MSc in Criminology, Risk and Safeguarding
Carlisle, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 13,575 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
Blended
* international | UK: GBP 6,720 per year
Introduction
If you are in a career that addresses crime-related harm, or you want to get into this important arena, our MSc in Criminology, Risk and Safeguarding could be an ideal option for you.
We will focus on safeguarding, digital victimisation, rehabilitation policy and practice, and risk and security management, among other areas.
In addition to enhancing your theoretical command of criminology, you will develop advanced research skills, suitable for theoretical and practical application. As a result, you will be equipped to respond to a range of complex challenges faced by multi-agency professionals with a remit to safeguard communities.
This programme is distinct in its comprehensive analysis of risk and safeguarding as criminological issues. This analytical approach is grounded in an acknowledgement of the correlation between the exploitation of children and adults at risk and subsequent offending behaviour.
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Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
The University of Cumbria is offering £11,000 towards tuition fees as part of the Great Scholarships, funded in partnership with the UK government’s GREAT Britain Campaign and the British Council.
Curriculum
We offer a stimulating and challenging programme where you can develop specialist knowledge and a critical understanding of issues relating to criminology, risk and safeguarding.
Teaching and learning take place through blended learning, with substantial online engagement to meet the needs of learners in a range of contexts.
Year One
All modules are available as stand-alone CPDs.
- Criminological Frameworks
- Safeguarding, Risk and Vulnerability
- Advanced Research Methods
- Global Dimensions of Crime
- Digital Victimisation
- Security and Risk Management
- Dissertation / Practitioner Research
- Rehabilitation Policy and Practice (optional)
- Negotiated Learning (optional)
How You Will Be Assessed
Modules use formative and summative assessment so you progress through a module in a structured and constructive way and build knowledge for practice coherently and logically. Formative assessments are designed so that feedback on your performance is provided before the submission of the final, summative assessment – though this does not contribute to the final module mark or the credit awarded.
The wordage – or equivalent – for both formative and summative assessments is counted towards the whole module assessment wordage.
Types and methods of assessment may include:
- Group seminars and presentations
- Essays
- Interpersonal skills analysis
- Examination
- Reflective essays
- Resource package
- Poster presentation
- Dissertation
Program Outcome
On This Course You Will...
- Develop advanced knowledge and understanding of criminology, risk and safeguarding informed by current practice and research
- Identify appropriate methodologies for dealing with complex problems
- Examine the intersectionality of power in relation to criminal justice agencies and responses to crime, law and order
- Form a critical awareness of the history of ideas, cultural context, as well as social and political theories that inform and influence the practice of criminology.
Program Tuition Fee
Program delivery
How You Will Learn
The teaching and learning you will experience are designed to:
- Be student-centred, flexible and modern whilst being challenging and stimulating
- Be supported by, and integrated with, technological approaches such as the Blackboard virtual learning environment (VLE) and electronic portfolio
- Ensure the link between theory and practice
- Develop you to be independent and self-directed, communicating the ethos of lifelong and reflective learning