Education, Health & Sciences

This Faculty is made up of three schools.

The School of Education and Social Science

This School offers teacher training courses and specialist qualifications for education professionals, as well as undergraduate courses in education studies; early childhood studies; children and young people’s services; child and youth studies; applied community and youth work; health and social care; social work and sociology.

We are experts in education, having trained teachers for 160 years, and having recently achieved outstanding quality ratings and student satisfaction results. We also offer a wide range of postgraduate level professional development courses for qualified teachers, and offer flexible learning opportunities to fit around your commitments.

Our social science courses cover contemporary topics for an ever changing world and will prepare you for the new agendas in the workplace, such as integrated service provision, the role of the voluntary sector and community regeneration.

The School of Health

This School delivers a mixture of undergraduate, postgraduate and professional qualifications in nursing and healthcare practice; radiography; mental health and therapeutic practice, and occupational therapy.

We work with employers in the healthcare sector to make sure our courses are relevant to their workforce. The University also has a £1.5 million Clinical Skills Suite training facility, complete with hospital wards, digital radiography equipment and counselling rooms. This means that you can learn and practice in a realistic clinical environment.

The School of Science

Our School of Science teaches a broad range of courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level in biological sciences; petroleum geoscience; geography; geology; forensics; environmental sciences; psychology, and sport and exercise.

Within this School, staff and students are undertaking research that’s been classed as of ‘international significance’, within pioneering areas of science including gynaecological cancer and harnessing the world of virtual reality. In addition, all of our science courses have been designed with leading companies to ensure that you develop the knowledge and skills required by industry, and we encourage and facilitate work placements and practical, field-based training.