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About the Department
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Established in 1994, the Department of Applied Social Studies at the University of Bedfordshire has come to be recognised as a place where teaching and research combine to provide students with a rich and supportive learning environment.
This has been achieved by developing and delivering high quality programmes of academic and professional study.
Teaching
The Department is accredited by the National Youth Agency to provide programmes leading to youth and community work qualifications, and by the General Social Care Council for the delivery of social work programmes.
Student comment
"I have just received my results, and am overjoyed in that I have achieved a 2:1 classification. I would just like to say thank you to all the lecturers and tutors in the Department who have helped me achieve this MASSIVE goal in my life. Words cannot describe how happy I am. All that hard work and 'burning the midnight oil' has paid off!"
Ibrar Hussain, BA Hons Applied Social Studies
We provide undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of study, ranging from degrees and/or diplomas in criminology, health and social care, and child and adolescent studies, to Professional Doctorates and PhD's.
We want to make sure that students flourish and do their best when they come to us. We recognise that our students want to achieve, and we take pride in our commitment to being kind, student friendly and supportive, while at the same time having high standards for teaching and learning.
We are committed to underpinning undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and learning with research conducted by the department's academic staff.
Research
The staff team combines extensive research across social work, youth work, criminal justice, social studies, child and adolescent studies, and health and social care.
Many of the professors, senior researchers and teaching staff have valuable national and international reputations for the quality and reliability of their research, being consulted by government departments, local authorities, professional associations and voluntary organisations. We're also researching the ways that students learn within Higher Education, so that our applied and pedagogic research can benefit the people that we teach.
Many of us have practice qualifications in our field and have held posts of significant professional responsibility before joining the university. Together the academic staff and the administrators in the Department have created a dynamic and vibrant place to learn within, and we have an established history of our students progressing from a foundation degree programme in one of our partner institutions to undergraduate and then on to postgraduate degrees in applied social studies.
