School of Health, Social Care, Sport and Exercise Sciences
The key aims of the School of Health, Social Care, Sport and Exercise Sciences is that of researching and promoting best practice in the health, social care and sport sectors and improving the nation’s health, fitness and wellbeing.
We have extensive experience in delivering nursing programmes and offers pre-registration and post-registration courses which are tailored to the diverse specialist careers which are offered in the health sector. In addition the School offers a degree programme in occupational therapy and degrees in complementary therapies covering a number of therapies including Acupuncture, Tui Na, Tai Qi, Qi Gong and Chinese Herbal Patent Medicine.
These courses offer extensive practical experience either in hospital work placements for the nursing degrees or within the Chinese Medicine Clinic for the complementary therapies degrees.
The sport and exercise sciences degrees at Glyndŵr University aim to cover a wide range of subjects for students to understand fully the application of science to sport. The University has excellent facilities on campus including a well-equipped Human Performance Laboratory, a modern six court sized sports hall and an all-weather floodlit playing field and a water-based hockey pitch of international standard.
The criminal justice and social policy programmes within this School are an ideal way to develop understanding of the current issues in criminal justice practice and policy, and Glyndŵr University is one of only a handful of higher education institutions in the UK that currently run a Substance Use degree.
The Criminal Justice Team run a full-time BA (Hons) in Criminal Justice and a part-time and full-time MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice. These popular programmes have a strong commitment to enable students to critically explore the context, issues and dilemmas in managing and responding to crime in the 21st century. The programmes are taught by academics who carry out research, publish books and journals, while also understanding the nature of the workplace: all the staff have actually worked in the criminal justice system in roles including barrister, probation officer, youth justice worker, women’s aid support worker, mentor and drugs worker. Strong themes that reflect staff research interests and expertise are substance misuse, youth justice, mental health and multi-agency partnerships. The two programmes (BA & MA) seek to inform and equip students to critically develop their knowledge and understanding to develop and enhance policy and practice in the workplace.
Glyndŵr University has been running social work programmes for over 25 years. This degree leads to a recognised professional qualification in this area and emphasises practice learning opportunities.
The Social Inclusion Research Unit and the Centre for Health and Community Research within this School undertake a number of interesting projects in the key areas of families, young people and children, diet and nutrition, substance misuse and Welsh culture and language.
Further information about Sport & Exercise Sciences at Glyndŵr University
Further information about Criminal Justice at Glyndŵr University
