**Foundation Year**
Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, youll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset...
**Foundation Year**<br/><br/>Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, youll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that youd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.<br/><br/>**International Students**<br/><br/>For International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. Applications for International Foundation Years are also handled by KUIC; please do not apply via UCAS as the University will not be able to process your application and you may still be charged the UCAS application fee. To find out more and to apply for an International Foundation Year, visit https://kuic.keele.ac.uk/<br/><br/>**Forensic Psychology**<br/><br/>Explore the fascinating complexity of the human mind to understand what motivates people to commit crime. Our Forensic Psychology BSc offers a great starting point for a career focused on understanding, reducing and preventing criminal behaviour, as well as assisting with investigations through victim and witness support. Prepare for a range of careers including the police, probation and prison services, victim support charities and youth offending teams.<br/><br/>**Why choose this course?**<br/>- This programme is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) as providing the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC)<br/><br/><br/>- Develop systematic and scientific understanding of the core areas of psychology as well as specialised knowledge in forensic psychology<br/><br/><br/>- Enhance your career prospects by gaining hands-on work experience with our optional placement year<br/><br/><br/>- Experience new cultures and broaden your horizons by choosing to spend a year studying abroad <br/><br/><br/>- Take part in research-driven and external-facing projects which address current controversies and debates <br/><br/><br/>Researchers in Forensic Psychology utilise a wide range of techniques in order to understand how people think, feel, communicate, and act in the criminal justice process. You will explore the compelling intersection between psychology and crime to apply psychological theories, methods and research to some of the critical challenges facing our criminal justice system.<br/><br/>As no prior knowledge of the subject is required, we will carefully guide you in developing a solid grounding in the core areas of Psychology specified by the British Psychological Society (BPS) curriculum. You will learn about biological, cognitive, social and developmental psychology as well as individual differences and historical issues. You will also gain fundamental scientific skills in research design, statistics, qualitative and survey methods, to conduct research and critically analyse that of others. <br/><br/>**About Keele**<br/><br/>Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university.<br/><br/>We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level.<br/><br/>Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
09/2025
Campus
Main Site
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
C8B2
Institution Code
K12
Points of Entry
Foundation, Year 1
UCAS Tariff56 56 UCAS Tariff points from at least 1 A Level/Level 3 qualification. We will also consider applicants who may not have traditional academic qualifications but have work experience or vocational qualifications. Access to HE Diploma56 UCAS points International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme56 UCAS points Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)56 UCAS points GCSE/National 4/National 5GCSE English Language at grade C (or 4) OR Level 2 Functional Skills in English AND GCSE Maths at grade C (or 4) OR Level 2 Functional Skills Maths A level56 UCAS points T LevelP Pass overall (D&E). |
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