Safeguarding and Security - MA

at London Metropolitan University

Modular structure

The modules listed below are for the academic year 2022/23 and represent the course modules at this time. Modules and module details (including, but not limited to, location and time) are subject to change over time.

Year 1 modules include:
 

• Dissertation in Safeguarding and Security (core, 60 credits)
• Policies, Regulatory framework for Safeguarding (core, 20 credits)
• Social Responsibility and Interventions (core, 20 credits)
• Vulnerabilities and Risks (core, 20 credits)
• Criminological Research Methods (alternative core, 20 credits)
• Further Research Methods (alternative core, 10 credits)
• Researching Violence and Evaluating Interventions (alternative core, 20 credits)
• Cybercrime and Cyber Security (option, 20 credits)
• Explaining Violence (option, 20 credits)
• Law, Policy and Ethics (option, 20 credits)
• Psychopathology (option, 20 credits)
• Resilience and Mindfulness (option, 20 credits)
• Sexual Exploitation of Children and Young People (option, 20 credits)
• Sexual Violence: Causes, Consequences and Interventions (option, 20 credits)
• Treatment Interventions (option, 20 credits)
• Violence Against Women: Issues, Research and Policy (option, 20 credits)

You will be required to have:
 

• a minimum of a lower second class (2.2) honours degree in a relevant discipline of social sciences such as criminology, sociology, law or psychology, or possess relevant professional qualifications.
• a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

Applications are also welcome from those who have experience working in the criminal justice system.

UK/Home Fees

Cost
£9,300 per year

Overseas Fees

Cost
£16,500 per year

Please note, in addition to the tuition fee there may be additional costs for things like equipment, materials, printing, textbooks, trips or professional body fees.

Additionally, there may be other activities that are not formally part of your course and not required to complete your course, but which you may find helpful (for example, optional field trips). The costs of these are additional to your tuition fee and the fees set out above and will be notified when the activity is being arranged.

Safeguarding is now a central concern across a range of institutions, including the public sector, private companies, NGOs (eg Amnesty International), charities and sports. Safeguarding roles are growing and this master’s degree can help you break into this area of expertise.

On successful completion of this course, you could work in a safeguarding role at schools, higher education, sports clubs, local authorities, charities, NGOs and social care.