New Degree Courses on Offer at BGU
News release
4th October 2013
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Students thinking of applying to study at Bishop Grosseteste University next year have three new degree courses to choose from.
Last week BGU welcomed its first cohort of Psychology students, and now the university is recruiting to two new single honours degrees in History and Special Educational Needs & Inclusion (SENI) for the first time.
Previously students at BGU have been able to study History and SENI as a joint degree with another subject, but from September 2014 these subjects will be available as stand-alone single honours degrees.
“The new History degree will engage students in a journey of discovery of the past, not just through lectures and seminars but also through visits to historic sites, study in the archives and research into artefacts and images,” said Dr Craig Spence, Senior Lecturer in History at BGU.
“The programme covers historic periods from the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to the 20th century and includes a variety of fascinating modules that cover both well loved aspects of the past such as the Tudors and Stuarts but also new areas of historical research such as the Cold War and the exploration of space.
“As well as academic study all students are offered opportunities to gain work-based experience at sites such as museums, historic houses or archaeological sites.”
Julia Lindley-Baker, Academic Co-ordinator for SENI at BGU, said: “The Special Educational Needs & Inclusion degree course is open to any one with an interest in challenging inequalities and promoting opportunities for those individuals labelled as different.
“The course explores social values and attitudes towards special education needs and disabilities, and while it does not offer a professional qualification it is a route into teaching, public sector work or voluntary work.
“Students also have the opportunity to visit SENI providers and participate in enrichment activities, for example Makaton training (a form of sign language) or visiting schools in India."
SENI can be combined with Education Studies or studied in other combinations which are not widely available elsewhere, such as Music or Drama.
Thirty-four students enrolled last week on the joint Psychology degree course, exceeding the university’s initial target of 20.
“We’ve made a brilliant start and there has been a lot of interest from schools and colleges asking me to promote the course and our approach to psychology in general,” said Dr Olivia Sagan, Academic Co-ordinator for Psychology at BGU.
“I’m busy lining up potential exciting placement opportunities and guest speakers for the next academic year, which will add substantially to the value of the degree as well as enrich the students' lives.”
The first-year students are the first to use the university’s new PsychLab, which is equipped with an interview area, high-end computers for carrying out quantitative and qualitative analysis and facilities for digitally recording, editing and analysing observation and interview data.
The university is currently undergoing an official accreditation process with the British Psychological Society and hopes to achieve accreditation in the next year to 18 months.
To find out more about the courses available at Bishop Grosseteste University visit www.bishopg.ac.uk, call 01522 527347 or email admissions@bishopg.ac.uk.
Notes to editors:
- Bishop Grosseteste University was established in uphill Lincoln in January 1862 and celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2012.
- It is an independent higher education institution which awards its own degrees at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate level.
- It changed its name from Bishop Grosseteste University College to Bishop Grosseteste University in November 2012.
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