This is a combined Honours programme which allows the student to combine the 2 subjects; the disability studies course represents an opportunity to engage with extremely topical issues relating to disability throughout society and across the lifespan; the course offers the student the opportunity to examine society’s response to its members with disabilities; the role of the educational professional is changing and will be almost beyond recognition within a few years; education studies offers the opportunity to study this vital subject in all its manifestations; the course is suitable for students looking at a career in teaching, looking to take up one of the many new roles developing in education, or for students who simply want to find out more about this area