Dr Denise Martin Dr Andrew Wooff SIPR Annual Conference 14/12/17 Treading the front-line, Tartanisation and Police Academic Partnerships Dr Denise Martin Dr Andrew Wooff SIPR Annual Conference 14/12/17

Introduction to pathways Pathways to Policing project running for a couple years Intention was to examine route into policing, including educational routes. Policing pathways sought engagement from SIPR to examine possible options for developing HE routes- but never intentionally a full police degree Alternative was to through partnership map police required skills and knowledge onto existing degree programmes in Scottish HEI’s. Four institutions agreed to participate Glasgow Caledonian University, Abertay University, Napier University and University of the West of Scotland (UWS). These institution all currently delivered criminology/Criminal Justice at undergraduate level and believed they could readily offer programme to students interested in pursuing a degree in policing.

Edinburgh Napier University experience 4 year BSc (Hons) Policing and Criminology launched in Sept 2018 ~ 25 students per year Different ‘pathways’ through programme responding to Police Scotland priority areas (law, business and digital) Policing programme fits with our research and teaching ethos – an applied institution with research expertise in policing Special Constabulary central to programme CPD potential – online modules in Y3/4 Part-time route may become available

University of the west of scotland experience Approximate outline Key points Level 9 CJ Police Level 10 CJ Trimester 1 Penology and Prisons (C) Penology and Prisons (O) Dissertation Police related Dissertation Youth and Gang (O) Violence Youth and Gang Violence (O) Crime as Social Harm (O) Contemporary Studies in Criminal Justice (O) Security in a Global Age (O) Trimester 2   Research and Inquiry 3 (40) (C) R and I 3 (C) Police Related Dissertation (C) Negotiated Study (O)/Youth Justice Policing Communities (C) Victimology (O) Crime Investigation (C) Criminal Careers (O) Comparative Justice (O) Mapped onto existing degree from Level 9 In level 7 and 8 same modules as CJ degree also include police-related content Criminal Law, Introduction to policing Modules designed in innovative way to allow flexibility Approximately 30 students Beginning 2018-19, first cohort graduate 2020.

Police-university Partnerships Opportunities Aligning evidence and police training much more closely Linking research to education and leadership in policing Forging closer links between the police and academic institutions Research opportunities for police and academics (eg practitioner fellowship) International opportunities strong links with countries like Norway Challenges Not always aligned in outlook: multiple models of police-university partnerships Planning cycles can be challenging (movement of staff vs ~5 year planning) Changing personnel – unsettling relationships Building shared values, mutual trust and sense of purpose: Clarifying purpose and priorities Developing a shared commitment and collaborative advantages For us maintaining critical distance and taking partnership approach is key for academic integrity and working in partnership

Police Scotland - Long term planning + professionalisation Police Scotland and 2026 Ambitious Strategy aimed to ensure that Police Scotland meet the changing shape of society, meet new crime challenges and ensure safety and well being within communities. Appreciation that to achieve this: ‘Failure to invest in our people and infrastructure will compromise our ability to deliver the policing service that Scotland needs.’ Strategic objective to: Empower, Enable and Support our people 2026 aims to: Create of better and diverse knowledge and skills base Enable leadership across organisation Appreciate need for flexibility of workforce Encourage greater diversity Achieved by: New posts to examine staff training and development at every level, new strategies, training, extending collaborative parternships, Graduate Apprenticeship schemes Remains to be seen if Degree route will be common place.

Conclusion Short-term: Medium-longer term: Theory and critique At the start of a journey – lots of future opportunities Fulfilling student needs Getting the ‘nuts and bolts’ right Medium-longer term: Developing modules which can be taken as CPD Part-time routes Cross university MSc potential Theory and critique Understand the way in which Educational Routes have been implemented and they way this has been shaped by broader shifts both internally (organisational culture, myths realities and perceptions) and externally through reconfiguration of Professional work.