Education with Psychology and Counselling

Education with psychology and counselling is a degree that brings together three disciplines concerned with understanding how people learn, develop, and experience the world, and what can be done to support those who are struggling. Education examines how learning happens, how schools and other educational institutions function, and how social and policy forces shape educational experience. Psychology contributes the scientific study of mind and behaviour, including the developmental, cognitive, and social processes that underpin learning and wellbeing.

Counselling adds a therapeutic and relational dimension, asking how skilled practitioners can support individuals through difficulty, distress, or transition.

At Sheffield Hallam University, this three-year, full-time degree is distinctive in combining all three areas in a way that few programmes do, while also offering the opportunity to gain valuable placement experience. The programme includes a foundation year for those who need to build their academic foundations before the main degree, as well as a sandwich placement year and work placement opportunities. That combination of academic content with substantial practical experience makes graduates particularly well rounded and employment-ready in fields that value both knowledge and relational skill.

Graduates from this combination work in educational support, learning mentoring, pastoral care, and welfare roles in schools and colleges. Many also go into counselling and therapeutic support services, youth work, family support, and community organisations. The combination of educational knowledge with psychological understanding and counselling skills is also valued in social care, health promotion, and the voluntary sector.

Further training in counselling, psychotherapy, educational psychology, or social work is a common route for those who want to develop clinical or specialist expertise.