News & Blogs

A new paper has been published by the Operation Soteria Bluestone team titled "Stress-related psychosocial factors among police officers working on Rape and Serious Sexual (RASSO) cases in one Police Force Area in England: a mixed methods study". 

We are delighted to announce that we won the research award for “best external collaboration and knowledge exchange”.

The project has received additional funding to move into a second year of research.

It is with great delight that we announce the appointment of Dr Nick Caveney as Chair.

Jamie Smith from South Yorkshire Police has been elected as a Steering Group member for the Centre for Policing Research and Learning.

Superintendent Paul Ford from Hampshire Constabulary has been elected as Vice Chair for the Centre.

Watch this short film that has been produced by the research team.

We are very pleased to announce that the Centre for Police Research and Learning has been shortlisted by the Open University’s Research Excellence Awards 2022.

Blog post by Simon Hull about how the policing team are using the metaverse as a method for teaching and learning.

CPRL recently completed a project for the National Uplift Programme following a previous piece of work exploring the implications of having a younger in service and age profile of officers.