MA in Security and Intelligence Studies
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People are generally introverted but as you join the societies it is great fun. The campus is so beautiful, has amazing scenery. It is great for walks. I had a very positive and learning experience here. It was a great place to be at.
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Postgraduate
In Buckingham
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Buckingham
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Start date
Different dates available
This programme aims to deliver a deep understanding of the contemporary security and intelligence environment in western democracies, with a focus on the UK. Security and Intelligence Studies are an important new field in political science but there is also widespread recognition that a good knowledge of how security and intelligence agencies operate; of the environment in which they operate; and of how their products are, and should be, used has become a key component of good and successful governance. Emphasis is placed on relating academic and historical analyses to contemporary problems and policy questions especially in the UK but also to western states in general, using a unique degree of practitioner-led expertise.With regard to intelligence-led policy and practice, emphasis is placed on the very skills that the intelligence community itself has been urged to develop in the wake of the Butler Review on Intelligence on WMD. This specifically recommended the development of a greater degree of ‘professionalisation’ in intelligence analysis skills, including critical thinking and analysis (developed in part through an element of exercising and collaborative working on challenge problems), and a greater ability to evaluate and assess disparate sources of sometimes conflicting information. This programme is aimed at everyone who is interested in intelligence and security issues, whatever their career plans, but also at those who may be aspiring to work in the field of security and intelligence. It can also assist the career development of those already employed within that field.
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People are generally introverted but as you join the societies it is great fun. The campus is so beautiful, has amazing scenery. It is great for walks. I had a very positive and learning experience here. It was a great place to be at.
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Course rating
Recommended
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This centre's achievements
All courses are up to date
The average rating is higher than 3.7
More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months
This centre has featured on Emagister for 14 years
Subjects
- Intelligence Analysis
- Security Awareness
- Security
- Security Management
- Security Manager
- Security risk management
- Terrorism
- Machinery
- Analytical simulation
- Tradecraft
Course programme
- Case Studies in Intelligence Success and Failure
- Current Threats: External and Internal
- Dissertation
- Intelligence and International Security since 1939
- Intelligence Tradecraft and Machinery
- Analytical Simulation Exercise
- Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Practice and Policy
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MA in Security and Intelligence Studies