Criminology (with Foundation Year) at Birmingham Newman University
Criminology (with Foundation Year) (BA (Hons), L313) at Birmingham Newman University asked for 48 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on newman.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~48 points
Openbelow CCC
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is the 2026 one and may have changed. Check newman.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 48
The middle entrant had under 96 points.
15 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with other qualifications 50%, A-levels or Highers 20%, no formal qualifications 20%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- L313 · L3 sociology
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- January 2028
- Entry
- Year 1, Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
75%
still studying
UK 85%
25%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
30 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course83%88%
Learning opportunities83%86%
Assessment and feedback90%84%
Academic support83%90%
Organisation and management73%83%
Learning resources89%90%
Student voice79%80%
15 final-year students · 55% responded · NSS 2024-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£28.5k3 years£18.5k5 years£22.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 10 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
65% working5% working and studying5% unemployed20% other
UK, same subject: 85% in work or study
65%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 45%
80%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
55%
use what they learned
UK 43%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals35%
- Protective service occupations10%
- Administrative occupations5%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation5%
- Caring personal services5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 15 graduates · 55% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Birmingham, West Midlands, England
- Postcode
- B32 3NT
Subjects
criminology social sciences
Campus
- Campus
- Birmingham Newman University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Sociology at other universities
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