Careers and connections in Criminal Justice and International Relations

Undergraduate

Experience and networking opportunities that our real-world connections offer provide our students in this study area with a competitive edge when it comes to employability. 

You could take advantage of our connections with business in the public and private sectors to elevate your career in community rehabilitation, the civil service and security sectors.

Our partnerships include influential names in the criminal justice and international relations arena, including West Midlands Police, the prison service, Staffordshire Forensics Partnership, and more.

Read some of our graduate stories to see where studying at Staffordshire University could take you.

View our Criminal Justice and International Relations courses

Your career

Students go on to work in a wide variety of fields in the criminal justice system and in other related areas. These could include:

  • Policing
  • Prison Service
  • Health Service
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Loss Adjustment
  • Technical Management
  • Crime Scene Investigation
  • Toxicology
  • Education
  • Science writing
  • National foreign or defence ministries
  • Armed forces
  • Security services
  • International or regional organisations
  • Intelligence
  • Journalism
  • International organisations such as the European Union and the United Nations
  • NGOs such as Amnesty International or Greenpeace
  • Think tanks such as Saferworld

Laura Maddocks

Graduated 2007

Laura first experienced the prison service during her studies. She is now an Offending Behaviour Programme Facilitator working to reduce prisoner reoffending.

Laura's story

Our latest connections

Work experience

We have a wide range of industry connections, including the Staffordshire Forensic Partnership, West Midlands Police Force and various other organisations. We can support you to find work experience in the areas that interest you most. In addition, many of our courses have the opportunity for a placement year so you can gain valuable experience for your future career. 

What's more, we also have a Cold Case Unit, where some of our students have the opportunity to work with experts to revisit historical unsolved crimes. This enhances work experience and practical skills, giving the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge in a real-life setting.

Our students

You’re actually out in the field gaining experience

What I enjoy most about the course is that you’re not just sitting in a lecture theatre all of the time being spoken to. You’re actually out in the field gaining experience, you’re very practical, visiting prisons and having prison officers and governors come in and speak to us.

Danielle Hackett

Criminal Justice with Offender Management

No other university I had applied to had the strong links that Staffordshire University had.

With my future career goal in mind, the links that the University has with Staffordshire Police really appealed to me and ended up being another reason that I chose the university. No other university I had applied to had the strong links that Staffordshire University had already established.

Sarah Hartley

MSci Forensic Investigation

Without help from the University I wouldn't be where I am now. It's pretty much my dream job.

The course has given me the knowledge and skills to collect evidence on a crime scene - skills I now use in my job. Without help from the University I wouldn't be where I am now. It's pretty much my dream job.

Louise Walker

Forensic Science Scenes of Crime Officer

Studying Forensic Investigation at Staffs gave me back my confidence and opened so many doors.

Studying Forensic Investigation at Staffs gave me back my confidence and opened so many doors.

The combined knowledge of the staff as well as the opportunities for hands on learning in the labs and the crime scene house gave me the foundations to begin my dream career.

Nadine Jones

Forensic Investigation Graduate

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