Education and Global Philosophy & Worldviews

Education and global philosophy and worldviews is a combination that brings together the study of how learning, teaching and schooling work as social and professional practices with a wide-ranging exploration of the philosophical and religious traditions that have shaped human understanding across cultures and centuries. Education studies draws on sociology, psychology, history and policy analysis to examine how educational systems function, who they serve and how they can be improved. Global philosophy and worldviews takes a genuinely world-spanning perspective, exploring African philosophy, Chinese ethics, Hindu explorations of the self, Islamic political thought, Jewish existentialism and Buddhist mysticism alongside the Western philosophical tradition.

At Liverpool Hope University this four-year programme includes a foundation year, making it accessible to a wide range of students. It also includes a sandwich year in professional practice and a year abroad, giving you extended professional experience in an educational or philosophical setting and an international perspective on how different cultural and educational traditions approach the fundamental questions the programme raises. You will engage with big questions about truth, value and what it means to be human, alongside the practical and analytical dimensions of education as a field of study and professional practice.

Graduates in education and global philosophy and worldviews are well suited to careers in teaching, educational leadership, religious and philosophical education, international schools, chaplaincy, interfaith dialogue, NGOs, community development and a wide range of roles in the public and voluntary sectors. Many graduates pursue teacher training through PGCE or School Direct routes, where the depth of philosophical and cross-cultural understanding they bring is particularly valuable in religious education and global citizenship roles. Others move into research, journalism, policy, arts administration or postgraduate study in philosophy, education, theology or comparative religion.