As a world-renowned city of music - with active and increasingly growing popular, classical, jazz, electronic and experimental music scenes - Liverpool is an ideal location for pursuing the creative practice and study of music. The BA Music Program at Liverpool Hope University will offer students the opportunity to explore the many facets of performing, composing, producing, and intellectually engaging with music across a broad range of topics and genres, including popular, classical, jazz, electronic, and world music traditions.
The program benefits from a unique, creative scholarly approach that features:
- An inclusive outlook towards genre that allows students to pursue their musical interests.
- A wide-ranging approach to music study that develops diverse skills in performance, composition and academic study.
- A variety of opportunities to perform in and compose for university ensembles, student-led ensembles, and other musically collaborative experiences.
- A team with multifaceted interests in music that are pursued professionally beyond the university setting.
The Special Educational Needs course will equip students to become a passionate advocate for disability rights and equality in their chosen profession. Graduates with expertise in special educational needs and disability are in demand in a wide range of areas including education, health, social work and social care, local government, and business.
A supportive team of disabled and non-disabled academics will enable students to develop the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to become a future leader in this area. Students will learn about the historical, social and cultural factors that shape people's understanding of special educational needs and disability. Their understanding of academic theories and models will be deepened by activities which challenge them to explore how this knowledge can be applied in professional settings. As well as tutors’ extensive professional experience, course content is informed by input from a range of guest speakers, and from Liverpool Hope University's partner organizations, which include disabled-led and self-advocacy groups, education and care providers, charities, and disability arts organizations.
The Special Educational Needs course at Liverpool Hope University is unique in that it is informed and enriched by the work of the Centre for Culture and Disability Studies, an internationally recognized center of excellence in disability studies research, and the only UK research center to focus on disability and culture.
