Education and Teacher Training blog

Why is Early Years education important?

Early years is a vast career path that can be extremely rewarding. It is also hugely important and helps to shape child...

7 careers you can do with a Working with Children, Young People and Families degree

You’re interested in BA (Hons) Working with Children, Young People and Families – the clue is in the course title! But ...

6 careers you can do with an Early Childhood Studies degree

Why not take a look and find out where a degree in Early Childhood Studies could take you? 

7 careers you can do with a Working with Children, Young People and Families degree

Do you know about the range of careers you could pursue once you finish the Working with Children, Young People and Fam...

Placement profile: Working with Children, Young People and Families

Hear stories of Raihana, Isaac and Ariba, who are all currently on placement and in their second year of the BA (Hons) ...

Placement profile: Breiana Thompson

BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies  student, Breiana Thompson, is on placement at a nursery in Smethwick. She tells us ...

Placement Profile: Raman Sahota

BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies student, Raman Sahota, is currently on placement within a nursery in Smethwick, Bi...

Reasons to study education

We have been delivering education in the city of Birmingham for over 50 years, and we also work with over 400 partner s...

Careers you can do with an Education Studies degree

There's more to an Education Studies degree than just teaching. Find out what other careers options there are.

Academic Spotlight: Kelly Davey Nicklin

With a huge variety of wonderful staff members and academics teaching our courses and shaping the futures of our studen...

Academic Spotlight: Gary Pykitt

Here at BCU, we are proud to be home to so many wonderful staff members and academics that teach our courses and shape ...

How to prepare for your Education course

Starting your studies with us soon? We’re looking forward to welcoming you! If you want to get a head start on your stu...

Why you should study education in Birmingham

If you decide to study here at BCU, you'll be pleased to know that we are in the Top 15 for graduate outcomes for Educa...

My top tips for using the library

Using the library for research and further reading is an important part of studying at university. But we know it can b...

My first year on a Conductive Education degree

Callum, now in the second year of his Conductive Education (CE) degree, recently reflected on what he’d learnt and expe...