Professional Policing (with Foundation Year)

This course includes a foundation year - ideal if you need additional preparation or if you don't have sufficient grades to join Year 1 of a degree.

Course overview:
This degree equips you with the knowledge, skills and professional understanding needed to serve and protect communities through effective, evidence-based policing. Based on the National Policing Curriculum, it prepares you for careers across the police service, military police and wider criminal justice sector. With access to first-class facilities and taught by experts with real-world policing experience, you’ll graduate ready to take the next step in your policing journey. The degree has a currency of five years following graduation for recruitment into policing.

You explore the five policing practice themes of: response policing, policing communities, policing the road, information and intelligence, and conducting investigations.

We have a proven track record of working effectively with policing and criminal justice partners which provide unique employability opportunities. Our exceptionally talented crime and investigation team are from a variety of backgrounds including policing professionals and academia giving you an authentic and current learning experience. Your teaching team draw upon local case studies to enrich your learning experience in class and by sending you out into the community.

Successful completion of the BSc (Hons) Professional Policing cannot guarantee your recruitment to the police service. Each force has its own requirements so please refer to the College of Policing website which outlines the official police recruitment processes, i.e. the Police SEARCH® or Day One Recruit Assessment Centre.

Top reasons to study this course:

• Learn from the experts: your teaching team includes former policing professionals and academic specialists who bring real-world insights and local case studies into the classroom, ensuring your learning stays current and relevant.

• Train like a professional: put theory into practice in our replica police station, courtroom and crime scene house. Develop your skills in interviewing, evidence collection and scene preservation.

• Explore real issues, make real impact: focus your final-year research project on a live local issue and build experience through community engagement and our strong links with Cleveland Police, Her Majesty’s Prison and probation services.

After the course:
You will have the required knowledge and understanding to apply to be employed as a police officer, police staff (such as civilian investigators, detention officers), or within the military police.

All programmes are designed to incorporate employability skills development alongside your degree course. Our staff utilise their extensive connections to provide many and varied opportunities to engage with potential employers through fairs, guest lecture sessions, live projects and site visits. In addition we offer a series of workshops and events in the first, second and third year that ensure all students are equipped with both degree level subject knowledge PLUS the practical skills that employers are looking for in new graduate recruits.

Our award-winning careers service works with regional and national employers to advertise graduate positions, in addition to providing post-graduation support for all Teesside University alumni.

Course Modules

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