Teesside University, Middlesbrough

Criminology & Law

• Our master’s degrees in criminology and law focus on crime, its causes, responses by law enforcement, methods of prevention, social phenomenon, crime control, state crime, and criminal and restorative justice.
• Law is for everyone – you don’t need to have studied law before, whatever your background. A law degree brings prestige, good career prospects and a route into the legal profession.
• A criminology degree opens a range of careers in the criminal justice system (including the police, prison, probation and youth offending services), social services and related voluntary agencies, and progression to doctoral studies.

• Study past and contemporary events to secure your future. Our long-established MA History course stimulates debate, excites your curiosity and challenges your thinking. You develop extensive knowledge of your subject and gain the advanced critical and communication skills valued by employers, within a supportive and simulating learning environment.
• Our politics degree explores political violence, international relations, political ideologies, gender and politics, political communications, revolution, fascism, social movements, and electoral and parliamentary politics in the UK and US.
• Our unique on-campus North East Film Archive, Green Party Archive, The Fascism Collection, and The Tom Sawyer Archive provide an insight into memorable events of the decades, people’s lives and communities.

• We have an excellent reputation for pre-service, in-service and personal and professional development education. We work closely with employers and national lead bodies to ensure your postgraduate studies are relevant, current and challenging, equipping you to progress in your chosen career with confidence.
• Our courses offer you an excellent mix of research, theory and practice, preparing you for a highly skilled and rewarding profession working with children, young people and adults.
• Our suite of new trauma-informed practice programmes in education and social work take a strengths-based approach that is grounded in an understanding of and responsiveness to the impact of trauma. Mindful of the diverse cohort of working professionals and non-practitioners, these taught courses are delivered outside of normal working hours.

• Our MSc Psychology enables graduates from other disciplines to develop subject-specific knowledge and the practical and professional skills related to psychology, and further develop your general transferable cognitive, intellectual and academic skills.
• Our accredited courses, by the British Psychological Society, mean you are well placed for further study to become a Chartered Psychologist.
• Benefit from our outstanding facilities, including eye-trackers, EEG and near-infrared spectroscopy, specialist interviewing labs and our replica courtroom.

English & Creative Writing

• Graduates of English and creative writing are highly sought in professional settings including digital copywriting, teaching, publishing, business start-ups and marketing.
• The wellbeing route explores the meeting points between writing, identity, health, wellbeing and personal and professional development.
• Work with and be inspired by our team of practising and published writers, from poets and performance poets to bestselling authors.
• Experiment with a range of forms and genres, develop your specialised interests and create your professional writing portfolio.