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Introduction
The Foundation Degree is aimed at Teaching Assistants/LSAs or other personnel working or volunteering with other learning environments. In this worked based learning degree, students gain further knowledge and turn their skills into a higher education qualification which ensures that students have a coherent progression route. Many students go on to gain a BA/PGCE/MA.
The Foundation Degree is not only delivered at the three campuses, it is also delivered in wider community settings such as Monkton Priory School in Pembrokeshire.
The programme gives students the opportunity to develop their skills, understanding, knowledge and critical analysis of the links between theory, policy, and practice, drawing on the students work based experiences.
Students will have the opportunity to present their work in either Welsh or English.
Why choose this course?
1. Flexibility — sessions are delivered as twilight sessions as well as Saturdays
2. Work based learning
3. Career progression
4. Informal delivery
5. No exams. Assignments and presentations only.
Overview
The programme offers a comprehensive range of exciting and relevant modules for those working in early years, primary and secondary schools, PRUs as well as ALN settings. It encompasses work-based modules which also include a wide range of transferable skills for the 21st Century.
The Foundation Degree provides opportunities for students to consider and analyse current educational issues in the light of their specific working environments and experiences. A multi-disciplinary approach provides the students with valuable transferable skills such as analysis and problem solving and communication and literacy in an ever-changing working environment.
Modules
Level 4 (CertHE, Foundation Degree & BA)
• Additional Needs in Context (20 credits; compulsory)
• Contemporary Challenges Making a Difference Through Education (20 credits; compulsory)*
• Exploring Behaviour and Interventions in the Learning Environment (20 credits; compulsory)
• Lifelong Learning in the Digital Era (20 credits; compulsory)*
• Principles of Learning and Teaching (20 credits; compulsory)
• Supporting the Learner (20 credits; compulsory).
Level 5 (Foundation Degree & BA)
• Celebrating Language and Cultural Belonging to Wales (20 credits; compulsory)
• Skills for Employability for the 21st Century (20 credits)*
• Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing (20 credits; compulsory)
• Keeping our Children Safe (20 credits; compulsory)
• Literacy: A Key to Learning (20 credits; compulsory)
• Numbers Count (20 credits; compulsory).
Entry Criteria
Level 3 Qualification or evidence of recent engagement with learning.
ENTRY REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Home Office Share Code
For EU students only.
IF no Qualification
Please provide CV with at least 2 years of work experience, and employee reference letter.
Assessment
ASSESSMENT METHODS
1. INTERNAL ENGLISH TEST if you don't have an English accredited certificate
2. Academic Interview
Assessment
Your written, verbal communication and creative skills will be developed across different methods as you learn the appropriate communication style for a particular subject area. For example, you might encounter a range of different assessment methods, including essays, reports, blogs, vlogs, as appropriate to different subject areas.
Career Opportunities
The programme supports employability through the inclusion of wide areas of study reflecting the needs of learners within the sector as well as wider national and international agendas.
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