This course will introduce you to creative and forward-thinking approaches to teaching and learning. It will also enable you to develop your understanding of contemporary educational policy at both global and local levels. As well as developing your understanding of contemporary educational policies, you’ll explore the background to the history and development of education. Assessment is via a combination of essays and examinations. PGCEs in all aspects of teacher training; teaching assistants; non-teaching school-based roles such as inclusion officers and family liaison roles; organisations who run school-based initiatives such as the police, women’s aid and youth homeless charities; policy, advocacy and research roles in research organisations, charities and NGOs, international development positions; education and outreach officers in theatres, galleries, museums and libraries; specific advocacy and support roles in organisations that work with children and families with special educational needs and disabilities; work with charities such as MIND, Save the Children and Bernardos.