Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 Year Full-time
Understand how contemporary criminal, restorative, and community justice processes work in practice, both nationally and internationally.
Explore real-world workings of criminal and restorative justice.
You'll gain an in-depth understanding of how justice processes function both nationally and internationally and critically analyze the impact of justice policy and research, uncovering the complexities that shape modern justice systems.
Acquire advanced research skills, mastering both qualitative and quantitative methods, and diving into ethics and research design. These skills will empower you to create meaningful, practical solutions in the field of justice.
Typical entry point to this course is in September. Please enquire for more information.
The entry requirement for this course is a Bachelor (Honours) Degree at 2:2 (or equivalent) in a related subject (e.g. social sciences, law and humanities, including but not limited to criminology, law, geography, humanities, and business)
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On successful completion of this programme, you will have mastered the knowledge, understanding, and skills needed to gain postgraduate-level employment within a wide variety of professional sectors.
This includes criminal justice agencies, third sector organisations, academia, public administration, social policy, and government/parliamentary agencies. As a criminology programme, the MSc Crime and Justice in Practice provides you with significant strengths in intellectual, transferable, and research skills in preparation for career development in a very wide range of sectors.
The applied focus and the carefully tailored in-module flexibility enable you to apply theoretical models to real world problems and/or design research to address specific areas of policy and/or practice. In addition, the opportunity for work experience will enable you to gain first-hand experience and learn from professional partners within real-world settings. On successful completion of the MSc, you will also be equipped to apply for doctoral-level study at Edinburgh Napier or other UK Universities.
Your learning will be assessed using a range of traditional and authentic coursework assessments, including essays, oral presentations, portfolios, reports, risk formulation, critical reflections, case studies, and learning agreements. You will be assessed on activities that require you to show initiative and determination to solve problems that require research, creativity and perseverance. You will undertake both formative (unassessed but feedback provided) and summative (formally assessed) assessments during this degree. The execution of a dissertation will allow you to demonstrate your thinking skills to the highest level of this award.
Work placement
Students who choose to undertake the Work Placement module are supported by the Module Leader and Student Futures via a series of compulsory workshops during trimester 2. These focus on skills such as CV writing, delivering effective interview presentations, writing strong covering letters. All students on placement are allocated an academic placement supervisor who oversees the placement and must sign off the learning agreement before the placement can commence.
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