Education and Learning, BA - 2017/18

This innovative course, which is offered by YMCA George Williams College and based at Canterbury Christ Church University’s Medway Campus and at the College in East London, allows you to study while you work with young people. The course explores the processes and thinking involved in animating, facilitating and deepening learning and development in young people and adults. You will examine the role of educators and pedagogues in facilitating learning within schools and colleges in the context of current themes in education theory and policy. Choosing to study Education and Learning (Youth Work and Community Learning and Development) was a great decision for me because it provides a great range of perspectives on working with young people from the lecturers. The classes are small and there is a high level of support. The course is professionally recognised by the National Youth Agency and is a professional qualification in Youth and Community Work. The course is also accredited by the CLD Standards Council for Scotland, and is a professional qualification in CLD community learning and development. This will qualify you as a youth and community worker to work in a range of associated practice settings, including social pedagogy, education and learning support, and more traditional forms of youth and community work. If you are interested in education and learning in their broadest senses, want a professional qualification, and are keen to mix rigorous academic study with reflective practice, this course is the one for you. The ways of thinking and acting involved are highly transferable to a wide range of careers − but have special relevance for those committed to working with young people and in local communities. YMCA George Williams College is a specialist centre for the study of youth work and community learning and offers a wide range of programmes and short courses which are unique in the UK. As well as teaching facilities, the College has a well-stocked specialist library and holds one of the most comprehensive collections of material about youth work in the country.