Careers Brief - Early Years FdA
Overview
Your Foundation degree in Early Years will have given you both a nationally recognised qualification and evidence of your ability in your field. You will also have the opportunity for progression onto honours degree programmes.
Apart from the knowledge and experience gained from your training, you will also have developed effective transferable skills. To clarify your personal career direction or to consider a wider choice of careers, matched to your interests, use the Prospects Planner and other tools in the Career Planning section of this Guide.
Further Study
Top-up degree programmes are designed as a direct progression from Foundation degree to Ordinary or Honours degree.
On successful completion of the Foundation degree, you will be able to progress onto the BA (Hons) Early Years Care and Education - level H (Top-up) degree studied at Bournemouth University or Yeovil.
You will be able to apply for entry onto related BA top-up degree programmes.
‘Early Childhood Studies' are available at the following colleges/universities:
University of Bath; University of Bolton; Bradford College (Associate of Leeds Metropolitan University); University Central England in Birmingham; Doncaster College; East Lancashire Institute of Higher Education at Blackburn College; Farnborough College of Technology;
Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education; Guildford College of Further & Higher Education; Newcastle College; University of Northampton; Norwich City College of Further & Higher Education (Associate of UEA) 1.5 years; University Campus Suffolk ; University of Worcester.
To search for other suitable honours degree courses, use www.ucas.com/search (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service for the UK). Use the university/college links for course details. Entry point could depend on the overlap between courses, your grades and experience.
You will need to use UCAS to apply for courses. Contact the Course Tutor of your chosen course to find out your position, before you make your formal application.
Find out how much this will cost you. Where is the funding coming from? Use the website www.aimhigher.ac.uk for information on student support.
Go to the main section Further Study in this Guide for more information and help.
Resources
www.prospects.ac.uk
Graduate Prospects is the national careers website for higher education students in the UK:
- Drop down 'Career advice' and click on 'Use your qualification' for 'Your Foundation degree...what next?'
- Also click on 'Options with your subject' - 'Childhood Studies'
- Drop down 'My Prospects' and click on 'What job would suit me?' for Prospects Planner
www.tda.gov.uk
Training and development agency for schools - for teaching and support staff roles
www.socialworkandcare.co.uk
Social Care and Social Work careers information site - including social work training and jobs in social care without a degree
www.nhscareers.nhs.uk
National Health Service site - to find out about careers in the NHS and look for jobs
jobseekers.direct.gov.uk
Careers database and links to jobs nationally. Search by either clicking on 'careers' and 'choosing a category' or type in job title.
www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles
Learn Direct - national learning advice
www.connexions-direct.com/jobs4u
Jobs4U Careers Database - click on 'Job Families & Articles' for 'Education and Training' 'Healthcare' 'Social Work and Counselling'
GTI (publisher) graduate jobs and careers
Community Care magazine - including jobs and employer search
