Criminal and Corporate Investigation BA Welcome Pack
Welcome to BA Criminal and Corporate Investigation – September 2026.
A warm welcome to you from the Criminal and Corporate Investigation Team!
Our Criminal and Corporate Investigation course has been designed and developed with input from leading investigation, intelligence, security, and financial specialists. Through studying your criminal investigation course, you will develop the necessary industry standard skills and experience to carry out professional investigations to the highest level within commercial, public, or criminal justice settings.
Our friendly team draws on a range of professional backgrounds and extensive experience in the policing and criminal justice field, and we want to share those with you and support you in your personal and academic development and in your professional practice in the future.
Many of our students have entered the commercial, public, or criminal justice field over the past few years – for example, working with a local Global Security Operations Centre; working within the retail crime sector; working as intelligence analysts; working as investigators for the NCA, or successfully applying to become a detective in the police.
In the meantime, if you have any questions or queries feel free to contact us – we are looking forward to meeting you in September!
Your Course Leader
Liam Miles
Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Dr Cleo Cameron
Deputy Course Leader and Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice Studies
cleo.cameron@northampton.ac.uk
Welcome and Induction Sessions
This is your induction timetable with in-person sessions starting on Tuesday 22 September. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Liam at Liam.miles@northampton.ac.uk
Tuesday 22 September
Session: Introduction to Criminal and Corporate Investigation: Meet the team, get to know more about the course and take part in some fun activities with your course mates!
- Time: 11am – 12:30pm (BST)
- Location: SN210, 2nd Floor, Senate, Waterside campus
Thursday 24 September
Session: Introduction to key resources for your course
- Time:
- 11 – 11.45am- Tutorial on NILE (our virtual learning environment) NELSON (UON’s Library search platform) and introduction to university support services.
- 12 – 1pm Library Tour
- 1 – 2pm- Lunch/Drop in to the course leader (optional)
- Location: SN210, 2nd Floor, Senate, Waterside campus
Thursday 24 September
Session: The Faculty Welcome Experience!
This is how we love to kick things off in the Faculty of Business Law! This fun and friendly social event brings music, unique games, party food and more to our new student and staff community. Hosted by the faculty Student Experience Assistant Team (SEAT), this is a great opportunity to connect and mix with peers and tutors from Business, Management, Analytics, Marketing, Hospitality, Law, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Criminology, Criminal Justice & Policing course communities. We promise you’ll have a great time…NOT TO BE MISSED!
- Time: 2 – 4pm (BST)
- Location: The Leathersellers Hide, 4th Floor, Learning Hub, Waterside campus
Reading List
(Please note that each module will have its own specific reading list, however, below are some readings that are highly recommended throughout your studies. You do not need to purchase any of these sources, as they are available via NELSON).
- Cottrell, S. (2023) Critical Thinking Skills. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
- Ellis, T. & Savage, S. P. (2012) Debates in criminal justice: key themes and issues. London: Routledge.
- Johnston, D. et al. (2023) Blackstone’s police manual 2024. Volume 2, Evidence and procedure. Twenty-sixth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Newburn, T. (2017) Criminology. Third edition. Abingdon, Oxon ; Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis Group.
- Ozin, P. & Norton, H. (2025) PACE : a practical guide to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. Sixth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Wilson, S. R. et al. (2021) English legal system. Fourth edition / Steve Wilson, Helen Rutherford, Tony Storey, Natalie Wortley, Birju Kotecha. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Enhancing skills, building networks and engaging in the wider University community
Throughout your studies you will have the chance to engage with our partners in local corporate organisations and policing who will provide delivery on your modules, but you will also have the opportunity to showcase some of the skills you have learnt in hackathons and present to leaders in the security sector, and visit security operations centres to learn about the roles you may go into after you graduate.
