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A video message from Dr Zoë Walkington.

Emerging evidence from China and France suggest domestic abuse has increased three times during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Centre would like to welcome Dr Natalie Benton who joined us from Cambridgeshire Constabulary as a Senior Practitioner Fellow on a four-month secondment on 1st April 2020.

In the time of COVID-19: it is business as usual for the Centre for Policing Research and Learning.

Dr Lis Bates visits Finland to give a lecture at the Police University College in Tampere and also to be an expert commentator on a new report.

The 2019 Annual Report for the Centre for Policing Research and Learning is now available to view online.

Innovating Pedagogy 2020 is the latest in our popular series of annual reports explaining ten promising new forms of teaching, learning and assessment for an interactive world.

This free course written in collaboration with Police Force Northern Ireland (PSNI), focuses on communication skills and specifically looks at how to build rapport and get the most out of conversations in community settings. 

This free course written in collaboration with Police Force Northern Ireland (PSNI), focuses on the challenge of leadership and leading change in an ever-changing policing context. 

North Yorkshire Police and the OU have announced a new collaboration delivering specialist education for police officers from July 2020.