Are you ready to take the next step in your educational journey? The BA (Hons) Education in Practice programme is the perfect opportunity for individuals who have already completed Lincoln Bishop's Foundation Degree Education in Practice, as well as those with similar qualifications from Lincoln Bishop and other institutions. This programme allows you to work or volunteer for a minimum of two days per week in an education setting while working towards a Bachelor's Degree.
This one-year top-up course is run in conjunction with Lincoln Bishop University. For help with your application, please contact Lincoln Bishop University on 01522 583648 or email admissions@lincolnbishop.ac.uk.
This qualification is awarded by Lincoln Bishop University and delivered by Grantham College & University Centre.
This programme is the natural progression for students who have completed the Foundation Degree in Education in Practice. It is also open to applicants with other, similar qualifications from the University or other institutions. The BA (Hons) Education in Practice degree offers a flexible route to gaining a bachelor's qualification while continuing to work or volunteer regularly in a setting thatsupports learning. It may appeal to those working not only in schools, but also in wider community, support, or care roles where teaching and learning are a core focus.
The BA (Hons) degree is a work-based programme that combines practical learning in your workplace with one full days teaching a week at Grantham College. This format is designed to make it possible to continue working or volunteering while you study.
Throughout the one-year programme, you will build on your previous study and professional experience to develop a deeper understanding of current issues, practice, and practitioner research in teaching and learning. The programme welcomes applicants from a range of learning contexts, including primary and secondary education, the lifelong learning sector, and broader roles that support learners across all ages.
The modules will encourage you to critically reflect on your own practice, analyse key systems and policies, and explore professional challenges through topics such as leadership, contemporary social and political issues, and critical approaches to pedagogy. You will also undertake an independent research project to support your development as a graduate practitioner.
While the degree continues to be relevant to those working as teaching assistants or in learning support roles within schools and colleges, it also welcomes those in wider learning contexts such as early childhood settings, youth services, or adult learning environments. Collaborating with students from related degree courses will help you broaden your understanding of the wider educational landscape.
Graduates may go on to pursue careers in advanced support roles, team leadership, teacher training, or further study at postgraduate level.
Typically, a variety of assessment methods are used including presentations, discussions, debates, poster presentations, essays, portfolios of work, case studies and reflections. All assessments allow you to reflect on your practice and theory as you evidence your learning, building on your personal strengths to develop clear communication skills to share your knowledge and understanding.
This course allows you to study and continue to work. Students undertaking the course remain in employment, or as volunteers, over the academic year in the same manner as the Foundation Degree.
Staff profile: Emma Marshall. Emma has been involved in education for over 25 years. Following her first-degree BA (Hons) in geography from University of Birmingham, Emma did her PGCE with the University of Lancaster and worked as a teacher in Foundation stage and key stage 1 classrooms across Lincolnshire, she was also SENCO in two different Primary Schools. She then took a sideways step and took a role as Deputy Head of a large Montessori Nursery school. During that time she developed her passion for outdoor learning becoming an accredited Forest School Leader. From 2018 Emma has worked at Grantham College teaching and leading the Lincoln Bishop Foundation Degrees. She has recently completed her MA in Professional Studies at Lincoln Bishop University.
Graduate opportunities have enabled our students to attain managerial positions within their sector, to lead practice with their setting. Many go on to further study to become teachers through our PGCE routes, or gain a professional status. Others take on professional roles in areas such as special educational needs, mentoring, subject support, school, family and welfare liaison roles in the wider educational community and with local authorities working with the full range of age groups and sectors.
The completion of the BA (Hons) Education in Practice degree can lead to teacher training, advanced support roles and team leadership in education settings, or further study at Master's Degree level.
