Early Years Care and Education
| Award | Attendance | Study | Duration | Start | Domestic fees | International fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDA | On-Campus | Full-time | 2 | September | find out | find out |
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About Early Years Care and Education, FDA - at University of Portsmouth
Overview
The early years are all-important when it comes to nurturing a child's curiosity, confidence and love of learning.
If you currently work with young children in an educational setting, have a level 3 qualification (such as a relevant Early Years NVQ), and you're looking to develop your career to university-level, this Foundation degree (FdA) in Early Years Care and Education will give you the professional recognition you need.
You’ll work with early years professionals to gain skills and knowledge that’ll serve you in helping young children realise their potential through fun, excitement and play.
You'll study at our partner college but you’ll still be a student of the University of Portsmouth, so you’ll have access to all of our facilities and support.
After the course, you'll be ready to take the next step in your career as an early years professional. You could also go on to do a Bachelor's degree such as our BA (Hons) Education Studies or use your Foundation degree to do training that leads to Qualified Teacher Status such as Early Years Teacher Training.
You can study this course full-time over two years at one of our partner colleges: Isle of Wight College or City of Portsmouth College.
Course highlights:
- Build your expertise as an early years professional by exploring theories and contemporary issues within education, such as curriculum planning, safeguarding and cognitive and language development
- Learn in supportive study groups, alongside other early years professionals from different backgrounds, and discover practical ways to put your new knowledge and skills to work
- Be taught by expert staff with extensive experience, using dynamic and relevant teaching methods to help you get the most out of your studies
- Have the option to begin the course in year two if you already have sufficient experience or qualifications (assessed on an individual basis)
- Study alongside your job at one of our partner colleges: Isle of Wight College or City of Portsmouth College.
Careers and opportunities
This Early Years Care and Education Foundation degree (FdA) will enable you to progress in your existing career as an early years practitioner, opening up opportunities across the education sector that help shape children's younger formative years or to go on to further study, such as teacher training.
What can you do with an early years care and education foundation degree?
Once you graduate, you'll be ready to take on roles in areas such as:
- teaching assistance
- learning support assistance
- nursery management
- childcare development
You could also progress to a relevant Bachelor's top-up degree, such as BA (Hons) Education Studies (Top-Up).
Following this top-up course, you could go on to do teacher training through PGCE, SCITT or Early Years Initial Teacher Training programmes.
Entry requirements for this course
Contact University of Portsmouth to find course entry requirements.
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