Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: FT - One Year PT - Two Years
This dynamic course is designed to help you develop a critical understanding of contemporary and global criminological issues, with a particular emphasis on 'people and processes.' It adopts a holistic approach, examining crime, justice, and penal policies to assess their impact on those administering and receiving criminal justice. You will critically analyse ways to improve outcomes for those who encounter the criminal justice system.
In addition to studying key contemporary criminological issues, you will receive advanced research training in innovative, cutting-edge methodologies, including visual and online methods.
The course is delivered by internationally renowned criminological experts, with opportunities to engage with our professional partners, including criminal justice practitioners, policymakers, voluntary sector professionals, and those with lived experience, such as victims, offenders, and their families. Through classroom discussions and debates, you will acquire the skills and knowledge needed to design, analyse, and evaluate criminal justice processes and policies. Supported by our team of experts, you will also have the chance to apply your analytical and research skills in a final dissertation or applied project focusing on an aspect of criminal justice of your choice, guided by an academic supervisor.
You will:
- Be taught by leading academics involved in cutting-edge criminological research.
- Engage directly with our professional partners, including practitioners, policymakers, and those with lived experience, such as victims and offenders.
- Develop a critical understanding of the lived experiences of those involved in administering and receiving criminal justice.
- Gain insight into the context in which crime, justice, and penal policies are developed and implemented.
- Enhance your analytical research skills with a focus on cutting-edge methodologies.
- Acquire the experience, skills, and expertise needed to embark on or advance a career in criminal justice.
A lower second-class (2:2) honours degree or above is required.
This programme is suitable for those with some prior engagement in criminology and the social sciences, as well as those without any previous experience.
International applicants will be required to show proficiency in English. An IELTS score of 6.5 (with no element below 6.0) is proof of this.
The University of Salford welcome applications from students who may not have formal/traditional entry criteria but who have relevant experience or the ability to pursue the course successfully. The Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) process could help you to make your work and life experience count.
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Key career pathways for graduates (and professionals joining the programme) include:
Criminal justice specific roles
Project officer and project manager roles
Support staff and development roles
Research and policy development roles
Management and leadership roles
Teaching, training, and lecturing roles
Applied Social Research Methods
Changing Lives: Living with Justice and Injustice
Deconstructing the Criminal Justice Process
Social Sciences Postgraduate Dissertation
Option Module
You are able to take one optional module from the core modules on the other courses within this suite of postgraduate courses.
Making Change Happen (ESC)
Supporting Research: Leadership and Impact (ASRM)
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