Our services
The Police Education Consortium provides a unique approach to the delivery of police education, we are four universities who operate as a single organisation with standardised regulations, policies and procedures to provide a seamless delivery to our partner forces.
Our collaborative approach ensures we focus on co-design and we are able to bring our significant collective expertise and experience to establish highly effective partnerships to develop integrated programmes that are grounded in professional practice, where the operational policing environment is the primary site of learning.
We constantly ensure we draw on the expert staff in our team who have significant operational and academic policing experience, from Constables to Detective Chief Superintendents, complemented by specialists in criminal justice and criminology, and expertise in work-based pedagogical practice.
Our programmes
Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA)
The Consortium works closely with police service partners to design, develop and deliver College of Policing licenced PCDA programmes which equip student officers with the professional knowledge, skills and behaviours required to meet the complex demands of modern policing.
Key strength
A sector leading and highly innovative approach to integrating the assessment of Independent Patrol Status (IPS) and Full Occupational Competence (FOC) within the assessment of programme modules.
Successful completion of this Degree Apprenticeship will result in:
A BSc (Hons) in Professional Policing Practice
An Apprenticeship Certificate demonstrating that the national Apprenticeship Standard for full occupational competence as a Police Constable has been met
Becoming accredited as a fully operationally competent Police Constable.
Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP)
The Consortium works closely with police service partners to design, develop and deliver College of Policing licenced DHEP programmes which build on the prior attainment of a degree qualification to develop the professional knowledge, skills and behaviours required to meet the complex demands of modern policing.
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Key strength
Sector leading and highly innovative approach to integrating the assessment of Independent Patrol Status (IPS) and Full Occupational Competence (FOC) within the assessment of programme modules.
Successful completion of this Programme will include:
A Graduate Diploma in Professional Policing Practice
Becoming accredited as a fully operationally competent Police Constable.
Detective Degree Holder Entry Programme (DDHEP)
The Detective DHEP has the same structure and modules as the DHEP but also provides the opportunity to achieve Detective (PIP 2) status within the initial two years of study. This is achieved by including PIP 2 training as well as preparation for the National Investigators’ Examination (NIE).
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Key strength
Programmes integrate the opportunity to gain national recognition through the NIE.
Successful completion of this Programme will include:
A Graduate Diploma in Professional Policing Practice (Detective)
Becoming accredited as a fully operationally competent Police Constable.
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and achieving Detective Constable Status.
Other professional policing courses / programmes
The Consortium has access to each Universities Policing programmes and is able to provide access to high impact and innovative additional resources and programmes such as, Innovative short courses on areas such as data breaches, courtroom skills for detective and immersive programmes on sensitive topics such as child deaths.
