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MSc PG Dip PG Cert Security and Risk Management (Distance Learning)

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    MSc/PGDip/PGCert 2 years by distance learning

Course Description

The increasing professionalisation of the security industry has meant that both existing security professionals and those seeking entry into the profession view a postgraduate degree as essential to their career ambitions.  The course will not only enable you to develop your academic knowledge of crime, risk and security management, but it will also strengthen your professional skills and abilities.

This distance learning degree will provide you with a thorough knowledge of security and crime risk analysis and management. You will develop an understanding of a range of theoretical models that explain why and how people commit crime, how to analyse and assess risk, and how to manage security.

You will gain a thorough grounding in theory and practice of security and risk management. The course will equip you with the skills to engage in informed debate about major issues in security and risk management and to design, conduct and critically appraise research and develop new approaches to problem solving which can be applied in practice.

Entry Requirements

A first or second class honours degree or an equivalent professional qualification.

Special consideration will be given to applicants without an undergraduate degree who can demonstrate significant work experience and knowledge.

If you have at least five years’ practical/professional experience and borderline qualifications you may be considered. Please ensure you clearly outline these in your personal statement, focusing on any managerial-level experience. Alternatively, you may be asked to complete the School’s entry assessment in support of your application.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

There are a number of possible sources of funding: loans and grants, bursaries and scholarships.

Student Destinations

A postgraduate distance learning qualification from the University of Leicester is career changing. It can be the springboard to promotion with your current employer, the platform to move into a new area or to simply become more effective in your current role.

Students are based worldwide and most have a security function in common. They may be likely to be from the following sectors (although this is not exhaustive):

  • The Armed Forces – serving, or those shortly leaving or who have left. We are an ELCAS learning provider
  • The Police – serving or retired police officers
  • The United Nations, aid agencies and international development bodies
  • Private security companies
  • Prison security management – public or private sector
  • Healthcare security management – public or private sector
  • Private sector organisations – including retail, finance, the energy sector – those responsible for the security function in these types of organisations
  • Public sector organisations – those responsible for a range of security functions
  • Security providers – guarding and specialist security services
  • Security consultants

Module Details

MSc

  • Exploring and Understanding Risk and Security (double module)
  • Managing Security in the Workplace: Approaches, Regulation and Governance (double module)
  • Research Methods 1 - Understanding research methods and data analysis
  • Cybercrime
  • Research Methods 2 - Writing a research proposal, research ethics and literature reviews
  • Terrorism

Plus your Dissertation

PGDip

  • Exploring and Understanding Risk and Security (double module)
  • Managing Security in the Workplace (double module)
  • Research Methods 1 – Understanding research methods and data analysis
  • Cybercrime
  • Research Methods 2 – Writing a research proposal, research ethics and literature reviews
  • Terrorism

PGCert

Core module

  • Exploring and Understanding Risk and Security (double module)

Option modules

  • either Managing Security in the Workplace (double module)

or any two modules from:

  • Research Methods 1 – Understanding research methods and data analysis
  • Cybercrime
  • Research Methods 2 – Writing a research proposal, research ethics and literature reviews
  • Terrorism

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