FD (Arts) Supporting Learning in Education

Our teaching staff have a wealth of experience in the field of education and are passionate about the subject. We have a real sense of pride in the quality of our teaching and work hard to offer our students a personalised and supported learning experience. Our lecturers pride themselves on the relationships they are able to develop with our students and the sense of belonging they help to promote.   

You will benefit from the team’s expertise as all our staff are actively engaged in research and publishing including topics such as, ‘student voice’, ‘first-generation student experiences in universities’, ‘racially inclusive practice in assessment’, ‘inclusive and accessible approaches in higher education’, ‘prison and juvenile offender education’, ‘gambling, gaming and challenging stigma in society’ and ‘transformation of mature students transitioning into higher education’.  

We also have strong partnerships with a variety of settings and organisations in the education sector, including local schools and wider educational settings within the community. 

Resources for modules will be provided by your college; in addition, you are eligible to access University resources as your lived experience of this course will extend beyond the classroom.  University Libraries are the key source of academic information for students, providing access to a wide range of books, journals and digital resources, including loanable laptops. Each library offers a range of study areas to allow students to study in the environment that suits them best, including group and quiet areas with access to PCs. In addition,n the library enables access to a wide range of online information sources, including eBooks, e-Journals, and subject databases. The library also provides students with academic skills support via the Skills for Learning programme . Students can access a range of online skills material at: www.wlv.ac.uk/lib/skills. See support for Students Based Off-Campus . 

The University Student Support website offers advice on a variety of matters to support you during your studies, including careers, counselling, student union advice, and mental health and wellbeing.  

Course Specific Support 

• You will be allocated a Personal Tutor who will provide you with academic support and pastoral care to improve your independent learning skills to help you maximise your potential  

• Specific assessment support will be factored into each module

• If you have disabilities and/or specific learning difficulties, you can gain a wide range of support from the Student Support and Well Being team and your Faculty Enabling Tutor

• Higher Education academic skills will be embedded throughout the curriculum

• You will be allocated a supervisor for your final year dissertation

• Develop an independent, reflective, and self-managed approach to study and utilise skills appropriate for study in Higher Education.
• Improve confidence in learning, study, and approaches to finding information and be aware of your existing transferable skills and new skills and how these may be developed.
• Develop knowledge, be able to critically analyse, make judgments and evaluate key concepts, theories, and principles in relation to developing high-quality inclusive educational practice to meet the needs of children and families.
• Demonstrate the ability to apply underlying concepts and principles outside the context in which they were first studied, including, the expected pattern of children and young people’s learning and development, safeguarding, inclusive pedagogical approaches to promote learning, creative planning of learning opportunities, the curriculum, the learning environment, assessment and where appropriate, the application of those principles in an employment context.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the main methods of enquiry in inclusive education and the ability to evaluate critically the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems relevant to the ideologies of inclusion, including the diversity of learners and the complexities of the inclusion process.
• Use a range of established techniques to initiate and undertake critical analysis of information, key theories, principles, and issues of inclusive educational policy and to propose solutions to problems arising from that analysis through development as a reflective practitioner.
• Effectively communicate information, arguments, and analysis in a variety of forms to specialist and non-specialist audiences and deploy key techniques of inclusion in educational settings effectively to be able to reflect critically on their own value systems.
• Demonstrate the qualities and transferable skills for employment in the field of inclusive education, requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and decision-making and the development of existing skills and acquire new competencies that will enable them to assume significant responsibility within organisations.

Develop your professional and ethical practice to improve outcomes for children, young people, adults, and their families..

 Entry Requirements:

• • You must hold a Level 3 Childcare related qualification, for example, NVQ Level 3 Diploma, NNEB, CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Childcare and Education, BTEC L3 National Diploma in Childcare and Education.
• You must be able to provide a satisfactory employer reference evidencing that you have been employed or have experience for a minimum of one year working with children and families, or in a long term voluntary placement. Please see www.wlv.ac.uk/apply/how-to-apply/making-your-application/ for guidance).

You must be able to supply the College you will be attending with an up to date Enhanced DBS Police Check.

 Other Information:

Applicants are usually over the age of 21. We also offer the opportunity to accredit prior certificated learning at Level 4 through our RPL process.

"I am so grateful to you for everything you did for me from the start of my FD until the very last moment of my BA Hons. 

You will never know what your support meant."

Alex, FD (Arts) Supporting Children in Primary Education 

Tuition Fees Loan (Home Fee Status):

Most students will be able to apply for a loans to pay for these subject to eligibility. To find out more information please refer to the government Student Finance website.

Changes for EU students:

The UK government has confirmed that EU students starting courses from 1 August 2021 will normally be classified as having Overseas Fee status. More information about the change is available at UKCISA:

EU citizens living in the UK with 'settled' status, and Irish nationals living in the UK or Ireland, will still be classified as Home students, providing they meet the usual residency requirements, for more information about EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS)

Self-funding:

If you don’t want to take out a loan to pay your fees or if you aren’t eligible to receive a loan, you might want to take advantage of the University’s scheme to pay by instalments: See How to pay.

For more information please contact the Gateway.

Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:

If your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.

We must receive notification of sponsorship in writing as soon as possible, and before enrolment, confirming that the sponsor will pay your tuition fees.

Financial Hardship:

Students can apply to the Dennis Turner Opportunity Fund.

for help with course related costs however this cannot be used for fees or to cover general living costs.

Bursaries and Scholarships:

In addition the University also offers a range of Bursaries and Scholarships packages

You can find more information on the University’s Funding, cost, fee and support pages.

Telephone

01902 32 22 22

Email

enquiries@wlv.ac.uk

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