Education Studies and English Literature BA (Hons)

What makes Education Studies and English Literature at Worcester special?

Combining Education Studies and English Literature allows you to examine an array of educational theories whilst exploring literature from the Early Modern period to the present day. You’ll develop an ability to interpret meaning in different contexts through critical analysis of a broad range of texts, and apply these skills to understanding varied educational needs and approaches. You will explore educational models from around the world and in settings ranging from forest schools to inner cities.

The course combines theoretical and practical approaches to learning through lectures, seminars, placements, and internships. Students will graduate with skills that are transferrable across multiple different industries.

Overview

Key features

Study diverse literatures emanating from the sixteenth through to the twenty-first centuries - and encompassing both 'canonical' and 'marginal' texts
Very strong links with teacher training courses and providers of employment in other sectors of education
Opportunities to gain credit for work experience and / or mentoring in educational settings
Opportunities to play an active role in local and regional literature festivals, related events and a work project module
Strong emphasis on the development of advanced literacy and communication skills
Fantastic opportunities to explore education across a wide range of contexts: from primary schools to forest schools, from the UK to Africa
Tailor your course to your individual needs with a joint honours degree

Entry requirements

104

UCAS tariff points

Entry requirements

104 UCAS Tariff points

T Levels may be used to meet the entry tariff requirements for this course. Find out more about T levels as UCAS tariff points here.

Other information

If you have any questions about entry requirements, please contact the Admissions Office on 01905 855111 or email admissions@worc.ac.uk for advice.

Further information about the UCAS Tariff can be obtained from the UCAS website.

Course content

We regularly review our courses to reflect the latest research and developments in the subject area, as well as feedback from students, employers and the wider sector. As a result, modules may change to ensure the course remains current and relevant.

Optional modules will run if enough students choose to study them. It is not guaranteed that all modules will be offered every year.

Year 1	Mandatory Literary Forms and Genres Ways of Reading, Ways of Writing Writing Worcester Past and Present The What and Why of Education Studies Education’s Past, Present and Future: Mapping equality, diversity and inclusion
Year 2	Mandatory Exploding the Canon: Literary Theory and Practice Whose Standards? (Re)forming quality for education	Optional Movement and Migration Politics, Sex and Identity in the Early Modern World Shakespeare: Stage, Page and Screen Gothic and Romantic Literature Spaces of Modernity Children’s Literature Work Project Navigating the Research Journey: Ethics, methodology and research design Sustainable Futures: Educating for a shared world The Psychology of Teaching and Learning Education @ Work Safeguarding in Education: Learning lessons
Year 3	Mandatory Developing Personal Values and Philosophy in Education or Independent Research Project (Dissertation equivalent module)	Optional Listener, Learner, Leader: Becoming education change-makers Dissertation: Your independent study of education Ideology and Education: Sites of struggle and stories of emancipation Education @ Work: Placement and work-based learning Education and the Sociological Imagination Theatre and Education Justice and Revenge: from Tragedy to the Western Postcolonial Encounters Writing and the Environment War and Conflict Gendering Voices Partnerships and Rivalries Literatures and Cultures: International Explorations Queer Bodies, Queer Texts Literature and Culture – Local Heritage Metamorphoses: Literature and Adaptation

Year 1

Mandatory

Literary Forms and Genres
Ways of Reading, Ways of Writing
Writing Worcester Past and Present
The What and Why of Education Studies
Education’s Past, Present and Future: Mapping equality, diversity and inclusion

Year 2

Mandatory

Exploding the Canon: Literary Theory and Practice
Whose Standards? (Re)forming quality for education

Optional

Movement and Migration
Politics, Sex and Identity in the Early Modern World
Shakespeare: Stage, Page and Screen
Gothic and Romantic Literature
Spaces of Modernity
Children’s Literature
Work Project
Navigating the Research Journey: Ethics, methodology and research design
Sustainable Futures: Educating for a shared world
The Psychology of Teaching and Learning
Education @ Work
Safeguarding in Education: Learning lessons

Year 3

Mandatory

Developing Personal Values and Philosophy in Education or Independent Research Project (Dissertation equivalent module)

Optional

Listener, Learner, Leader: Becoming education change-makers
Dissertation: Your independent study of education
Ideology and Education: Sites of struggle and stories of emancipation
Education @ Work: Placement and work-based learning
Education and the Sociological Imagination
Theatre and Education
Justice and Revenge: from Tragedy to the Western
Postcolonial Encounters
Writing and the Environment
War and Conflict
Gendering Voices
Partnerships and Rivalries
Literatures and Cultures: International Explorations
Queer Bodies, Queer Texts
Literature and Culture – Local Heritage
Metamorphoses: Literature and Adaptation

The breadth of modules and courses available within Education Studies was amazing. I did drama as well as coaching and mentoring within my discipline, and these have given me a broad range of skills.

Persis Thomas, Education Studies BA graduate.

Teaching and assessment

For more information about teaching, learning and assessment on this course, please see the single honours course pages for Education Studies BA (Hons) and English Literature BA (Hons).

Programme specification

If you would like to see a full programme specification for this course, please email AcademicQualityTeam@worc.ac.uk

Meet the team

You will be taught by a teaching team whose expertise and knowledge are closely matched to the content of the modules on the course.

Stuart Gallagher

Stuart is a Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Education. He is a keen learner, attentive listener and experienced leader. He leads Education Studies BA (Hons) and Leading Culture Change in Safeguarding (PG Cert).

Both courses provide their students with relevant knowledge, appropriate real-world challenges and wholehearted support. Stuart balances whole-class teaching with individual tutorials to make sure all learners are seen and heard. He collaborates with student reps and university services to see that all students really enjoy their subject and get the most from each module. The shared goal is an excellent course experience and long-lasting impact of student learning.

Dr Lucy Arnold

Dr Lucy Arnold is a specialist in Contemporary literature, with particular research interests in contemporary gothic, narratives of haunting, contemporary women’s writing and psychoanalytic criticism. Her teaching experience spans a wide range of periods and genres but focusses on twentieth and twenty-first century literature. Her published work to date has concerned the writing of Booker Prize winning novelist Hilary Mantel, with her monograph, Reading Hilary Mantel: Haunted Decades, published with Bloomsbury in 2019.

Dr Ellie Hill

Ellie's expertise and interest lie in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, student experience at university, personal values, social justice, reflexive research, narrative approaches to research and inclusion. She has completed a PhD in Higher Education student experience, using narrative inquiry to find out about Gen Z student values and the impact of the student experience. Her methodological expertise is in narrative methods and reflexivity as a researcher.

Careers

Employability

The Education Studies degree is an excellent route for progression to PGCE courses at Worcester and other providers. If you achieve a 2:1 or above you will be guaranteed an interview for teacher training (Primary) at Worcester provided you meet the various national pre-requisites for the course. As well as going on to become successful teachers other students move into areas such as learning support, child mentoring and welfare, and become training officers in the private sector.

Many students progress to careers requiring good communication skills such as Public Relations or develop research careers with media or publishing companies. Throughout the English Literature aspect of the degree, there is a focus on developing employability which includes attractive opportunities for work experience on an optional work project module. Students are also strongly encouraged to take up the opportunity to study abroad for a semester.

Fees and funding

Full-time tuition fees	UK and EU students In 2026/27 the standard fee for full-time home and EU undergraduate students on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees is £9,535 per year (subject to changes in the government tuition fee cap). Tuition fees are reviewed annually and may increase each year for both new and continuing students. For more details on course fees, please visit our course fees page.	International students In 2026/27 the standard tuition fee for full-time international students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees is £17,200 per year. Tuition fees are reviewed annually and may increase each year for both new and continuing students. For more details on course fees, please visit our course fees page.
Part-time tuition fees	UK and EU students The standard tuition fees for part-time UK and EU students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees in the academic year 2026/27 are £1,190.83 per 15-credit module, £1,587.77 per 20-credit module, £2,381.66 per 30-credit module, £3,175.55 per 40-credit module, £3,572.50 per 45-credit module and £4,763.32 per 60 credit module. Tuition fees are reviewed annually and may increase each year for both new and continuing students. For more details on course pages, please visit our course fees page.
Additional costs	Every course has day-to-day costs for basic books, stationery, printing and photocopying. The amounts vary between courses. If your course offers a placement opportunity, you may need to pay for an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
Accommodation	Finding the right accommodation is paramount to your university experience. Our halls of residence are home to friendly student communities, making them great places to live and study. We have over 1,000 rooms across our range of student halls. With rooms to suit every budget and need, from our 'Traditional Halls' at £136 per week to 'Ensuite Premium Halls' at £236 per week (2026/27 prices). For full details visit our accommodation page.

Full-time tuition fees

UK and EU students

In 2026/27 the standard fee for full-time home and EU undergraduate students on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees is £9,535 per year (subject to changes in the government tuition fee cap).

Tuition fees are reviewed annually and may increase each year for both new and continuing students.

For more details on course fees, please visit our course fees page.

International students

In 2026/27 the standard tuition fee for full-time international students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees is £17,200 per year.

Tuition fees are reviewed annually and may increase each year for both new and continuing students.

For more details on course fees, please visit our course fees page.

Part-time tuition fees

UK and EU students

The standard tuition fees for part-time UK and EU students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees in the academic year 2026/27 are £1,190.83 per 15-credit module, £1,587.77 per 20-credit module, £2,381.66 per 30-credit module, £3,175.55 per 40-credit module, £3,572.50 per 45-credit module and £4,763.32 per 60 credit module.

Tuition fees are reviewed annually and may increase each year for both new and continuing students.

For more details on course pages, please visit our course fees page.

Additional costs

Every course has day-to-day costs for basic books, stationery, printing and photocopying. The amounts vary between courses.

If your course offers a placement opportunity, you may need to pay for an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Accommodation

Finding the right accommodation is paramount to your university experience. Our halls of residence are home to friendly student communities, making them great places to live and study.

We have over 1,000 rooms across our range of student halls. With rooms to suit every budget and need, from our 'Traditional Halls' at £136 per week to 'Ensuite Premium Halls' at £236 per week (2026/27 prices).

For full details visit our accommodation page.

How to apply

Apply to study part time

Please make your application via our online application forms.

If you have any questions, please contact the Admissions office on 01905 855111 or admissions@worc.ac.uk.

Apply to study part time

Apply to study full time through UCAS

Education Studies and English Literature BA (Hons) XQ33

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Get in touch

If you have any questions, please get in touch. We're here to help you every step of the way.

Admissions Office

admissions@worc.ac.uk

01905 855111

Stuart Gallagher

Course Leader, Education Studies

s.gallagher@worc.ac.uk

01905 855052

Dr Sharon Young

Admissions Tutor, English Literature

s.young@worc.ac.uk

01905 542428

Education Studies and English Literature BA (Hons)

What makes Education Studies and English Literature at Worcester special?

Overview

Key features

Book your place at an Open Day

Entry requirements

Entry requirements

Other information

Course content

Year 1

Mandatory

Year 2

Mandatory

Optional

Year 3

Mandatory

Optional

Joint Honours

Teaching and assessment

Programme specification

Meet the team

Stuart Gallagher

Dr Lucy Arnold

Dr Ellie Hill

Careers

Employability

Careers and Employability

Fees and funding

Full-time tuition fees

UK and EU students

International students

Part-time tuition fees

UK and EU students

Additional costs

Accommodation

How to apply

Apply to study part time

Apply to study full time through UCAS

Get in touch

Admissions Office

Stuart Gallagher

Dr Sharon Young

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