specialist subject) or an MA in Education with a specialism.

You may decide to study in a postgraduate therapeutic field, such as play therapy or speech and language therapy. WIth this route your SENDI specialism could give you an advantage over other applicants.