Teaching
Read about the Sussex degrees and modules linked to the Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth.
Our teaching
Our researchers teach on the following degrees and modules, which engage with real-world problems and practices.
Childhood and Youth: Theory and Practice BA
This BA degree has a flexible professional focus.
A wide range of careers involve working with children and young people with rewarding opportunities in the UK and internationally.
Career pathways in this area could include direct work with children and young people (for example, in schools or early childhood services, youth work or social work), further study, or policy-oriented employment.
With such a variety of potential careers in childhood and youth, and in an increasingly competitive employment market, graduates need to combine a strong academic grounding with a clear professional focus that will prepare them for the workplace.
Childhood and Youth Studies MA
This interdisciplinary, interprofessional Masters course is offered in collaboration with the Anthropology, Education, Psychology and Law departments.
The degree enables you to bring a range of contrasting disciplinary and professional perspectives to bear on policy, practice and research with children and young people.
Core modules are provided in the interdisciplinary field of childhood and youth studies. You can opt for specialised modules in areas such as child development, the anthropology of childhood, youth justice and development perspectives.
You will develop a specialist understanding of research methods with children and young people. You can choose to undertake empirical research, preparing you for doctoral study.
This MA is aimed at those with some existing experience of working with children and young people in a practitioner, policy or research capacity – in the UK or internationally.
Researching Childhood and Youth
This module provides an overview of this specialist area of research methods, exploring how traditional research methods can be adapted for work with younger participants.
You will develop an understanding of how new methodological approaches have grown from working with children and young people.
This module engages with the unique challenges and opportunities raised by social research with children and young people, including ethical, practical and methodological dimensions.