Preparing you for work
How we can develop you
Students carrying out a forensic investigation
Our Forensic Science courses are accredited by the Forensic Science Society and endorsed by Skillsmark. This means that our teaching is up to date and gives you the skills and knowledge required to meet employer's needs as well as a range of transferrable skills. Read more about our strong links with employers in the sector.
Our teaching staff have strong backgrounds in both research and forensic casework and between us we cover a wide spectra of subject areas within Forensic Science. This means that you will develop your understanding of all aspects of this discipline ranging from DNA and Toxicology through to Anthropology and Entomology.
You are equipped for a range of careers at the end of your degree. Former graduates are currently employed as Scenes of Crimes Officers, Forensic Laboratory Technician, Forensic Intelligence Analyst, Chemistry Laboratory Technician, Chemical Analyst, Trainee Toxicologist, Forensic Examiner, Pharmacy Technician, Scientific Researcher, Organic Analyst and Environmental Analyst in local Police Forces and companies such as Scientifics, Rolls Royce and LGC Forensics.
The degree also prepares you for further study and previous students have gone on to study an MSc, MRes, PGCHE or PhD in specific areas of Forensic Science.
Conducting your own research
You also have a diverse choice of subjects for your final year research project enabling you to do something you are really interested in and that will be relevant to your future career. Previous students have conducted projects in the following areas:
- Blood spatter analysis
- Ballistics
- Fingermarks and fingerprints
- Footwear and footprints
- Handwriting and document analysis
- DNA analysis
- Trace detection of drugs and explosives
- Forensic entomology
- Forensic anthropology
- Forensic taphonomy
- Forensic microbiology
- Forensic photography
We encourage you to present your research at relevant conferences or publish it in forensic journals. Research by former graduates has been presented at local conferences, published in scientific journals and presented to the Houses of Parliament. Each year our students attend the East Midlands Forensics Institute Research Network (FIRN) conference to present their different research projects.
Forensic graduate Nazia Mehrban presented her work on the safety of electonically scanned signatures to her local MP and MEP. This resulted in a question being posed to the European Parliament and Nazia's work being published in the Journal of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners.
