Course Overview

The world around us is changing rapidly, from climate change and Black Lives Matter to the rise in authoritarian governments and industrial action. This up-to-the-minute, bespoke course teaches you to make links between the local and the global, the individual and society, so you graduate with the knowledge and skills to make a change in society.

On this degree, you adopt a problem-driven approach to social issues, exploring policy and practice intervention responses across government, public services and the third sector. You learn to make links between what happens in our neighbourhoods and communities, and how these developments connect to sometimes very different communities in other parts of the world. Our teaching and research are rooted in local communities in Luton and Bedfordshire, around Britain and in places as far away as Eastern Europe, South Africa and the Caribbean.

The course is bespoke in that it offers a choice of three pathways – human rights, political sociology or cultural studies – as well as the opportunity to focus on subject areas that motivate you, such as globalisation and climate change; human rights and migration; activism and identity; power and inequality; politics and welfare.

General Eligibility

• At least 96 points with 80 points from at least 2 A level passes

• At least 96 points with Merit Merit Merit in BTEC Extended Diploma or Distinction Distinction in the BTEC Diploma

• A completed Access to Higher Education Diploma

• Equivalent qualifications such as Irish Leaving Certificate, OCR Nationals, International Baccalaureate and CACHE Level 3 awards.

Check Your Country page to confirm that your local qualifications are suitable or contact your International Admissions Team

Part Time Work Details

The 20 hours is total hours. It is not per job. If you hold multiple part-time jobs then the total hours of all the work you are doing added together.

Language Requirement

• English language requirements

  The University accepts the following qualification as satisfying the English Language requirements for entry to a Bachelor or Master's degree.

  UKVI Academic IELTS overall score of 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each element

  Please note: some courses may require higher levels of English – the exact criteria will be specified in the course descriptions