Education

Overview

Education at Cambridge

Education, as a major social science in its own right, explores the intellectual, social and psychological development from birth through to adulthood and the role of literacy, language, cognition and creativity in learning. It examines the historical contexts shaping educational ideas and movements, and the underlying philosophical principles and political beliefs promoting notions of meritocracy, equality, social inclusion, poverty alleviation and human rights.

The Education Tripos is an exciting, interdisciplinary joint Honours degree designed to give you the opportunity to engage in the intensive study of education, while developing knowledge of a particular specialist subject. The balance between education and your specialist subject is maintained throughout the degree, with a wide range of papers to choose from within the Faculty of Education and your specialist subject.

Teaching and resources

The Faculty of Educationhas excellent resources and state-of-the-art research facilities, including a library that houses one of the UK's best education collections. You'll be taught by academics who are at the forefront of their fields and who specialise in cutting-edge educational research.

Professional qualification option

The Education Tripos provides excellent preparation for continuing onto a teacher training course. On successful completion of the degree, many students proceed to one of the Faculty's outstanding one-year PGCE courses. Information on these and how to apply are available at: www.educ.cam.ac.uk/pgce/.

Changing course

Part II of Education is also available to undergraduates who have successfully completed Part I of another course, in which case it's normally taken as a two-year course.

Careers and research

Education graduates progress to careers in educational research, educational psychology, educational publishing, teaching, and educational policy-making, as well as careers associated with their specialist studies.

Graduates find employment in a wide range of occupations in the UK and abroad including: the arts, theatre, the media, museum work, educational journalism, the Civil Service, government administration, business/management and international development.

The Faculty of Education also offers a number of exciting opportunities for further academic study at postgraduate levels on a diverse range of Masters courses and doctoral research programmes.