Disability Studies

Foundation degree

Blended learning in Luton

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Description

  • Type

    Foundation degree

  • Methodology

    Blended

  • Location

    Luton

  • Duration

    3 Years

About the course If you are working, or interested in working with people with disabilities, this course aims to develop your skills, knowledge and expertise relevant to roles in education, social services, support services, information/advocacy services, leisure and retail. Focusing on the lived experience of disabled people, you will explore and critique society’s barriers to their inclusion and participation as individuals with equal rights to citizenship, and examine relevant legislation and policy. This course is designed to fit around your work and/or family commitments, linking theory to your work-based experience, giving you a wider view of disability and enhancing your career prospects.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Luton (Bedfordshire)
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University Of Bedfordshire Business School, Luton Campus (Vicarage Street), LU1 3JU

Start date

On request

About this course

A foundation degree will be of particular interest if you have completed a Modern Apprenticeship, vocational A levels, BTEC National or equivalent. Foundation degrees are also particularly suitable if you want to qualify while working. / entry As a guideline, a typical offer would require you to obtain a UCAS tariff score of between points, based on your level 3 studies. Many students studying for foundation degrees come to us through work-based routes so you can apply for a foundation degree even if you don't have traditional academic qualifications. .

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Subjects

  • Retail
  • Disability

Course programme

  • Learn locally – giving you easy access to part-time study designed to fit around your existing commitments – with a course team with experience in local, national and international aspects of the study of disability
  • Develop your understanding of questions of discrimination and exclusion from mainstream society, of shifting terminology and of European and international perspectives – particularly relating to issues of human rights
  • Gain skills and expertise to enhance your career prospects in education, social services, support services, information/advocacy services, leisure, and the retail sector
  • Explore the experiences of disabled people with regard to education, the workplace, access to transport, representation in the media, relationships, parenting and the arts
Year 1
  • Introduction to HE Studies
  • Understanding Disability
  • Disability in the Workplace
Year 2
  • Disabled Lives in Context
  • Disability, Family, Community and Culture
  • Disability and Special Needs in Practice
Year 3
  • Disability in Context, Policy and Workplace Practice
  • Reflections on Practice

Disability Studies

Price on request