Our exciting new MA will develop your higher level critical awareness of the concept of childhood, informing your practice and enhancing your professional relationships with children and young people.Take your next career step if you are already working with children and young people or have completed undergraduate studies in a related subject.Explore childhood and its contested nature, considering multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives and the competing narratives that surround it.Gain vital analytical, problem-solving and communication skills which will improve your professionalism, employability and prospects for rapid career progression.Our MA Childhood applies a range of disciplines and narratives from psychology, anthropology, law, sociology, history, health and education to investigate childhood from historical and contemporary perspectives.<br><br>Our MA Childhood will prepare you for successful careers in a broad range of settings related to children's services and the health, education, training, social care, guidance, protection and wellbeing needs of children and young people aged up to 19.<br><br>It could pave the way to opportunities across the private, voluntary, independent and maintained sectors in roles such as:<br><br>Early years practitioner<br>Learning mentor<br>Play worker<br>Child and adolescent support worker<br>Family support worker