A mass fatalities situation involves a huge range of issues, from knowing how to cope with trauma to organising an effective logistical response to a crisis. On this course you gain a thorough understanding of human issues like grief and loss, and practical experience such as how to design an emergency mortuary and human identification techniques.  The knowledge and experience you gain is vital for many professional roles.

The key principle of this course is that it is not possible to separate the management aspects from the identification aspects of mass fatalities situations. Industry professionals believe that successful resolution of mass fatalities incidents depends upon a thorough understanding of all parts of the process.

What you study
Core modules focus on a wide range of techniques, principles and philosophies in mass fatalities management and victim identification. You also complete a project related to professional practice. Six taught modules are studied via a series of lectures, tutorials and laboratory work, followed by a 60-credit in-depth project. All modules are assessed by in-course assignments.

Career opportunities
You should be well prepared for practice and research in the fields of mass fatalities management and victim identification. The degree will be especially beneficial for those who intend to work in the field and may be faced with such situations.

Entry requirements
You should normally have an honours degree (at least 2.2) in an appropriate related discipline, or professional membership of an appropriate chartered institution or an equivalent relevant qualification. Practising professionals with non-traditional qualifications will also be considered on an individual basis.

Intermediate awards
Our master`s degrees can lead to the award of a postgraduate certificate at Stage 1 (60 credits - 3 modules), a postgraduate diploma at Stage 2 (120 credits - 6 modules) or, on completion of a research project, the MSc.

Experience required
Normally an honours degree (at least a 2.2) and/or appropriate professional experience

Course length
1 year full-time/2 years part-time

Admission enquiries/applications forms
Tel: 01642 738800
Email: sse-admissions@tees.ac.uk
Web: www.tees.ac.uk/pt/csi-forensics

What you study
The first half of the course focuses on methods of body location and recovery. This includes surveying techniques, geophysical methodologies in addition to ways of recovering forensic evidence from the grave scene. You spend time in the field to explore these approaches further, and subsequently try them out. The second half focuses on what information can be recovered from skeletal and decomposing remains. Such information includes sex and age-at-death. You spend time in the laboratory attempting the methods discussed in the taught component.

Where you study
The course is delivered by staff from Teesside University and Durham University. The course will be delivered in Durham (including the fieldwork).

How you learn
The theory is explored through lectures and seminars, which emphasise interaction. This theory is reinforced with hands-on practical work first in the field and then in the laboratory. The fieldwork involves the use of geophysical and excavation techniques, while the lab work involves the creation of a biological profile using skeletal remains. All of this is underpinned with the use of forensic case study examples. The course is delivered by leading academics with practitioner experience from the Teesside and Durham Universities who have complementary and world-leading expertise in bone chemistry, skeletal analysis, excavation and forensic science. Emphasis is placed on the methods and techniques which are currently being developed within the discipline in order to ensure the knowledge gained is relevant to the coming years of practice.

Career opportunities
The course provides you with knowledge and experience related to the issues surrounding body location and recovery in the forensic context. It is designed to assist in the management and resolution of these scenes.

Entry requirements
The main entry requirement is an interest in the subject. The course is designed for those working in the forensic/crime scene area, but is applicable to those with an interest in the area. No entry qualifications are required. Previous students have included CSIs, police officers, archaeologists and a best-selling crime author.

Experience required
An interest in the subject

Course dates
13th -16th September 2010

Admission enquiries/application forms
Tel: 01642 342535
Email: sse-admissions@tees.ac.uk
Web: www.tees.ac.uk/pt/csi-forensics 
 

The University of Portsmouth is a leading modern university with a strong reputation for teaching and research. Many of our academics are international leaders in their fields and our students learn from experts who are pushing forward the boundaries of knowledge.

The MSc Child Forensic Studies: Psychology and Law course is a unique part-time, postgraduate course delivered via distance learning that has been running successfully at the University of Portsmouth since 1995.

Who is the course for?
The course is aimed at professionals, such as police officers, social workers, children`s guardians etc., who work with children caught up in the legal system.  Over the last decade or so there have been many changes in law, procedure and practice and this course has been developed to reflect these changes, providing up-to-date information. The Department of Psychology is committed to providing a good, supportive learning environment for busy professionals studying on this course.

What does the course cover and how is it taught?
Delivered via distance learning materials (including easily available library resources), this part time course aims to equip students with both practical and academic skills that are useful in the workplace.  The taught elements of this course include child development, law and procedures relating to children, investigative interviewing, court processes, children as perpetrators, detecting deception, abuse, treatment issues and research methods.

Successful completion of the first three units confers eligibility for the award of Postgraduate Certificate. The Postgraduate Diploma level of the course comprises six compulsory units.  Students successfully completing the Postgraduate Diploma level of the course  may continue to the MSc level of this course. This involves completing a 30- credit unit concerning Research Methods and Statistical Analysis and a further 30-credit unit involving the completion of a research project or portfolio of research work.  This final stage takes between one and two years thus the MSc as a whole takes between three and four years.

What qualifications do I need?
A good honours degree in a relevant subject is preferred, but candidates with relevant experience and professional qualifications are considered. International students require IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.

Contact us
For more information please visit our webpage (link below) or email the Course Leader, Dr Julie Cherryman at the following address: julie.cherryman@port.ac.uk

An online application form can be found on our webpage.

The University of Portsmouth

Institute of Criminal Justice Studies

Want to build your knowledge and understanding of crime and criminology? Prepare for or accelerate your career in the field? Learn where and when you like, thanks to flexible distance learning? Welcome to the University of Portsmouth.

Our Institute of Criminal Justice Studies offers a wide range of outstanding courses, taught by exceptional staff. Most are authorities in their field and you’ll be free to learn and develop, thanks to their expert support. You can focus on anything from Corruption to Criminal Psychology, at undergraduate or postgraduate level. Best of all, you can learn at times that suit you – perfect if you have other work or life commitments.

Our Institute of Criminal Justice Studies is one of the largest departments of its kind in the world. Thanks to close partnerships with a variety of criminal justice and related agencies in the UK and beyond the Institute can offer study programmes that fully support your professional development.

If you’d like to know more, please do so online.

Centre for Professional Ethics

This unique course provides an opportunity for those working in all fields of policing and criminal justice to explore the serious moral problems that arise in the context of their work. The course is taught by ethicists and criminologists, and covers topics such as professional discretion, moral theories and codes of practice, privacy and confidentiality, deception, use of force, the balance between liberty and security, punishment and sentencing, and discrimination.

The course, which can be taken part-time or full-time, takes place in the pleasant environment provided by the Keele University campus, and is taught in a series of four intensive three-day blocks.  This allows the course to be taken by people living and working in any part of the UK and beyond.

We also run an MA in the Ethics Social Welfare. If this is closer to your interests please contact us for more information.
 
Applications should be made online at http://www.keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses/

Deadline for Applications: Friday 27th August 2010.

Tel: 01782 734084
Email: ethics@keele.ac.uk
Web: www.keele.ac.uk/ethics