Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Key highlights

• Designed for professionals working in special educational needs and disabilities
• Developed with employers in the SEND sector
• Specialise in areas suited to your work and interests
• Builds professional skills to improve outcomes for children and young people
• Taught at the Buxton campus

Entry requirements

Scholarships

• Full Payment Discount

  If you pay your annual tuition fee in full ahead of enrolment, you will benefit from a £1,000 discount.

  Up to £1,000

• Sports Scholarships - Individual and Team Sport Scholar

  Up to £3,000 fee subsidy and support services.

• Sports Scholarships - Performance Team Sports Scholar

  Up to £3,000 fee subsidy and support services.

• Talented Athlete Award

  Please contact the provider.

• Vice-Chancellor's Scholarships

  Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarships - £2,000

  Up to £2,000

Careers this course leads to

• SEND teaching assistant
• Special educational needs coordinator (SENCO) support officer
• Learning support practitioner
• Early years SEND practitioner
• Inclusion manager
• Family support worker

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Derby, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.