Do you want to work in teaching or management in the UK, or in international Early Years educational contexts? 

This MA is ideal if you’re an international student wishing to explore early years education in the UK. You’ll study both the practical and theoretical aspects of education in the zero-to-five-years age range. Early Years learning primarily focuses on the following ideas:

• what constitutes ‘quality’ in Early Years education?
• equity, inclusion and justice for the pre-school child and the wider family
• ideas of communication, imagination, language and literacy, and provision for the bi/trilingual child
• understandings of early mathematical and scientific development
• discourses of nurture, care and attachment.

At Sussex, we’re proud of our innovative approaches to teaching and education courses. We’ve got a network of over 150 local secondary, primary and nursery schools working together with the University to provide work placements for our education students.  

You deepen your knowledge and understanding of educational theory and practice, and develop your skills in:

• research and analysis
• presentation and communication
• critical reflection.

With these skills you’ll have a wide range of educational careers open to you – nationally and internationally.

The terrain of Early Years educational provision is fast changing. This Masters course has been designed to equip you with all the necessary skills and dispositions to lead in this sector.