12 monthsProgramme duration
17,900 GBPTuition Fee/year
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Ethnicity, Gender and Diversity
Degree
MA
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
Blended
Our Domestic and Sexual Violence degree aims to enhance your knowledge and skills to boost your prospects for a career working with victims and/or perpetrators of domestic and sexual violence. The course promotes the important link between academic learning and real-world practice.
This postgraduate course has built on our teaching and research experience over the last decade. The course is delivered within the Department of Violence Prevention, Forensic Psychology and Criminology in the School of Psychology. Staff specialise in a range of disciplines across this sector. Our reputation in research continues to grow, and you can expect to learn from, and be supervised by, leading academics in the field.
For further information on the Blended-Learning course and to see the dates for 2025/26 you can download our PG Cert/PG Dip/MA in Understanding Domestic and Sexual Violence MA (pdf)
Please note that if you are applying as an International Student, then unfortunately you are not eligible to apply for the blended learning delivery of the MA Understanding Domestic and Sexual Violence. However, you may be interested in our PGCert Understanding Domestic and Sexual Violence, which is delivered entirely online.
This postgraduate course has built on our teaching and research experience over the last decade. The course is delivered within the Department of Violence Prevention, Forensic Psychology and Criminology in the School of Psychology. Staff specialise in a range of disciplines across this sector. Our reputation in research continues to grow, and you can expect to learn from, and be supervised by, leading academics in the field.
For further information on the Blended-Learning course and to see the dates for 2025/26 you can download our PG Cert/PG Dip/MA in Understanding Domestic and Sexual Violence MA (pdf)
Please note that if you are applying as an International Student, then unfortunately you are not eligible to apply for the blended learning delivery of the MA Understanding Domestic and Sexual Violence. However, you may be interested in our PGCert Understanding Domestic and Sexual Violence, which is delivered entirely online.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Ethnicity, Gender and Diversity
Degree
MA
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
Blended
Our Domestic and Sexual Violence degree aims to enhance your knowledge and skills to boost your prospects for a career working with victims and/or perpetrators of domestic and sexual violence. The course promotes the important link between academic learning and real-world practice.
This postgraduate course has built on our teaching and research experience over the last decade. The course is delivered within the Department of Violence Prevention, Forensic Psychology and Criminology in the School of Psychology. Staff specialise in a range of disciplines across this sector. Our reputation in research continues to grow, and you can expect to learn from, and be supervised by, leading academics in the field.
For further information on the Blended-Learning course and to see the dates for 2025/26 you can download our PG Cert/PG Dip/MA in Understanding Domestic and Sexual Violence MA (pdf)
Please note that if you are applying as an International Student, then unfortunately you are not eligible to apply for the blended learning delivery of the MA Understanding Domestic and Sexual Violence. However, you may be interested in our PGCert Understanding Domestic and Sexual Violence, which is delivered entirely online.
This postgraduate course has built on our teaching and research experience over the last decade. The course is delivered within the Department of Violence Prevention, Forensic Psychology and Criminology in the School of Psychology. Staff specialise in a range of disciplines across this sector. Our reputation in research continues to grow, and you can expect to learn from, and be supervised by, leading academics in the field.
For further information on the Blended-Learning course and to see the dates for 2025/26 you can download our PG Cert/PG Dip/MA in Understanding Domestic and Sexual Violence MA (pdf)
Please note that if you are applying as an International Student, then unfortunately you are not eligible to apply for the blended learning delivery of the MA Understanding Domestic and Sexual Violence. However, you may be interested in our PGCert Understanding Domestic and Sexual Violence, which is delivered entirely online.
Admission Requirements
70+
185+
86+
6.5+
Prospective students will be required to have
- A relevant first degree gained at a 2.1 (or equivalent level) in a health related or social science discipline, or similar subject discipline
- or
- A relevant professional qualification and experience, including but not exclusively, Social Work, Police, Probation, Health and Education
- or
- Significant experience of working with victims and/or perpetrators of domestic or sexual violence over at least 12 months.
1 Year
Sep
Tuition fees
Domestic
9,450 GBP
International
17,900 GBP
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