As we observe International Day of Families on Sunday 15th May, Dr Pete Harris, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Newman University reflects on a report from the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) which highlights black working-class young people in England are being unfairly excluded and criminalised by a “two-tier education
On a sunny and fresh spring day staff and students from the Early Childhood Education and Care undergraduate programme and the Early Years Foundation Degree at Newman University went on a field trip to Dodford Children’s Farm in the Worcestershire countryside. The day was arranged to provide the students with
Over the past decade, protests have become more commonplace across the world and in the UK. The public have become less tolerant over issues involving those such as animal rights, police violence against black people, and violence against women, such as the recent murder of Sarah Everard in South London.
2nd year Criminology student Ellie, discusses what it’s like to study Criminology at Newman University. “At first glance, it would appear that Criminology involves studying serial killers that you see in Netflix documentaries or delving into the mind of a psychopath, but that is not always the case. “Criminology looks
In response to the sanctions of the Western nations on Russia, for example, removal of their banks from the SWIFT bank messaging system, and restrictions on the global assets of the Russian Central Bank and the Russian oligarchs (e.g., Roman Abramovitz, known widely for his ownership of Chelsea Football Club),
Last week, I introduced the idea of writing retreats for students studying on the BA (Hons) Working with Children, Young People and Families programme. Writing retreats are a popular tool used by academics to escape to a quiet place with like-minded colleagues and concentrate on producing a piece of writing
Newman University Criminology BA (Hons) student Ellie Brace, discusses what it’s like to be a Student Ambassador at Newman. She talks about the activities she’s been involved in since her time as an Ambassador and why she enjoys the role so much. “After being at the university for two years
April 7th is International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Rwandan Genocide which resulted in the death of over 800,000 people, nearly all of whom were Tutsis, targeted because of their ethnicity, by Hutu soldiers and civilians. Genocide is an international crime where victims are killed or caused serious harm
With exams fast approaching, Newman University’s Senior Lecturer and Course Leader in Mathematics, Andrew Toon discuses a simple idea to help our Mathematics students determine the derivative of any function using the algebra of what are called dual numbers instead of using the many rules of differentiation. “As some of
In 2016, the College of Policing, the regulatory body responsible for standards and education in policing, introduced the Police Education Qualifications framework (PEQF) to develop academic programmes for the 43 police services in England and Wales. This incorporated the requirement to obtain an undergraduate Degree in Professional Policing in order