UWS’ Graduate Attributes focus on academic, personal and professional skills. Throughout the programmes these skills develop graduates who are universally prepared, work-ready and successful. At UWS the attributes expected from our graduates are set out in the “I am UWS” programme.
Embedded employability activity will help ensure that graduates will be work-ready and will have globally relevant skills as British policing and forensic science is very highly regarded internationally. Ensuring students are highly employable and able to make a difference locally and globally’ is a key aim of the University’s Education Enabling Plan,
Alignment with the UWS Educational Enabling plan will ensure that teaching and assessment methods encourage graduates to develop and enthusiasm for learning and an ability to transfer knowledge into practice at diverse locations such as the laboratory, the crime scene and the court room.
The Criminal Justice and Forensic Science programme provides opportunities throughout the levels to enable graduate attributes to be developed and focussed appropriately.
Critical analytical and inquiry skills are developed and used to solve industry related problems wherever possible. The programme promotes awareness of work related issues with a variety of group exercises such as mock crime scenes or moot courts.
Ethical awareness and social responsibility is developed throughout and is formalised in the Level 10 research project where School/University ethical approval is sought if required.
Links to current University research are promoted through the programme with examples embedded in teaching and opportunities for students to become involved.
Employability – The School regularly receives interest from companies to engage with our students and we are keen to facilitate this where we see benefits for our students. Our students benefit from a number of specific employability events including an invited industrial speakers and an annual ‘Working with Industry’ event.
Personal Development Planning (PDP) within the programme is based on four strands: personal tutor support, a number of modules linked to PDP outcomes, support for development of an ePortfolio, and a number of events relating to PDP.
A personal tutor is identified for each student, and students are expected to meet with their personal tutors on a regular basis - at least once per term- to discuss issues relating to PDP, including progress, development goals and aspirations.
A number of modules core to the programme at each level have activities that are strongly linked to PDP themes, and these are:
First year:
Science and Crime CHEM07006 – Making presentations, group working
Scottish Criminal Justice CRIM07002 – Professional issues
Second year:
Chemical Lab Techniques CHEM08013 – Report writing, data analysis
Introduction to Policing CRIM08008– Careers and professional workshops
Third year:
Forensic Lab Techniques CHEM09023 – Group Working, report writing, literature research
Designer Drugs CHEM09023 - CV preparation and interview techniques
Youth Justice CRIM09007 – workshops from professional staff, children’s panel presentation
Honours year:
The Honours year involves a research project which will develop many skills such as literature research and evaluation, time management and planning, research skills, report writing and presentation skills.
Victimology CRIM10001– Poster presentations to professional audience.
Criminal Justice and Forensic Science Project module - oral presentation of research results
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