FdA - Foundation Degree in Arts Educational Practice
Explore learning, teaching and educational practice, developing critical understanding of how education shapes lives.
Key facts
- Duration
- Full time: 2 years
- Starts
- September 2027
- Level
- Undergraduate
- UCAS code
- X101
- Location
- New College Swindon
- School
- School of Education, Humanities and Languages
About this course
The course enables learning support staff, such as teaching assistants and learning mentors, to:
- further develop their knowledge and skills
- gain a higher education level award
- proceed to further qualifications 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
This is a work-based course and you must be employed in a school or college. To undertake the course successfully you must also have an employer who is willing to support your training needs.
Normally you should have a level 3 qualification. For more information about this, please contact the college you are interested in applying to (see below or right for contact details).
Foundation degrees are not typical degrees, so there is no typical offer. Each application will be considered on its merits and in the light of your employer's commitment to support your learning.
New College Swindon cannot accept international applicants at this time.
Fees and funding
Fees
This course is not available to students classed as International for fees purposes.
| 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?
Learning and assessment
| Total workload | Timetabled |
|---|---|
| 1,200 hrs a year | Mon–Fri, 09:00–18:00 |
Information from Discover Uni
Full-time study
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)