BSc (Hons) Professional Policing Practice (Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship)

Program Overview

This three-year degree apprenticeship program equips apprentices with the knowledge and skills to become competent police constables. It combines academic modules with hands-on operational experience, including simulated exercises and real-world incidents. Graduates are prepared for a fulfilling career as police personnel with Greater Manchester Police. The program emphasizes critical thinking, communication, and community impact.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The curriculum combines traditional training methodologies with innovative approaches and resources to foster critical thinking and independent learning. Simulation exercises form a significant component of the program, encouraging critical and evaluative thinking. The curriculum is designed to offer a balanced combination of academic skills, knowledge, and operational skills.

Key Objectives:

• Develop critical thinking, analytical skills, and problem-solving approaches.
• Enhance communication and interpersonal skills.
• Make a positive impact in local communities.
• Gain practical police constabulary skills and knowledge.

Outline:

The program is structured as a full-time, three-year degree apprenticeship with a blend of academic modules and hands-on operational experience.

Year One:

• Operational Policing: Introduces key areas like response policing, countering terrorism, and conducting investigations.
• Threats, Risk, and Harm: Explores concepts of vulnerability & risk, focusing on factors that heighten risks for individuals or communities.
• Syndicated Training: Covers mandatory topics like personal safety, first aid skills, investigative interviewing techniques, & simulated learning exercises to prepare students for the operational phase.
• Supported Operational Policing: Connects acquired academic skills with practical application through operational deployment alongside a tutor constable on a GMP district, dealing with real-world incidents.
• GM Communities and Partnerships: Examines the diverse nature and communities within Greater Manchester, highlighting partnership-based approaches for effective policing.

Year Two:

• Operational Policing in Practice: Delving deeper into response policing countering, terrorism, roads policing, and investigating skills.
• GM Communities and Partnerships: Examining contemporary issues such as online crime, cyber child safety, online policing & counter-terrorism strategies.
• Leadership and Vulnerability : Deeper exploration and application of leadership concepts in police contexts, combined with identifying factors enhancing vulnerability & risk for individuals or communities.

Year Three

• Strategic Leadership: Critically analyzing leadership and their application to police settings.
• Complexities Operational Policing Critically analyzing key policing areas like response and counter-terrorism strategies.
• Community Police in GM : Analyzing significant concerns in GM region's policing, including multi-agency roles in broader community protection.
• Preparation and Completion of the End -Point Assessment Demonstration of competency as a police Constable through portfolio submission, professional discussion and presentation with a concluding panel session.

Assessment:

Each module is evaluated through coursework and/or examinations. Apprentices also undertake an End Point Assessment (EPA) composed of:

• A portfolio demonstrating knowledge acquired both at the University and on-the-job.
• Professional discussion.
• Presentation followed by an interactive panel session.

Teaching:

The program incorporates an initial 19-week period combining GMP induction and policing training with academic studies. This is followed with a 10-week tutor stage where participants are assigned to an operational role.

Careers:

Graduates are prepared for a fulfilling career as police personnel with Greater Manchester.

Other:

• The course utilizes a range of teaching methods to provide a comprehensive learning experience for students.
• The program includes simulation exercises as a key component for enhancing critical thinking skills.