University of Sussex

Early Years Education (with Early Years Teacher Status) MA

University of SussexOn campus - in person, United Kingdom

Course overview

Build on your expertise in early years education. Achieve Early Years Teacher Status and gain practical experience.

Key highlights

  • Leads to Early Years Teacher Status alongside the master's degree
  • Includes practical experience in early years settings
  • Builds on existing expertise in early years education

Entry requirements

  • Degree: 2:2 — or above; If you are a graduate: your qualification can be in any subject you should have some relevant work experience (this can be paid or voluntary). If you are currently working in the Early Years sector: your qualification can be in any subject you must be currently working in a UK school or nursery in an Early Years or Foundation class setting. For both the graduate and employment-based route, you must have achieved a GCSE grade C (or equivalent) in English, maths and a science subject

Scholarships

  • Cate Haste Scholarship in History

    £3,000 tuition fee reduction.

    Up to £3,000

  • Cate Haste Scholarship in Media and Film

    £3,000 tuition fee reduction.

    Up to £3,000

  • Chancellor's Masters Scholarship

    £3,000 for applicants assessed as 'Home' for fees or £5,000 for applicants assessed as 'Overseas' for fees.

  • Jan Metzger Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence and Adaptive Systems MSc

    £12,550 fee waiver

    Up to £12,550

  • John Kinghorn Scholarship in Engineering

    £10,000 tuition fee reduction.

    Up to £10,000

  • MBA Impact Scholarship

    £2,500 - £5,000 towards tuition fee reduction.

    Up to £2,500

  • Sanctuary Scholarship (Masters)

  • Shan Vaswani Borgartz Scholarship in Media

    £5,000 tuition fee reduction.

    Up to £5,000

  • Stuart Hall Scholarship

    £5,000 tuition fee discount.

    Up to £5,000

  • Sussex Alumni Scholarship

    £3,000 tuition fee reduction.

    Up to £3,000

  • Sussex Progressive Futures Scholarships

    £10,000 tuition fee reduction.

    Up to £10,000

  • The University of Sussex Business School International Masters Award

    £2,000 will be awarded as a fee waiver to all overseas fee-paying students who start a full-time Masters course at the Business school.

    Up to £2,000

  • The University of Sussex Engineering and Informatics International Masters Award

    £2,000 will be awarded as a fee waiver to all overseas fee-paying students who start a full-time Masters course at the School of Engineering & Informatics.

    Up to £2,000

Careers this course leads to

  • Early years teacher
  • Nursery manager
  • Early years lead practitioner
  • Foundation stage teacher
  • Early years consultant

Cost of study

UK/Home: £7,000 per year for full-time students | International: £7,000 per year for full-time students

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 Sussex, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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