About us

Unitas is an education charity, offering transformational learning opportunities in youth justice and criminal justice. We are the leading provider of youth justice courses in England and Wales and have taught over 3000 students since 2012, on distance learning programmes that are achievable, affordable and accessible to all.

We offer the following qualifications:

• Certificate of Higher Educations (Cert HE)
• Foundation Degree (FD)
• Diploma of Higher Education (Dip HE)
• Bachelor (Ordinary) Degree (BA)
• Bachelor (Honours Degree (BA Hons)
• Standalone Courses

Courses

Crime, its causes and consequences concern us all, particularly if children are involved.

We specialise in criminal justice, offering transformational learning opportunities for anyone wanting to learn more about or work in the youth and criminal justice systems.

We provide high quality, vocationally relevant courses and degrees, that are affordable and accessible to all.  The largest provider of youth justice programmes in the UK, we also recently established the Youth Justice Institute in partnership with other key organisations, to identify and disseminate the latest research and evaluation evidence to help practitioners improve outcomes for children.

Youth Justice
Written and developed by leading academics, managers and practitioners working in a wide range of youth justice organisations, our courses offer unparalleled breadth and depth of practice-based learning at half the cost of equivalent distance learning courses offered elsewhere, and up to a third of the cost of traditional campus-based programmes.

Unitas is also delighted to be offering the Level 5 Youth Justice Apprenticeship standard in addition to our range of youth justice vocational courses.  The training delivery period for the standard is 25 months and the apprentice will be supported by our own experienced youth justice in-house team of learning coaches and tutors.

The delivery methods will include access to our unique digital materials, bespoke regional or online workshops to support the apprentice learning experience as well as online and in-person support visits to the workplace.

Criminology & Criminal Justice
We offer two routes to a Criminology BA (Hons), both of which draw upon a broad range of disciplines such as Criminology, Sociology, Psychology, Law, Social Policy and Philosophy to actively encourage the development of strong analytical, reasoning and reflective skills.

The Crime, Criminology and Criminal Justice route is an exciting mainstream academic programme suitable for anyone who is interested in what drives people to commit crime and how society responds to this behaviour.

Careers information 

Gaining any of our nationally recognised qualifications will help you develop the knowledge and skills sought after by employers in the criminal justice sectors, as well as in a wide range of other fields.

Careers in Youth Justice

If you already work or volunteer with children in youth justice or similar disciplines, our courses will help you progress your career in roles such as:

• Youth Offending Team (YOT) practitioner
• Custodial Care Officer
• Specialist in education, substance misuse, accommodation or mental health
• Senior practitioner or operational manager
• Social worker
• Youth worker
• Police officer

Careers in Criminal Justice

Our Criminology and Criminal Justice courses can help you go on to many jobs in the criminal justice sector, such as:

• Crime scene investigator
• Police officer
• Prison or probation officer
• Detective
• Social worker
• Youth Offending Team (YOT) practitioner
• Specialist in substance misuse, mental health, housing or domestic abuse
• Community development worker
• Border Force officer

You can see more careers suggestions and information on our website.