How it all works
When you decide to apply, please click on the application form
link below. This will take you to a confidential on line application form. Please complete the form and click the apply button.
Your application will be processed within 28 days.
Once you are enrolled on the course, you will receive an e-mail
with a confidential and personal log in name and password for the course website. Please do not share this with others, as
this will compromise the confidentiality of the system and your personal scores, feedback and assignment work. You will
also be told of the allocation of a personal and course tutor.
Once enrolled, please fill in the entry evaluation
questionnaire. This is very important for the purpose of evaluating both the course, and your progress. You may
then start the modules.
The first module taken must be the Foundation
Module, Anybody's Daughter, Somebody's Son, which is presented each semester for new starters. The
remaining modules do not make sense unless you have completed this first, and the assignment arrangements are described in
this section.
Workload
The workload for each certificate is 300 hours
of reading, study, research and work based learning practice. It includes the time allocated for on-line forum participation
and mentoring and supervision at work, and the assessment tasks.
Each certificate module therefore requires
about 60 hours of study, practice and application.
This may seem like a huge commitment, but it is worth
remembering that the course is designed to fit around your individual needs at work, and to extend and compliment the work
with mentally disordered offenders that you are already likely to be doing. Learning proceeds at a pace that you
are comfortable with, and the Internet based distance learning framework means that you can catch up with debate and materials
at any time.
Academic Credit
The course has been assessed by
Middlesex University, and upon satisfactory completion, students will be awarded a Certificate or Diploma in Forensic
Studies issued by the Centre for Forensic Studies. These awards carry with them transferable academic credits,
which can be counted towards degree programmes both at Middlesex University, or indeed, any other UK university or degree
awarding college.
The Introductory Certificate
merits 30 NFQ Academic Credits at Level 2 (5)
The Intermediate
Certificate merits 30 NFQ Academic Credits at Level
2 (5)
The Advanced Certificate
merits 30 NFQ Academic Credits at Level 3 (6)
The Diploma
merits 60 NFQ Academic credits at Level 4 (7)
Advanced Certificate
and Diploma credits can be submitted towards a Master's Degree in Work-based Learning.
