Social Sciences

Drawing on our knowledge and expertise in Police Investigation and our well established reputation in Criminology and Law fields, we've launched a new degree: the pre-join degree in Professional Policing. The policing degree follows the National Policing Curriculum and provides you with the skills and knowledge to become a police officer.

Aspire to make a difference; look at the most important issues facing our society today such as political economy, families, poverty, culture, sexual politics and much more. Study up-to-date sociological theory alongside a wide range of sociological topics, with a strong emphasis on professional opportunities and employability.

Prepare yourself for the increasing number of jobs in the highly rewarding areas of health and social care. Develop your knowledge and skills in areas such as psychosocial perspectives of health, counselling, research, health improvement and behaviour change.

Make a real difference to the lives of young people aged between 13 and 19 and their communities. Become a professionally qualified youth worker with a course accredited and endorsed by the National Youth Agency.

Develop your ability to work effectively with children, young people and vulnerable adults and shadow qualified social workers in practice. This course combines an honours degree with a professional qualification in social work approved by Social Work England and endorsed by the College of Social Work.

Learn about crime, criminal behaviour and punishment, visit criminal courts and prisons and take advantage of volunteering opportunities and an optional placement in a relevant organisation. Develop analytical and practical skills in both quantitative and qualitative research, often needed for further academic study and highly sought after by employers.

Refine your professional approach, build up the graduate attributes of a reflective practitioner and cover a range of topics that include child development, early years, the primary curriculum and family studies. Combine practical skills with academic rigour and work more effectively with children in a variety of contexts.

Strike a balance between theory and application. Critically evaluate a contemporary and significant issue in your professional environment. Undertake work-based learning that leads to a BA (Hons) degree.

This is a four-year version of our popular BSc (Hons) Sociology course, with an integrated foundation year. Aspire to make a difference; look at the most important issues facing our society today such as political economy, families, poverty, culture, sexual politics and much more.

This is a four-year version of our popular BA (Hons) Health and Social Care course, with an integrated foundation year. Prepare yourself for the increasing number of jobs in the highly rewarding areas of health and social care. Develop your knowledge and skills in areas such as psychosocial perspectives of health, counselling, research, health improvement and behaviour change.

This is a four-year version of our popular BSc (Hons) Criminology course, with an integrated foundation year. Learn about crime, criminal behaviour and punishment, visit criminal courts and prisons, and take advantage of volunteering opportunities and an optional placement in a relevant organisation.

This is a four-year version of our popular BA (Hons) Childhood Studies, with an integrated foundation year. Refine your professional approach, build up the graduate attributes of a reflective practitioner, and cover a range of topics that include child development, early years, the primary curriculum and family studies. Combine practical skills with academic rigour, and work more effectively with children in a variety of contexts.

This is a four-year version of our popular BA (Hons) Community and Youth Work Studies course, with an integrated foundation year. Make a real difference to the lives of young people aged between 13 and 19 and their communities. Become a professionally qualified youth worker with a course accredited and endorsed by the National Youth Agency.

Our BSc (Hons) Policing Studies (Top-Up) has been developed in conjunction with feedback from regional police units and colleges. This course will examine the most important issues facing modern policing and will provide a professional and academic basis for policing practice. Our curriculum complements the national agenda for professionalising the police force and allows students to gain a BSc qualification in one year of study. 

Want to top-up a Foundation Degree to a full honours degree? Take advantage of a degree-level opportunity for professional development that is perfect if you are working with young people in the early years or primary education sectors. Take up an optional pathway in Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner Competencies.  

Working with young people in nurseries, primary schools, youth centres or similar settings? This foundation degree provides a professional development opportunity for you, mixing academic rigour with practical skills that you can apply directly to your workplace. Open doors to new opportunities in the education and care of young people.

Have experience in the field of health and social care? This foundation degree, which has been developed in recognition of the multidisciplinary nature of current and future occupational destinations within the health and social care fields, will help you build on your knowledge and add to your skills. Understand organisational dynamics and specialise in particular pathways, areas and topics of interest.

Prepare yourself for the increasing number of jobs in the highly rewarding areas of health and social care. Develop your knowledge and skills in areas such as psychosocial perspectives of health, counselling, research, health improvement and behaviour change.

Gain a comprehensive and critical understanding of crime and punishment. Think criminologically. Progress onto the final year of the BSc Criminology course.

Pick and choose the modules you want to study to build a tailor-made course. Available at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, this course allows you to gain a qualification that closely matches your particular needs.