School of Social Sciences & Law
     

Law enforcement and professional practice

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Police riot training

For more information contact Ian Pepper, Principal Lecturer in policing

Our aim is to provide learning and research of a high quality, responding to the needs of students, the community and employers.

Programmes directly related to law enforcement professionals and those interested in working within the field.

Foundation Degree in Police Studies/Professional Policing - part-time *

This educational and training programme has been designed and delivered in partnership with police forces to meet local policing needs. It is mapped to National Occupational Standards (NOS) and Professionalising the Investigation Process (PIP) standards and aims to develop professional, confident and competent officers.

BSc (Hons) Crime and Investigation - full or part-time

This innovative honours degree is a multi-disciplinary programme made up of law, criminology, psychology and forensic science. It is a full-time traditional programme or part-time top-up for a foundation degree and includes modules such as Applied Investigations and Fingerprints and their uses in the Investigative Process.

MSc Criminal Investigation - full or part-time

This master’s degree has been designed to meet the needs of the professional investigator and those interested in working within the discipline. The MSc includes modules such as Investigating Homicide and Organised Crime.

University Certificate in Professional Development

We also provide a range of short one and two week programmes - these can lead to a University Certificate in Professional Development such as:

Professional development
Paul Faulkner, Yvonne Gamesby & Shane Kyme - Foundation Degree in Police Studies

In partnership with the Forensic Science Service we can now offer a UCPD Professional Investigation (Forensic Awareness)

  • Special Constables Programme *
  • Domestic Violence
  • Understanding and Responding to Sexual Violence
  • Fundamental Medicine for the Coroner Service
  • Coroners’ Law and the Bereaved
  • Medico-Legal Death Investigation
  • Research Methods

Other short courses are designed to meet the specific needs of the policing sector such as the Level 1 Potential Police and Community Support Officers course which is delivered in partnership with police forces.

Consultancy has been successfully completed on many aspects of police education and training both in the UK and overseas.

* Applications must come via the policing partner