What will I learn?
**Develop the knowledge, skills and experience you need to become an educator across diverse settings.**- Explore important current themes in Education, such as social justice, inclusion, wellbeing, sustainability, and education policy.- Study a broad range of Biology topics, such as microbiology, ecology, animal behaviour, medical biology, plant biology and food studies.- Build skills that employers look for, including research, teamwork, and the ability to understand and interpret complex information.Are you passionate about changing lives through education?Our Biology and Education degree builds your knowledge of biology 麻豆原创 your understanding of how education transforms individual outcomes and societies.In your Education modules, you鈥檒l develop a portfolio of skills that employers look for, such as creative thinking, taking initiative, networking, and problem solving. You鈥檒l explore these skills through the lens of sustainability, global citizenship and digital literacy, from local and global perspectives.In Biology, you'll explore themes such as biodiversity, ecology, environmental management, microbiology and nutrition. We use our unique campus, with its rich variety of woodland, grassland and freshwater habitats, extensively in practical work.Many of our graduates choose to become teachers in schools, but that's not the only path open to you. We'll support you in achieving your aspirations as a professional educator 鈥 however they develop during the degree.**More about the Professional Placement Year**A Professional Placement Year (PPY), traditionally known as a sandwich year, is where you undertake a period of work with an external organisation for between 9-13 months. The placement occurs between your second and final years of undergraduate study. You can engage in multiple placements to make up the total time and are required to source the placement(s) yourself, with support from the Careers team. The PPY Bursary can make work experience more accessible, with students undertaking a PPY able to receive between 拢500 and 拢1,500 to be used towards placement costs such as travel, food, workwear or accommodation.