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What is it like to be a PCDA student with The Open University?

PCDA student from North Yorkshire Police tells us more about what it's like to study with the OU.

24th September 2021

Dr Tom Cockcroft joins the Centre on secondment from Leeds Beckett University

Dr Tom Cockcroft joins the Centre on secondment from Leeds Beckett University to work on the Tutor Constables project.

21st September 2021

Dr Camilla Elphick becomes a Lecturer in psychology and joins the Centre as a Hub member

Dr Camilla Elphick tells us more about her new role and becoming a Hub member.

21st September 2021

Pioneering new research published on domestic homicides and victim suicides

A ground-breaking project set up in 2020 to establish the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on domestic homicides has now published its first findings.

26th August 2021

Mark Welton joins the POP Team

Mark Welton joins the Policing Organisation and Practice Team as a Lecturer and is part of the team designing and delivering the material for the PCDA

16th August 2021

What is it like to be a Practice Tutor at the OU?

Abigail Salter tells us more about her experience as a Practice Tutor with the POP team.

12th August 2021

Police and academics working together to improve rape and serious sexual assault investigations

Project Bluestone, working in partnership with academic experts and Avon and Somerset Constabulary, sought to improve the investigation and response to rape and serious sexual assault.

11th August 2021

Reflections on a Senior Practitioner Fellowship with the CPRL

Lucy Bottomley recently completed a 3-month secondment to the Centre from Thames Valley Police working as a Senior Practitioner Fellow.

6th August 2021

Professor Jason Roach joins the Centre as a Visiting Professor

Jason tells us more about his experience and research interests.

14th June 2021

Dr Sarah-Jane Lennie joins the POP Team

Dr Sarah-Jane Lennie joined the Policing Organisation & Practice team as a Lecturer in May 2021.

9th June 2021
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