Criminal Justice LLB (Hons)
University of South Wales
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Bachelor of Law (with Honours) - LLB (Hons)

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Pontypridd

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SEP-25

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3 Years

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Bachelor of Law (with Honours) - LLB (Hons)

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The LLB (Hons) Criminal Justice degree is a stimulating and challenging course that focuses on criminal justice, technology and employability. This LLB Criminal Justice will combine the foundations of legal knowledge with a criminal law and criminal justice focus. It will appeal to students who have a particular interest in the criminal justice system. The course will provide an insight into the relationship between criminal law, crime and social justice; it will help students to better ...Read more

The LLB (Hons) Criminal Justice degree is a stimulating and challenging course that focuses on criminal justice, technology and employability. This LLB Criminal Justice will combine the foundations of legal knowledge with a criminal law and criminal justice focus. It will appeal to students who have a particular interest in the criminal justice system. The course will provide an insight into the relationship between criminal law, crime and social justice; it will help students to better understand the causes, consequences, and prevention of crime from social, legal and political perspectives. Employability is at the heart of everything we do. At USW, you will benefit from our award-wining Legal Advice Clinic, which provides opportunities for every law student to gain vital skills that you can take with you into the workplace. In addition to this, we have strong connections with industry and host a range of guest speakers who are experts in their field, to provide context and real-life examples relating to the topics you study.Outside of the classroom, you can become part of our thriving USW Student Law Society and get involved in a range of sporting, social and networking activities. Students benefit from our expertise in mooting from Year 1 and can also get involved in mooting competitions.This course can be studied part-time or full-time.

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WUSCA ranking:
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56/101
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
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84th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
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95th
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Mollie
25 Feb 25

The food facilities. The cafe and restaurants are wonderful, I really love existing in them and the food-though expensive-is nice and staff are really pleasant. My timetable works..Read more

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Ashleigh
22 Feb 25

Easy place to..Read more

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A level

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BCC Grades / Points required

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CCC Grades / Points required

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104 Grades / Points required

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Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DMM Grades / Points required

T Level:

Pass (C and above) Grades / Points required

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Pass Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 104 UCAS Tariff points

Pass the Access to HE Diploma and obtain a minimum of 104 UCAS tariff points

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Passing the T Level with Pass (C or above in the Core)

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University of South Wales
University of South Wales , Pontypridd

With more than 23,000 students and 2,700 staff, the University of South Wales (USW) is one of the largest universities in Wales, and...

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University of South Wales
University of South Wales Pontypridd Rhondda, Cynon, Taff CF37 1DL United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Treforest  0.2 miles away
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