Over the last few weeks, the students have been learning about the importance of supporting victims and witnesses. They have met with a West Midlands police officer who was able to explain the wide range of special steps that can be taken to support witnesses and to assist them through
Professional Policing students are currently working on their police investigations module and some of the activity is managing crime scenes. Student were required to attend the scene of a robbery, search for, and seize evidence, before placing it in exhibit bags and compiling a witness statement outlining what they had
Reading is an essential skill for children’s development – and of course one of the fundamental components of schooling – but it is also crucial for parents and carers to encourage it from a young age – and not just in order to hit those SATs targets. Not only does
Why I chose Newman University We asked our current third year students on Integrative Counselling why they chose to study at Newman University, and these are the responses we had: I chose Newman because it offered my course requirements for training and because of the ethos – of my faith.
Faisal Mahmood, Head of Counselling and Psychotherapy, has co-authored with Emma Flax a chapter for the 5th Edition of ‘The Sage Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy’, edited by Terry Hanley and Laura Anne Winter. The chapter, entitled ‘Gestalt Therapy’, gives a detailed overview of the Gestalt approach outlining famous founders
As a member of the Birmingham Law Society, Karen Cooper Head of Law at Newman University, is delighted to have been a judge on the panel for the Birmingham Law Society Legal awards for 2023. The judges experienced independent individuals who are brought together from the world of law, business
To support their studies this year Newman University has provided its Law students with membership of the Birmingham Law Society. This will enable students to benefit from being part of the local legal community. Students will be able to access a host of career development opportunities including attend the society’s
Newman law students have the opportunity to engage in a number of bespoke workshops over several weeks. In additional to usual classes, Law students have been able to attend 6, 2 hour bespoke workshops to help develop their employability skills and prepare them for future careers in law. The workshops
Michael Lane, the new Lecturer in Law at Newman University, recently presented his research at a Conference on the United Kingdom’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a UN forum for improving countries’ human rights records. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human
Why I chose Newman University I am currently studying at Newman University my first year for the integrative counselling top-up BA(Hons) course. I am a returning student as I completed my foundation degree here too. I attended an open day with one of my peers who was going to join