Teesside University, Middlesbrough

Criminology & Law

• Our master’s courses 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.
• Our criminology courses have been developed in response to the need of statutory, voluntary and private organisations involved in developing crime reduction strategies. You develop expertise in theory, method and research as well as a broad understanding of the criminal justice system and an in-depth knowledge of current issues in criminology.

• Our long-established MA History 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 courses give you knowledge, skills and expertise in a broad range of international relations issues, and an insight into why states, international organisations, financial institutions and non-state actors behave in certain situations in international politics.

• We work closely with employers and national lead bodies to ensure your postgraduate studies are relevant, current and challenging.
• Our initial teacher training partnership recruits enthusiastic, committed trainees whose inherent curiosity and creativity as lifelong learners enables them to become strong, reflective teachers who strive to continually improve their practice.
• Our 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.

• 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.