BA (HONOURS) Education with Autism, Disability and Special Educational Needs at Sheffield Hallam University

• Thrive in an inclusive and supportive environment.
• Debate current developments in education and special education.
• Explore approaches to autism, disability and SEN.
• Develop skills in working with a diverse range of learners and professionals.
• Build your employability by gaining real-world experience.

On this course, you’ll use the latest theories and research to explore real-world education issues such as challenging behaviour in the classroom, or supporting friendships at school. You’ll develop a broad knowledge and experience of education policy and practice, while developing a specialism in autism, disability and special educational needs. You’ll graduate with an eye-catching professional and academic portfolio.

You’ll benefit from a teaching approach that is grounded in the personal and professional experience of both staff and students.

Throughout the course, you’ll experience diverse learning, teaching and assessment methods to ensure you can realise your full potential.

You will collaborate with your tutors to model create inclusive teaching strategiesenvironments, such as non-verbal flash-cards, and challenge accepted ideas and practices.

You learn through

• challenging your own thinking
• lectures + visiting speakers
• individual reflection
• engaging inclusively with peers
• class debates
• group tutorials
• actively collaborating with others
• real-world projects and placements
• opportunities to study abroad

Work placements

You undertake placements in different workplaces each year, such as schools, voluntary groups and informal educational organisations. This enables you to explore a range of potential employment opportunities during the course and gives you substantial real-world experience to prepare for your future career.

Our partnership team help you find the right placement for you. You will be in a placement setting two days per week that usually lasts up to 8 weeks during a semester on each year of the course.

Live projects

On the course, you’ll take part in live projects, collaborating with real educational and disability organisations. These are a chance to share your knowledge and work collaboratively with local communities.

Networking Opportunities

You will meet and work with a range of educational professionals and organisations, on placement and during taught sessions.  Our Careers and Employability team and your tutors will also introduce you to relevant professional and research networks.

Developing attributes such as curiosity, independent thinking and integrity, alongside skills such as reflection, evaluation and digital literacy opens doors to a wide range of post-degree possibilities.

At each level of the course, you will be supported to reflect on the experience you are gaining and will develop focused action plans to scaffold your ongoing professional journey

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

• teaching and education
• social work and social care
• public and community services
• social policy and research

Previous graduates have gone on to work in

• compulsory, further and higher education settings
• education recruitment agencies
• city councils
• development trusts
• homecare providers
• further study, including MAs in education, social work and development psychology.