Foundation Degree in Community and Public Services
Online United Kingdom
Foundation Year
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
GBP 9,450 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Do you have a passion for, and a commitment to, community and public services and engagement with stakeholders? This Foundation Degree aims to develop knowledge and understanding of the wide and varied social, political, and economic environments that community and public services operate within. You will have the opportunity to listen to, and network with, serving public service practitioners and members of other community and public service organizations through visits, volunteering, guest lectures, and work-based delivery. In short, this course will enable you to develop your academic and professional skills so that you can seamlessly progress to your chosen top-up degree course or into the workplace.Full-time: £14,900 (£7,450 per year) Part-time: £11,100 (£3,700 per year)
The program includes the following subjects:
- 21st century democracy
- crime and justice studies
- applied social psychology
- developing community and public service competencies
- equality and diversity
- community and public services
- policy and social justice
- enterprise and the economy
- theory of crime and criminal behavior
- managing community and public services
- rehabilitation and resettlement.
- contemporary public service issues
- managing people
- criminology.
You will also develop the knowledge and skills to confidently interact with serving members of the public services and non-government organizations, and undertake a major research project for public sector organizations such as Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, Devon and Somerset Fire Service, and the Royal Marines.
- Senior Police Officers
- Senior Officers in Fire, Ambulance, Prison and Related Services
Assessment methods
Assessment will be on a continuous basis through a range of assessment criteria including presentations, essays, and in-class tasks.