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Foundation Degree in Education - FdEd
Berkshire College of Agriculture
Full Time
Oct 2026
2 Year
The Foundation Degree in Children's Development and Learning course enables you to develop the skills to progress in your career working with children, alongside your job. This course is aimed at education practitioners who are working with children in an educational setting for at least 2.5 days per week. You will study at one of our partner colleges for half a day each week. This vocational award is a work-based course, and your assignments and lessons are all designed to benefit your professional development. You'll build upon your experience through topics such as child development, safeguarding, creativity and critical thinking, and working in partnership with parents. College sessions include lectures, as well as tutorials and seminars. The course also incorporates a great deal of group work, which will be an opportunity to share experiences with fellow professionals working in a range of settings.
For more information, please visit the course page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/education-ug/foundation-degree-in-childrens-development-and-learning