Future careers
You’re interested in BA (Hons) Early childhood studies and children’s development but are you in the know about the range of careers that will be open to you once your course is complete? Why not take a look and find out where a degree in Early Childhood Studies could take you? And remember, this is just a taste of the many opportunities on offer...
Youth and community services
Working in the youth and community services area, you could find yourself in a range of situations working with a variety of people as you support the community, just like our graduate, Adam, does.
Portage worker
As a portage worker you would be based in a home environment and work with with children with complex needs, as well as their families, to support learning and development.
Family support
As a family support worker you would supporting the family in developing attachments, setting boundaries and daily routines and supporting with parenting.
Family Support Worker role profile
Children's centres
As a children's centre worker you support children’s learning and development from birth to five. You would be responsible for developing an enabling learning environment and developing relationships with children and their families, and act as a key worker supporting individual children to make the transition from home to the setting.
Curriculum Leader in a Nursery setting
As the curriculum lead for a nursery you would advise on, and support, curriculum development; if this was for a brand name group of nurseries you could find your work is supporting development across the whole chain!
Further study to specialise in a particular academic and/or professional field
Of course there is scope to progress further as an academic and/or gain specialist training to become a teacher, to specialise in special educational needs (SEN), early years leadership and/or management, or to become an academic/researcher. We offer postgraduate teacher training in Primary Education, including the opportunity to specialise in SEN or mathematics, and a Master's programme in Education with specific modules available in the areas of Childhood Studies and Early Years Leadership.