Bursaries are available to support part-time students who are in receipt of benefit.
Discretionary funding is also available in certain circumstances.
They can pursue themes throughout semesters and levels. Social control can be studied through modules on deviancy, social problems and social policy, delinquency and health and illness. Ideology can be explored through modules in education, race and race relations, the mass media and politics. The dimensions and implications of social inequality can be studied through modules on race, health, gender and contemporary society. The Sociology programme enables students to develop a critical understanding of important public policy initiatives in the areas of poverty, housing, law and order, mass communications, health and education, which have transformed Britain in recent decades and which continuue to do so.