Education and Teacher Training blog

Ben Hobbis: My placement experience

BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS student, Ben, is half way through his second-year of course and recently began a b...

A day in the life of an education, childhood and youth student

Jess had always wanted to have a career working with children, so was very interested to go to university to work towar...

A day in the life of a trainee primary school teacher

Have you ever wondered what a typical day in a primary school is like? Second-year Primary Education with QTS student, ...

The first Master of Conductive Education

We are proud to work with NICE – Centre for Movement Disorders and their Conductive College, awarding their BA (Hons) i...

Gabby Tooze - Camp America

BA (Hons) Primary Education student, Gabby Tooze, knew before she even started at the University that she wanted to tra...

Six reasons why I love being a teacher

Do you have a passion for inspiring and educating young learners? Teaching is one of the rewarding career options avai...

Wear Red Day: My experience with Sepsis

Almost four years ago, on the 23 December 2015, Ellie began to feel ill. But this wasn’t just your common cold. Below...

Why study for a Master's in Education?

We’ve spoken to a full-time, a part-time and an international student to find out what motivated them to go on to furth...

Subjects in action: learning to teach primary art

We grabbed second-year BA (Hons) Primary Education with QTS student, Lois Kitchen, just before she put her Post-it note...

A day in the life of an Education Studies student

We spoke to Mollie Zacarias, a second-year BA (Hons) Education Studies student to find out what she gets up to on a ty...

Teacher training placement travel tips

We know that placements are an important part of your experience during your course. We’ve already covered what to wear...

A day in the life of a student conductor

Have you ever wondered what a conductor does? Conductive Education student, Megan, kept a diary of one day in her life ...

Mollie Zacarias: My financial life as a student

Second year Education Studies student, Mollie tells us what she spends her money on as a student in Birmingham and offe...

What to wear on placement

We know that placements are an important part of your experience during your course. What do you wear on placement? And...

Looking after your mental health at Christmas

Discover tips and advice from Mental Health lecturer, Kim Moore on how to take care of your mental health during the f...