Why choose applied social science at the University of Brighton?

Professor Philip Haynes

Head of School

Facilities and campuses in outstanding locations

What is distinctive about our courses?

• Applied Learning

• Interdisciplinary research led teaching

• Courses are developed with local and global connections

• Transferable skills Student volunteering for CCHF (Children’s Country Holiday Fund, Hassocks

Interdisciplinary

•Wide range of subjects and applications

•Joint Honours and Professional Courses

•Single honours courses with the full benefits of our applied, and interdisciplinary approaches

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Community partnerships and transferable skills

•Community and University Partnership Project.

•Skills development

•Practical experience of working within a community of

voluntary sector organisation

“It allows students to use their skills and knowledge, see local practice in action and relate this to theory. Students develop their ideas as reflective practitioners. Also, the contacts that some students make can lead to future work upon graduation.” Liz Cunningham Course Leader

Why choose social work at the University of Brighton?

Innovative and relevant

• Learning and teaching delivered by qualified and registered social work lecturers with contributions from social work practitioners, users of services, carers.

• Social Work teaching is informed by research

• Inter-professional learning.

• You will develop a reflective and critical approach to practice.

• You need the right blend of experience and academic ability

Career-focussed - practice based learning

• The Social Work degree leads to a generic social work qualification after which you can choose to work in a number of specialisms.

• The course involves mandatory practice in approved placements in social care and social work agencies in years 2 and 3.

• We have close working relationships with statutory social work services and service providers in the private, voluntary and independent sector, and work with them to develop placements across Sussex.

Social Policy

Inequality: Is this fair?

Poverty and hunger

Transport and the environment

Housing and wealth

Who pays for it all?

Politics

Our approach

Our approach to the study of politics begins with groups and movements that are often regarded as outsiders, together with their ideas, interests and demands and only then moves towards understandings of the formal political system. Themes, which run throughout the course, are the development of a critical understanding of democracy, the issue of access to power and political resources and the unequal distribution of power. Important areas studied will be social movements, environmentalism, issue groups and human 'rights'.

What you study

What is Politics?/Politics in Brighton

UK GovernmentComparative Politics

Political Ideas

Environmental Politics

Global Political Architecture

Courses with Politics

BA (hons) Politics and Social Policy

BA (hons) Politics and Sociology

Career Opportunities

Politics graduates are found in a wide range of careers, from management, through journalism, the public sector, campaigning, research and indeed politics, at the local, national and international level.

This course will also prepare students for careers working in advocacy groups and governmental and non-governmental international organisations.

Substance Misuse Interventions in the School of Applied Social Science

BA (Hons) Criminology and Substance Misuse Interventions

Skills

Theory

Practice

1. Skills

• Level 4 (Year 1)SS402 Establishing and MaintainingRelationships in the Substance MisuseTreatment Context

• Level 5 (Year 2)

SS503 Substance Misuse Interventions

• Level 6 (Year 3)SS613 Key Working and Care Planning

2. Theory

• Level 4 (Year 1) SS431 Introduction to Theories of Addiction

and Substance Use

• Level 5 (Year 2)

SS528 Critical Analysis (Health and Well Being)

• Level 6 (Year 3) • SS612 Level 6 Project

3. Practice

• Level 5 (Year 2) SS522 Placement (Short)

• Level 6 (Year 3)

SS614 Placement (Extended)

National Occupational

Standards

Employability

Sociology What is Sociology?

Definition:

The study of how society is organised, why societies change, and how we experience everyday life.

What caused riots?

What impact does your gender, religion or ethnic background have on your life?

Does class actually mean anything anymore?

Why do we protest?

Why is plastic surgery so popular?

Have You Ever Wondered?

How does globalisation impact on you and me?

Are societies becoming the same?

How has social media changed the world?

How far does the media impact on our personal lifestyles?

How Will I Be Taught?No quick answers – Our aim is to help you to build

up your analytical skills to address these kinds of questions yourself

All of the sociology team are research active, with interests across many areas:

OBESITY Families & Parenting

CHILDHOOD Religion Lifestyle media

HUMAN RIGHTS DEATHTHE INTERNET

CLIMATE CHANGE

SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ENVIRONMENT GLOBALISATION

Sociology

• Year 1

Foundations, Social Inequalities, Globalisation

& Research Methods

• Year 2

Contemporary social theory

Gender/Life course studies

Culture, media & identity

Protest and social movements

Social Research & Placement

• Year 3: options eg

o Death; Childhood; Families

o Religion; Leisure; Environment

o Life-Style Media; the Body

o Dissertation (10,000 words)

What do sociology graduates do?

You will graduate with a strong set of analytical and research skills that equip you for a broad range of careers, for example: Education, Police, Journalism, Politics, civil service, public relations, research

Introducing Applied Psychology

And why study it here?

Applied Psychology at the University of Brighton

Applied Psychology at the University of Brighton

Thinking big, thinking applied

Application: explaining why a school child is persistently excluded for aggressive &

disruptive behaviour

Criminology

BA (Hons) Law and Criminology

BA (Hons) Criminology (Single Subject)

BA (Hons) Criminology and Sociology

BA (Hons) Criminology and Social Policy

BA (Hons) Applied Psychology & Criminology

BA (Hons) Substance Misuse Interventions & Criminology

Criminology courses

Level One: Welcome to Criminology -Criminology In ActionFrom Crime Scene to Court Room

An examination of the criminal justice process, policing, evidence handling, Forensic issues, Investigation, police practices, case construction, CPS, Trial and prosecution

Mods and rockers

The battle of Brighton

Level One Explaining Crime and Criminals

An exploration into the ways in which crime is explained and accounted forand applying these accounts to particular offenders and particular crimes

The Great Train Robbery 1963

Manchester Shooting: September 2012

Explaining Criminality

Level One:Penal Policy and Offender Management

Exploring the work of the criminal justice system – post-sentence: including Prison, the prison service and penal policy, rehabilitation and offender management, probation and punishment in the community, services for victims

Level One:Criminological Theory

Accounting for the range of ways in which crime has been explained,: classical theories emphasising choice and responsibility, the rise of scientifictheories addressing biological, psychological and social causation. Concluding with more contemporary theories – labelling theory, critical realism, and cultural theory

Level Two: [1]

Criminology and Crime Control

Linking the explanation for crime with the historical effort to design the means of preventing or deterring it: If deterrence is the key how well did the death penalty deter, if social deprivation is an underlying factor how well has social progress curbed crimogenic influences… does surveillance work, can we “design crime out”

30 Year UK Crime Trend

A thirty year low in crime

Level Two:

Critical Perspectives on Criminal Justicesociological Influence (class, gender, race and culture) generated critical theories of criminalisation, ‘punitiveness’ and race and gender violence.

White barsBlack hands ?

Level Three: [1]

Cross-Cultural CriminologyIdeas about crime and justice can differ greatly from society to society – from societies where the death penalty is still practiced, to debates about carrying a Gun for self-defence. Similarly, some cultures do not have a notion of domestic violence or they take quite different approaches to drugs or alcohol.

Florida Halts Executions After Botched One Lasted 34 Minutes

Level Three: [2]

Global Issues: Crime, Power & Harm

Level Three: [3]

Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice

Optional themes based upon key issues and research: potential topics include: Dealing with Powerful offenders; Prison & Prisoners, Policing & Society, Youth Justice, Domestic violence, Offender Management, Victims & Victimology.

Level Three: [4]

Contemporary Topics in Crime and Society

Optional themes based upon key issues and research: potential topics include: Riots & Protest; Gangs; Gender and Violence; Media, Culture and Criminology; Environmental Crimes.

Criminological Research in the School of Applied Social Science

Criminology Research Projects in the School of Applied Social Sciences

Evaluating the effectiveness of CCTV

Policing, communities and Youthful

Disorder

Arrest Diversion Project

Community Fire Safety

Homelessness, Begging and Street

Drinking

Young People and Vehicle-taking

Neighbourhood Wardens

Provision of Drug and Alcohol

Services

Anti-social behaviour enforcement

Services for victims of domestic violence

Policing Political Protest

Police Interviewing

Community Safety on Housing Estates

Brighton’s Policing Priorities

Prison Health Audit

Pupil Misbehaviour in Schools

Valuable research interviewing experiences on School Projects (previous slide)

Year 2: Community PlacementSussex Police : Special Constables, Analyst SupportVictim support (and others) volunteeringSussex Pathways (HMP Lewes: young offender

mentoring project); mentoring qualification and experience

Student Exchange scheme

Opportunities for Students

Criminology

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