BA Early Years at the University Centre Colchester Our dedicated and experienced tutors will enable you to really grow with the next generation!
The Early Years and Primary Studies course at University Centre Colchester is designed to produce well-rounded resilient graduates who; understand and support children’s developmental needs and will be an asset to educational and care settings for children. We welcome all budding Early Years and Primary Studies practitioners on board the programme and look forward to creating a positive and educat
11/03/2026
Today we visited the The Barn Nursery and Forest School in Greenstead Green with some of our Year 3 students, as part of their Early Childhood Studies Degree, with a focus on leadership and management.
A huge thank you to the for sharing your expertise.
05/03/2026
World Book day!
04/02/2026
"looks interesting mummy, I'd like a career in early Childhood education" ~ my daughter
If you are also interested, check out the link in the bio! Work and study, its a win win
04/02/2026
Early Childhood Studies degrees are FUN!
Students on Monday were learning about STEAM activities for early years and Primary Education. But they learn best by doing! So Wendy Meadows, our Specialist in Primary Education, took a hands on approach and got the students taking part in the activities.
Early childhood studies degree is a passionate exploration of how children learn from birth to primary education. Our degree offers fun, challenge and flexibility.
We are just one big academic family 🥰
24/01/2026
A brilliant evening celebrating Early childhood education and care. Its such an honour to be part of the movement makinging early education count 💪
Lets value not only early education but the careers and degrees within the sector too!
Such a great evening at the ECSDN Awards evening
22/01/2026
Last Thursday we had an amazing opportunity to visit the T-Level stufents to talk about conducting research and referencing skills.
Thank you to Jo and Charlotte the course leaders for welcoming us into their classroom.
A degree is the next step from completing level three. Message on here or book an openevent if you are interested to find out more!
22/01/2026
The 5th January marked the start of our 2 week assessment period. Each year group had to come in to college and present their assignment for marking.
Our Year 2 Students did exceptionally well in delivering their academic posters for enabling environments!
Presentations offer a creative assessment style and is part of our inclusive approach to our degree.
04/12/2025
This week Year 2 students visited The Barn nursery an inspirational visit for enabling environments.
Vic and Jess explained their journey to building The Barn into an outstanding child centred enabling environment for all children.
Mud slides, building fires, climbing ladders for balancing buckets of stones, free flow, woodwork and glue guns.
Thank you so much for hosting us!
A message for our final year students! Dont overthink, just start 💪🤣
Read your literature
Know your background
Check feasibility
Choose your analysis
Know what your trying to find
You've got this
04/12/2025
Yesterday we hosted the year 3's formative reasearch poster event. This event is part of the Research Methodologies module and outlines their projects they will undertake for their dissertation next year.
It was a really positive event, and I'd like to say a huge thank you to the UCC lecturing staff as well as Joanne Gwillim and the 1st year T-Level students for attending.