Early Learning and Childcare (Graduate Apprenticeship) - BA (Hons)
A Graduate Apprenticeship is an opportunity for you to learn whilst you earn and this new two-year BA Early Learning and Childcare (Graduate Apprenticeship) will allow you to undertake degree-level study and develop your professional practice whilst working in an early years setting.
This course is ideal for early years professionals who are either:
- new to the sector aiming to gain practitioner registration or
- early in their career, looking to deepen and develop their practice.
This course will enable you to expand your professional skills, knowledge, and expertise to make a positive impact on children鈥檚 lives. Fitting around your work commitments, this course is a practical and integrated way to develop expertise with your current employer, who will also benefit from having you, a highly skilled, motivated and ambitious employee, on their team.
Completion of the degree leads to registration at practitioner level in Day Care of Children Services with the Scottish Social Services Council.
This course is currently in development and more information will be added to this page when it is available.
Why 夜色直播?
- Our expertise brings a new approach to education studies: This course offers a fresh, modern and ambitious approach to early learning that is based on contemporary research in the social sciences.
- Combines theoretical and practical learning opportunities: You will use your educational research and theory in practical ways in your current employment.
- Benefits from the expertise, values and vision of the Education team at 夜色直播: Our staff are experts in their field and are actively involved in research activities, ensuring that our courses are up to date and relevant.
- Innovative teaching methods: You will benefit from a range of teaching methods, including work-based learning, in-person learning and an online virtual learning environment.
- A socially responsible university: We focus on courses which will produce graduates ready to make a difference in the world.
- Feel supported: You will be assigned a Personal Academic Tutor (PAT) who will help guide you through your studies.
This Graduate Apprenticeship will allow you to expand your skills, knowledge and expertise. With further study, it could also support progression to a managerial role in the sector or to wider academic and teaching roles
Entry requirements
Please note there is no Year One entry for this course currently听planned for 2027.
Year Two: Typically, students will have an HNC in Childhood Practice at SCQF Level 7. However, we consider candidates on a case-by-case basis including taking prior learning and work experience into
account.
Eligibility Criteria for the Graduate听Apprenticeship:听The course is open to existing听employees and new recruits working听full or part time in early years听settings in Scotland.
You must also be:
- aged 16 or over (there is no maximum age limit);
- resident in Scotland and have been living here for three years before starting your degree;
- normally working in an early year setting in Scotland for a minimum of 21 hours per week; and,
- able to show that you have a right to work in Scotland.
Application
This course is currently in development and more information on application will be added to this page when it is available.
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- The delivery of this course is subject to the terms and conditions set out in our 2027/28 Entry Terms and Conditions (Undergraduate).
- The course information on this page is correct at the time of posting (Feb 2026), but is subject to change. Please check back here for any updates.
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