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Key facts

Entry requirements

112 or DMM

Full entry requirements

UCAS code

L220

Institution code

D26

Duration

3 yrs full-time

3 years full-time, 4 years with placement

Fees

2025/26 UK tuition fees:
£9,535*

2025/26 international tuition:
£16,250

See all the key facts

Entry requirements

112 or DMM

Full entry requirements

UCAS code

L220

Institution code

D26

Duration

3 yrs full-time

3 years full-time, 4 years with placement

Fees

2025/26 UK tuition fees:
£9,535*

2025/26 international tuition:
£16,250

See all the key facts

Get involved with today’s key issues and challenges in politics and education through this dynamic programme. With course content designed to boost your employability through interactive sessions and diverse assignments, you will develop and enhance the skills you need to succeed in the industry. By uniquely combining politics with education studies, you’ll gain the fundamental knowledge to thrive across multiple sectors and broaden your future career possibilities.

You will interact with industry professionals from across the globe, with guest speakers frequently joining us on campus to share their expertise, including at the Congress to Campus event in November. Our staff have developed research-led teaching, with exciting modules on international politics and decolonising politics, ensuring you’re learning from the latest developments in the field.

Maximise your career potential with support from our dedicated placement and careers team, securing valuable professional experience through tailored placement opportunities. Many of our students have launched successful careers in local government, not-for-profit organisations, and top global companies.

  • Benefit from the combined study of politics and international relations with education, developing highly sought-after transferrable skills and enhancing your career prospects post-graduation.
  • You will have the opportunity to engage with real political actors, including local councils, MPs and community organisations, on current issues.
  • Develop your knowledge with research-informed teaching from passionate academics who are actively engaged in the subjects, creating an intellectually stimulating learning environment.
  • Experience a range of teaching activities and a variety of assessment methods, ensuring your learning remains dynamic and enabling you to develop a broader range of skills.
  • Employability is foundational to all course and assessment design, you will develop a broad range of critical analysis and presentation tools that will equip you for your chosen career path post-graduation.

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What you will study

Note: All modules are indicative and based on the current academic session. Course information is correct at the time of publication and is subject to review. Exact modules may, therefore, vary for your intake in order to keep content current. If there are changes to your course we will, where reasonable, take steps to inform you as appropriate.

Overview

The course is delivered through lectures, workshops, seminars, tutorials, online activities, opportunities for field trips and self-directed study. You will have timetabled meetings with your personal tutor and careers and/or subject meetings scheduled throughout the year.

We have developed a range of alternative and authentic assessments including podcasts, posters, policy papers, blog posts, reflective portfolios, projects and photo essays that provide different ways to demonstrate your skills.

In the first year, you will take a college-wide interdisciplinary module, the first iteration of which is called Journeys and Places.

In the second year, you will learn more advanced theoretical perspectives, taught by experts in various disciplines. You will conclude the second year by studying research methods, where you will learn about and develop new skills that will empower you to work collaboratively and build relationships with peers.

The third year concludes with the submission of the long project or dissertation.

Contact hours

You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, workshops, studios, group work and self-directed study. You will normally attend around 14 hours of timetabled taught sessions (lectures and tutorials) each week, and we expect you to undertake at least 25 further hours of independent study to complete project work and research.

 

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On campus, the main Kimberlin Library offers a space where you can work, study and access a vast range of print materials, with computer stations, laptops, plasma screens and assistive technology also available.

As well as providing a physical space in which to work, we offer online tools to support your studies, and our extensive online collection of resources accessible from our Library website, e-books, specialised databases and electronic journals and films which can be remotely accessed from anywhere you choose.

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The library staff offer additional support to students, including help with academic writing, research strategies, literature searching, reference management and assistive technology. There is also a ‘Just Ask’ service for help and advice, live LibChat, online workshops, tutorials and drop-ins available from our Learning Services, and weekly library live chat sessions that give you the chance to ask the library teams for help.

 

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Placements

During this course you will have the option to complete a paid placement year, an invaluable opportunity to put the skills developed during your degree into practice. This insight into the professional world will build on your knowledge in a real-world setting, preparing you to progress onto your chosen career.

Our Careers Team can help to hone your professional skills with mock interviews and practice aptitude tests, and an assigned personal tutor will support you throughout your placement.

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Graduate careers

Employability skills are embedded in the curriculum to prepare you for a range of careers both related to History and Education studies and in wider industries. Our graduates have gone on to forge successful careers in various professions, such as teaching, the law, marketing and the heritage and museum sector.

With a strong focus on education studies, you will be prepared for a career in fields such as teaching, education practice, destination management, tourism marketing, and heritage site interpretation and management.

 

What makes us special

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Block learning

With block teaching, you’ll learn in a focused format, where you study one subject at a time instead of several at once. As a result, you will receive faster feedback through more regular assessment, have a more simplified timetable, and have a better study-life balance. That means more time to engage with your 51Âþ»­ community and other rewarding aspects of university life.

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Global experiences

Our innovative international experience programme 51Âþ»­ Global aims to enrich studies, broaden cultural horizons and develop key skills valued by employers.

Through , we offer an exciting mix of overseas, on-campus and online international experiences, including the opportunity to study or work abroad for up to a year.

Recently students have spent a year in locations such as Bilbao and Strasbourg, where they worked closely with EU Institutions, and opportunities for studying away such as a “Health Policy in post-conflict Northern Ireland” have been offered to students in recent months.

Course specifications

Course title

Politics with Education Studies

Award

BA (Hons)

UCAS code

L220

Institution code

D26

Study level

Undergraduate

Study mode

Full-time

Start date

September

Duration

3 years full-time, 4 years with placement

Fees

2025/26 UK tuition fees:
£9,535*

2025/26 international tuition:
£16,250

*subject to the government, as is expected, passing legislation to formalise the increase.

Entry requirements

GCSEs

  • Five GCSEs at grade 4 or above including English and Maths

Plus one of the following:

A levels

  • A minimum of 112 points from at least two A levels

T Levels

  • Merit

BTEC

  • BTEC National Diploma - Distinction/Merit/Merit
  • BTEC Extended Diploma - Distinction/Merit/Merit

Alternative qualifications include:

  • Pass in the QAA accredited Access to HE overall 112 UCAS tariff with at least 30 L3 credits at Merit.
  • English GCSE required as separate qualification. Equivalency not accepted within the Access qualification. We will normally require students to have had a break from full-time education before undertaking the Access course.
  • International Baccalaureate: 30+ points

English language requirements

If English is not your first language, an IELTS score of 6.0 overall with 5.5 in each band (or equivalent) when you start the course is essential.

English language tuition, delivered by our British Council-accredited Centre for English Language Learning, is available both before and throughout the course if you need it.