BA (Hons) Education and Lifelong Learning
Explore learning, teaching and educational practice, developing critical understanding of how education shapes lives.
Key facts
- Duration
- Full time: 1 year
- Starts
- September 2027
- Level
- Undergraduate
- UCAS code
- X316
- Location
- New College Swindon
- School
- School of Education, Humanities and Languages
About this course
This course is taught at New College Swindon for teaching assistants and learning support assistants. If you have completed a Foundation Degree in either Early Years or Educational Practice, this course will enable you to gain an honours degree to enhance your professional practice and provide opportunities for career development in education and training.
Study abroad
You may be able to go on a European or international study exchange while you are at Brookes. Most exchanges take place in the second year. Although we will help as much as we can with your plans, ultimately you are responsible for organising and funding this study abroad.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements
| Qualification | Typical offer |
|---|---|
| GCSE English Language | Grade A or above |
Entrants should normally possess the following: (a) minimum one year experience of working or volunteering in an educational setting prior to commencing the course and a current role in an appropriate workplace setting; (b) line manager's letter of support confirming that they support the application and will take all reasonable steps to support the applicant's study, and facilitate the applicant's work-based studies; Foundation Degree in Educational Practice awarded by Oxford Brookes University (240 credits) or Level 5 equivalent.
This course is not available to international students requiring a Student visa. Unfortunately, New College Swindon is not available to international students.
Fees and funding
Fees
Part-time option is not available at Swindon
| Fee types | 2026/27 | 2027/28 |
|---|---|---|
| Home full-time | £7,700 | £8,400 |
Please note, tuition fees for Home students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students in line with an inflationary amount determined by government. Oxford Brookes University intends to maintain its fees for new and returning Home students at the maximum permitted level.
For further information please see our tuition fees FAQs.
Tuition fees for International students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students.
The following factors will be taken into account by the University when it is setting the annual fees: inflationary measures such as the retail price indices, projected increases in University costs, changes in the level of funding received from Government sources, admissions statistics and access considerations including the availability of student support.
How and when to pay
Tuition fee instalments for the semester are due by the Monday of week 1 of each semester. Students are not liable for full fees for that semester if they leave before week 4. If the leaving date is after week 4, full fees for the semester are payable.
- For information on payment methods please see our Make a Payment page.
- For information about refunds please visit our Refund policy page.
Questions about fees?
How to apply
Our courses are reviewed regularly as part of our quality assurance framework, so module availability and course structures may vary from what is listed here. On rare occasions, we may also need to make updates to our course programmes after publication; for full details, please visit our changes to programmes page (opens in a new tab)