Course Overview

The University of Worcester is offering short courses for those who work or want to work with children and young people in education and children’s services.

These courses are an excellent choice if you are considering a new career or a career change and are designed with employers to help you learn new skills and gain professional knowledge. The collaborative nature of the courses encourages you to develop networks with other professionals in the education and children’s services sector while gaining a University of Worcester certificate of credit that you could potentially use towards a degree if you do one in the future.

These courses are part of a suite of courses available from the University of Worcester

The courses place emphasis on enabling you to develop independent learning capabilities that will equip you for lifelong learning and future employment, as well as academic achievement. The courses are designed to help you upskill and gain the knowledge you need to support some of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children in our society.

Graduate attributes are embedded within the short courses. As a result, you will be supported to build the workplace skills, attributes, and qualities that enable you to be a confident practitioner within a setting. This will help you to develop practices that will meet the needs of children, young people, and families and may enhance your career prospects within those areas.

General Eligibility

Normally applicants with no prior HE credit will start with a level 4 course.

Part Time Work Details

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Language Requirement

• The IELTS score for international applicants is 6.0 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).