Education | Selwyn College

Key facts

Typical offer conditions - A*AA - A*A*A at A-Level / IB 42-43 with 776 in Higher Levels
Required subjects - none
Admissions tests - none
Interviews - two subject based
Written work - two submitted essays
Average offers made - 2

The subject at Selwyn

Education is the study of human development and transformation in all its forms and contexts: from the individual mind to the social and political processes taking place within communities, institutions, and global networks to the cultural encounters that shape ideas, beliefs and imaginations. Our course allows you to explore these themes across academic disciplines, or develop specialist knowledge in areas such as psychology, international development or literature.

Graduates from the Education course seek careers in such diverse fields as educational research, educational administration, publishing, or the media, or careers unrelated to education, as like all Cambridge courses, this degree provides an excellent range of transferable skills. Some follow up their undergraduate work by taking the higher degree programmes offered by the Education Faculty, or other postgraduate courses here and elsewhere. Others go on to seek Qualified Teacher Status by taking a Post Graduate Certifcate in Education.

Teaching Fellows at Selwyn

Our Director of Studies for the Education course is Mr Steve Watts, who supervises on literature and drama topics for the Education Faculty.

Subject requirements

Although Education does not ask for specific A-Level subjects, we would prefer if all applicants have at least one essay writing subject in their subject profile. It is useful (but not essential) for applicants to have studied one or more of the social sciences (e.g. Sociology, Psychology or History).

Candidates seeking places on this course must be able to demonstrate an interest in education, as well as intellectual breadth and flexibility.

Interviews

Applicants will have two subject interviews, one with our Director of Studies, usually also with a colleague from the faculty. The other with a pair of academics from the Faculty of Education covering some of the range of available disciplines within the subject. Candidates may be asked to read over a passage before one of the interviews, which will then be used as part of the discussion.