Education Across The Life Course (X7002)

30 credits, Level 4

Spring teaching

On this module, you'll explore how education is everywhere throughout our lives, shaping them from birth to old age. You'll examine how educational pathways vary based on individual circumstances, reflecting a more fluid and enduring relationship to learning beyond formal schooling and age-related expectations.

You'll consider the learning opportunities provided by diverse educational spaces and explore the personal and professional motivations for engaging with them. The module includes the chance to work with archival resources or life history narrative interviews to investigate the relationship between education and lived experiences across different contexts and time periods.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 267 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.