Pursue your passion for civic duty and try and change the world or understand the challenges with this all-encompassing course.

You will gain an understanding of the work of public service bodies, policy creation, implementation and evaluation, and issues around the management and governance of public services.

You will also have the opportunity to choose from a range of optional modules at Levels 5 and 6, such as Public Service Law or Disaster and Emergency Management.

This BA(Hons) Public Services course also equips you with the professional knowledge and transferable skills to go on to a range of careers in a growing and dynamic sector.

You will be part of the vibrant School of Law and Criminology, with active student societies, and annual trips to the University of North Texas, College of Du Page near Chicago, as well as regular external speaker and careers events.   

You could go on to be employed in the following sectors:

• National Offender Management Service
• Police forces
• Local authorities
• Private sector employers (e.g. Group 4 Securicor, Reliance Custodial Services, public policy think tanks) and
• Third sector employers (e.g. Catch 22, NACRO).  
• Youth Work, Criminal Justice, Probation Services, Community Work, Rehabilitation and Restorative Justice, Law Enforcement (including community policing), the wider Criminal Justice System.
• Research and Planning - Governmental and regional planning departments, research firms, evaluation research, public opinion research, public policy think tanks.
• Agencies - Community Social Services, Youth Services, Disability Services, counselling.
• Government - Social Science Analysis, Administration, Policy Analysis.
• Education - Colleges and Universities, Educational Research.
• Media - Technical Writing, Newspaper and Magazine Reporting, Public Relations.

There are more than 200,000 people working in public sector criminal justice agencies, such as the police, probation services and prison officers, and another 500,000 employed in the private sector in the security industry. Local government is collectively one of the largest employers in the country, with approximately 1 million employees.