Education, Culture and Childhood BA

The Education, Culture and Childhood BA allows you to focus your interests around linked topics - children, families, education - while retaining a breadth of professional career options on graduation.

Undergraduate

Education, Culture and Childhood BA

2025-26
/ September start
A Levels ABB
UCAS code X300
3 years
/ Full-time

This degree is one of only a few in the country to combine the fields of education and childhood studies, designed to prepare you for a career in almost any area of education or children's services.
Undergraduate

Education, Culture and Childhood with Foundation Year BA

The foundation year of the programme provides students with non-standard entry qualifications a thorough and supportive academic preparation for successful degree-level study.

  • Start: September 2025
  • UCAS code: X301 (full-time only)
  • Duration: 4 years full-time (including foundation year)
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How we support our students

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Education, Culture and Childhood Students

Your education career

An education degree allows you to progress into further specialised education, most commonly in initial teacher education, social work, or moving towards educational psychology.

Careers and employability

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Student Matters

Student Matters is our blog where students share their various experiences of student life during their time at Sheffield.

Student Matters blog

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Student profiles

We think there is no better endorsement for the course than the feedback and reflections we get from current students and alumni. So don't just take what we say, find out what our students think.

Meet our undergraduates

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Explore The Wave building

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