Do you already work in or aspire to a career in education? Are you passionate about mental health, performance and well-being? Our course will teach you about important intervention techniques, as well as skills and research-based strategies to help craft you into a positive influence on those in education.

Whether you want to build your skills in a current teaching role, or start a career in education, this course gives you the tools to apply advanced teaching techniques in a professional setting, benefitting student’s mental health and wellbeing as you do so.

Why study this subject?

This topic is a great choice for anyone who works within the education system and wishes to increase their knowledge of mental health, wellbeing, teaching, interventions and psychological practice.

Mental health and wellbeing are such important topics in our society, and the responsibility to guard young children and teenagers against issues such as anxiety, trauma, social injustice, depression and discrimination are increasingly falling upon the shoulders of teachers and counsellors.

By choosing to study a course that covers this subject, you are choosing to take action to help vulnerable young people across the educational lifespan, including those suffering from mental health and wellbeing issues. There is a wealth of research on this topic for you to dive into, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), positive psychology and research-based intervention.

With greater social awareness of mental health comes more research and more demand for wellbeing professionals. With growing opportunities appearing for those who are well versed in this topic, and its place within the educational structure, you can be well placed to make a positive difference to the lives of many young people.

What will I study?

This course is a 3-year programme with an online and distance learning approach, meaning you can study through live teaching sessions and refer to recorded content. In the 3rd year you will be able to focus entirely on your dissertation project, which is great opportunity to write a subject of interest in a research paper.

There will also be one-to-one and group sessions for you to discuss and debate content. In addition, you will have the support and advice from a lecturer within these one-to-one’s who will be able to assist you with objectives and information you may be weak on.

Our course offers those involved in educational practice, or working in support of pupils or learners, the opportunity to understand and undertake simple psycho-social interventions or practices, some conversational and some based on teaching process. Additionally, you will support adults involved in these occupations to help them gain insight into their own mental health and wellbeing and practices which may support them.

We will also aim to critically explore and evaluate the nature and deeper meaning of mental health and wellbeing across the education lifespan. We particularly emphasize the study of the relationships between mental health and structural systems.

You will evaluate leading research and understand the best evidence-based practises and systems that have a role in mental health and wellbeing within education. As well as this, we will study the historical context of mental health and its future.

Our course will give you the ability to reflect on this topic from a multidisciplinary lens, to promote and influence mental health and wellbeing in positive ways.

You will receive training in how to recognise, respond to and constructively influence mental health and wellbeing needs in roles and work associated with education practice or in support of pupils and learners in education.