Meet the team

Our team members across the department and centre, covering professional services to academic staff.

Leadership Team

Dr Nick Caveney, Chair

Assistant Chief Constable at Hertfordshire Constabulary. Chairs the Centre partnership, including the Steering Group and the Membership Group of the 20 police agency partners.

Jennifer Norman, Head of Department for Policing

Jennifer Norman is the Head of Department for Policing in the Faculty of Business & Law (FBL). She started this role in April 2022 and leads a team of interdisciplinary academics in the development of the policing programmes at the Open University that are delivered as part of the Police Education Qualification Framework.

Dr Paul Walley, Director of Learning

Senior Lecturer in Operations Management. Responsible for all non-accredited learning, and also the Postgraduate Certificate and PhDs. Research on demand management in policing and in health services.

Support Team

Anita Aldridge, Project Manager

Project Manager. Manages Centre projects and oversees the research project portfolio.

Sarah Armstrong-Hallam, Senior Manager, Operations and Senior Project Manager, Operation Soteria Bluestone

Senior Manager, Operations and Senior Project Manager, Operation Soteria Bluestone.

Adele Peters, Personal Assistant

PA to the Head of the Department for Policing.

Natalie Rankin, Team Secretary

Team Secretary. Involved in running the Centre office, has a particular focus on the Membership Group, the Centre’s research projects and conference activity

Academic Staff

Dr Sean Bell, Lecturer in Policing Organisation and Practice

Dr Keely Duddin, Lecturer in Policing Organisation and Practice

Dr Helen Glasspoole-Bird, Research Fellow

Dr Sarah Hutton, Lecturer in Policing Organisation and Practice

Dr Ahmed Kadry, Lecturer in Policing Organisation and Practice

Jo Lambert, Teaching Director for Policing Organisation and Practice

Ian McNeill, Senior Lecturer in CPD Development in Policing

Dr Shona Morrison, Lecturer in Policing Organisation and Practice

Dr Stephen Moss, Lecturer in Policing Organisation and Practice

Abigail Salter, Lecturer in Policing Organisation and Practice

Dr Helen Selby-Fell, Senior Lecturer in Policing Organisation and Practice

Mark Welton, Lecturer in Policing Organisation and Practice

Kendal Wright, Lecturer in Policing Organisation and Practice

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News

Dr Kendal Wright and Dr Keely Duddin present research on maternity bias and stigma at the IRSPM conference

On 09 April, Kendal Wright and Dr Keely Duddin from the policing team and co-leads on a Parental Pathways research project, presented at the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) conference.

29th May 2025