Liverpool Cetre for Advaced Policig Studies POSTGRADUATE STUDY AND RESEARCH ljmu.ac.uk
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Welcome to the Liverpool Cetre for Advaced Policig Studies LJMU has delivered cuttig-edge Policig Studies degree programmes for servig officers i Merseyside Police for early a decade, makig the Uiversity oe of the logest established providers of policig educatio. Followig the lauch of the Liverpool Cetre for Advaced Policig Studies i October 2015, a ew suite of Policig Studies degrees were itroduced for September ad Jauary starts. The Cetre aims to produce sector-leadig research, which cuts across traditioal discipliary boudaries, developed to meet the challeges facig moder policig, law eforcemet ad security. Research udertake withi the Cetre makes a sigificat cotributio to the emergig evidece-base withi the sector ad will cotribute to the developmet of policig policy ad practice. The Cetre s iterdiscipliary learig portfolio equips studets ad practitioers with the skills they will eed to respod to the complex demads of cotemporary policig. The course portfolio has bee desiged to esure participats will make a sigificat professioal impact i their chose field through their kowledge ad uderstadig of evidece-based approaches to policig. It is this focus o providig cuttig-edge learig through postgraduate ad Cotiuous Professioal Developmet programmes, desiged with practitioers ad bodies such as the College of Policig, which makes the Cetre a ideal destiatio for ayoe wishig to eter the Police or allied professios, such as security or the crimial justice sector. Comig soo for 2018 MSc Crime Sciece ad Homicide Ivestigatio MSc Crime Sciece ad Covert Ivestigatio MPhil/PhD Advaced Policig See the website for details 2
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Postgraduate study optios QUALIFICATIONS AVAILABLE LJMU offers a wide rage of taught ad research programmes delivered by academics actively ivolved i iovative research ad groud-breakig cosultacy projects. Ideed, it is this combiatio of academic expertise ad real world experiece that helps esure our programmes: are up-to-date, accredited by key professioal bodies ad deliver the kowledge, skills ad experiece required to achieve your professioal ambitios. Postgraduate Certificates (PgCert) ad Diplomas (PgDip) ca act as stad-aloe professioal qualificatios ca mark iterim achievemets e route to a full (taught) masters qualificatio Taught Masters (MSc) builds o udergraduate kowledge ad skills ca be studied 12 moths full-time, with a two year part-time optio ofte available ofte eables you to select specialist optioal modules based o your ow iterests ivolves a dissertatio Leadig the way i educatio I 2016, LJMU became the first uiversity to receive two commeded judgemets i the Higher Educatio Review by the Quality Assurace Agecy (QAA). All UK uiversities udergo a rigorous idepedet review by the QAA to check that they meet set stadards. Our review saw us far exceedig the criteria, beig commeded for the quality ad ehacemet of our studet learig opportuities ad beig praised for ie other areas of good practice. MPhil focuses o usig appropriate research methods ad techiques to coduct a idepedet equiry ca be completed i oe to four years, depedig if you are a full or part-time studet Professioal Doctorate or PhD focuses o makig a origial, persoal cotributio to the uderstadig of a problem, the advacemet of kowledge or the geeratio of ew ideas takes betwee two ad four to complete, depedig o your mode of study The beefits of studyig at LJMU were clearly outlied by the QAA. The report commeted o our: provisio of clear expectatios for studets curriculum ehacig placemets cotiual developmet of teachig staff work, eablig studets to reach their graduate potetial programme moitorig ad improvemet processes ability to collect ad act o studet feedback idetificatio of ehacemet opportuities for studets stregtheig collaborative parterships parterships with postgraduate research studets 4
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A global uiversity LJMU is a global uiversity, welcomig studets ad staff from over 100 differet coutries ad workig i collaboratio with busiesses, professioal bodies ad educatioal istitutios from all over the world. We offer studets ad staff excitig opportuities to work, trai or study overseas, ecouragig them to embrace iteratioal employmet opportuities. Our appetite for collaboratio has created huge success ad ispired our graduates to see beyod atioal boudaries ad cultural traditios. Excellet facilities The Cetre is based i the Joh Foster Buildig o the Mout Pleasat campus ad here you ll fid high specificatio learig ad teachig rooms, lecture theatres ad a large IT suite. The buildig itself, a former covet, has a fasciatig history ad may of its origial features remai, icludig the Moot Room which hosts large lectures, semiars ad Faculty evets. First class learig resources LJMU has three libraries: the Aldham Robarts library at the Mout Pleasat Campus, the Avril Robarts library i the City Cetre ad the IM Marsh library. A hub for all frot-lie studet services, our libraries are the place to: register ad erol, had i your coursework, pay fees ad get guidace o aythig related to the studet experiece. All libraries have WiFi so you ca work o your ow device, borrow a laptop or book a PC. You ca also book a space to work quietly with frieds ad ca prit, copy ad sca items here too. I essece, our libraries offer: 2,000 study spaces icludig desigated postgraduate areas for whe you eed some quiet time to focus ad meetig areas so you ca collaborate i groups helpful ad friedly academic liaiso librarias for each Departmet/Faculty Wi-Fi access World-leadig research Established i 2015, the Liverpool Cetre for Advaced Policig Studies (LCAPS) has a wealth of professioal, practical ad academic experiece. LCAPS uses this experiece to coduct research ad provide traiig withi the fields of policig, crime prevetio ad allied security professios. The Cetre brigs together research-active staff from across the Uiversity. This multi-discipliary approach meas LCAPS researchers specialise i eight distict areas: Policig Studies; Crimial Justice; Crimiology; Foresic Computig; Public Health; Urba Affairs; Law ad Cybercrime. LCAPS also carries out work withi the followig research areas: crime prevetio, people traffickig, public order, metal health, multi-agecy ad partership workig i the public sector, computer crime ivestigatio, terrorism ad couter-terrorism, port security, risk maagemet, itelligece led policig. As a studet you will be supervised by a diverse commuity of leadig academics ad fellow researchers, while receivig specialist traiig i research methods ad academic skills. We are particularly iterested i iterdiscipliary methodologies ad our suite of Policig Studies masters qualificatios focus o developig the professioalisatio ageda. Areas of stregth iclude: trasatioal orgaised crime, public order ad protest, huma traffickig, terrorism, itelligece ad security policig i coflict zoes. Employmet opportuities Thaks to our workig relatioships at local, regioal ad atioal level with policig orgaisatios ad through our liks with a diverse rage of Merseyside employers ad orgaisatios, you will ejoy excellet opportuities for academic ad persoal career developmet. Each of the postgraduate programmes offered by LCAPS will prepare you for further study, employmet or ew roles i your curret professio. O completio of your course, you may cosider a career i the police service or i areas coected to ivestigatio, security or crimial justice e.g. the armed services, priso service, social work or crimial justice-related roles withi the Civil Service. If you are already i employmet, each programme will prepare you to specialise i your area of iterest. etworked PCs ad access to 2000+ applicatios laptops you ca borrow whe you eed to be out ad about helpdesk ad iductio sessios to familiarise yourself with the resources ad facilities available a user-friedly search egie to search more tha 820,000 items icludig 650,000 prited resources, 129,000 e-books, 45,000 electroic joural titles, olie ewspapers, legal databases, compay jourals ad special collectios I would ecourage ayoe to come to LJMU to study at postgraduate level. Mature studet, Catherie Gadd 6
Our people Our academics have the specialist kowledge ad idustry isight to make a real differece to your future. Here are just some of the tutors based i the Liverpool Cetre for Advaced Policig Studies. MR IAN WHITFIELD Advaced Policig A experieced former Merseyside police officer who also served i various overseas locatios o operatioal, traiig ad advisory missios, Ia s operatioal experiece is largely i the commad of critical icidets, firearms ad public order operatios. He has extesive experiece i policig large scale crowd evets. Ia s research iterests iclude the sociology, psychology ad policig of collective actio ad crowds i multiple cotexts. DR DANIEL SILVERSTONE PhD ad Professioal Doctorate Daiel s mai research iterest is the study of orgaised crime ad its policig. He is curretly the Director of LCAPS ad has coducted several research projects for a diverse rage of cetral ad local govermet bodies. This icludes recet publicatios o the subjects of traffickig from Vietam ad the use of Body Wor Cameras withi City of Lodo Police. Daiel has several completios as first supervisor ad is curretly supervisig PhD studets researchig several policig ad orgaised crime issues. DR HEATHER PANTER Policig ad Crimial Ivestigatio Heather is programme leader for Policig ad Crimial Ivestigatio, whose research ivolves the comparative cross-examiatio of policig withi the Uited States ad the Uited Kigdom i respect to officers cogitive ad social perceptios of LGBT+ idetities. A portio of her curret research focuses o biases, geder theories, psychological coflict theories, ad the issues surroudig social acceptace of those i stigmatised miority groups withi policig. Heather is a retired police detective with a combied 13 years of America law eforcemet experiece with local ad federal police agecies. She is a passioate teacher who draws upo her previous police experiece to create a iovative pedagogic eviromet which eables studets to both grasp ad apply complex crimiological/ ivestigative ideas. 7
WHAT OUR STUDENTS THINK Grace Burto is part of the first cohort of studets to complete a masters degree i the MSc Policig ad Cybercrime at the Liverpool Cetre of Advaced Policig Studies. Grace achieved a pass with Distictio. Grace origially completed a udergraduate degree i Policig Studies at LJMU ad fell i love with the city, so it was a easy choice for her to cotiue her studies at LCAPS. I was origially accepted o to the LJMU career accelerator studet itership programme to Sloveia, ad I ow pla to cotiue my academic educatio at LJMU to PhD level. I will be carryig out research ito the trade of drugs o the dark web o a iteratioal scale. My studet experiece at LJMU has bee life-chagig. The people I have met i the past year ad the support they have give to help me achieve the best I ca is uforgettable. 8
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Ope to iteratioal studets Advaced Policig MSc My policig studies provided a excellet foudatio to explore the kowledge ad skills required to udertake a research project. The balace of formal iputs by lecturers from a rage of academic disciplies, coupled with excellet supervisory support, eabled me to take the theory ad apply it to my ow area of research. Michael Smith Study full-time over oe year or part-time over two years Etry Requiremets: A good secod class hoours degree i a policig studies or related social scieces disciplie. No-stadard applicatios are welcome. IELTS 6.5 (miimum 5.5 i each compoet) or equivalet. Fees: See website for details. Cotact: apsadmissios@ljmu.ac.uk Our Advaced Policig programme develops the skills icreasigly required by forces as policig moves further towards a evidecebased approach. Why study this course at LJMU? The Liverpool Cetre for Advaced Policig Studies is the UK s first research cetre devoted to supportig the eeds of 21st cetury policig. Our suite of qualificatios focuses o the professioalisatio ageda for policig ad we work with the College of Policig as well as local policig orgaisatios to esure that course cotet is relevat ad curret. Advaced Policig combies supervised idepedet research with specialist traiig i research methods ad academic skills, while also helpig studets become aware of emergig approaches curretly practiced i the disciplie. The programme teaches the advaced skills of research, coceptualisatio, aalysis, argumet ad presetatio which are highly valued i may areas of employmet. Ideal for servig officers ad those about to embark o their policig or academic career, the programme addresses the quatitative research skills gap idetified i policig. Buildig evidece-based learig skills you will beefit from research skills traiig ad give the opportuity to carry out a dissertatio i a area of specialist iterest. Taught by lecturers with academic ad professioal backgrouds i policig ad research, you will explore ad egage with policig debates at atioal, iteratioal ad trasatioal level, focusig o iovative topics i policig, crimial justice ad research. The wide-ragig experiece ad kowledge of course tutors feeds directly ito origial ad thought-provokig course materials. The programme provides a solid foudatio for further academic or career-based research ad persoal developmet ad ca lead to excellet career opportuities i supervisio, eighbourhood policig ad aalysis. You will study the followig modules: Evidece Iformed Policy ad Practice Methods for Work-Based Research Work-Based Research Project Teachig ad assessmet Teachig is delivered through a combiatio of lectures, workshops ad semiars. You will also eed to participate i olie activities ad discussios usig our virtual learig eviromet, Cavas. The programme features a variety of assessmet methods icludig quatitative data aalysis assessmets, critically reflective commetary pieces ad idividual presetatios as well as traditioal essays. You will have a dedicated supervisor offerig expert kowledge, guidace ad support as you complete your dissertatio. You will also receive extesive writte feedback o your assessmets ad occasioal verbal feedback. All feedback is desiged to help you achieve your full potetial ad get the most out of your studies. Graduate employmet Policig ad other related public sector fields curretly suffer a skills gap i relatio to quatitative research so there are opportuities for employmet or career progressio for those with these skills. O completio of your MSc, you may cosider a career i the police service or i areas coected to ivestigatio, security or crimial justice e.g. the armed services, priso service, social work or crimial justice-related roles withi the Civil Service. If you are already i employmet, the MSc will prepare you to specialise i your area of iterest. Those with a iterest i pursuig a academic path will be ecouraged to progress to PhD level. 10
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Iteratioal ad Trasatioal Policig Ope to iteratioal studets MSc My policig studies experiece provided a excellet itroductio to academic research methods ad a solid foudatio for further academic or career based research ad persoal developmet. Sea Bell Study full-time over oe year or part-time over two years Etry Requiremets: A good secod class hoours degree i a policig studies or related social scieces disciplie. No-stadard applicatios are welcome. IELTS 6.5 (miimum 5.5 i each compoet) or equivalet. Fees: See website for details. Cotact: A.D.James@ljmu.ac.uk This Iteratioal ad Trasatioal Policig MSc looks at the implicatios of policig across geographical ad political boudaries. Why study this course at LJMU? The British Police model is exported all over the world ad this programme, which has bee desiged to address a idetified skills gap, looks at how the uderpiig priciples of our approach to policig are applied iteratioally. You will discover how policig is carried out across geographical boudaries ad explore policig issues arisig from differig jurisdictios, policies ad procedures. Taught by lecturers with academic ad professioal backgrouds i policig ad research, you will explore ad egage with policig debates at atioal, iteratioal ad trasatioal level. The cetre boasts specialist expertise i the areas of: trasatioal orgaised crime, public order ad protest, huma traffickig, terrorism, itelligece ad security plus policig i coflict zoes. This kowledge will iform your studies ad esure your learig is at the cuttig edge of policig practice. The programme provides a excellet foudatio for PhD study ad prepares you for careers across the crimial justice system ad iteratioal policig orgaisatios. It is suitable for both servig officers ad those about to embark o their policig or academic career. You will study the followig modules: Policig i Cotext Advaced Research Skills Iteratioal ad Trasatioal Policig Trasatioal Orgaised Crime Policig i Coflict ad Post-Coflict Zoes Terrorism Dissertatio Policig Teachig ad assessmet You will be taught via a combiatio of lectures, workshops ad semiars ad will eed to participate i olie activities ad discussios usig our virtual learig eviromet, Cavas. You will have a dedicated supervisor offerig expert kowledge, guidace ad support as you complete your dissertatio. You will be assessed via: academic essays, aotated bibliographies, reflective research exercises, positio papers, exam, reports, case studies, portfolios, olie blogs ad wikis, workplace practice, posters, oral presetatios (idividual ad group), debates, reviews, group work ad the dissertatio/research project. You will receive extesive writte feedback o your assessmets ad occasioal verbal feedback. All feedback is desiged to help you achieve your full potetial ad get the most out of your studies, so staff will be available to discuss it with you ad direct you to further support if you feel you eed it. Graduate employmet Policig ad other related public sector fields curretly suffer a skills gap i relatio to quatitative research so there are opportuities for employmet or career progressio for those with these skills. O completio of your MSc, you may cosider a career i the police service or i areas coected to ivestigatio, security or crimial justice e.g. the armed services, priso service, social work or crimial justice-related roles withi the Civil Service. If you are already i employmet, the MSc will prepare you to specialise i your area of iterest. Studets with a iterest i pursuig a academic career will be ecouraged to progress to PhD level. This MSc plays a importat developmet role i this process. 12
Policig ad Crimial Ivestigatio MSc Ope to iteratioal studets Study Policig ad Crimial Ivestigatio ad work with crime victims ad witesses to ehace your kowledge ad key skills i this area. Why study this course at LJMU? The MSc Policig ad Crimial Ivestigatio has bee desiged to address the skills gap idetified by the police service i relatio to quatitative research. It combies supervised idepedet research with specialist traiig i research methods ad academic skills, while also helpig studets become aware of emergig approaches curretly practiced i the disciplie. Workig with crime victims ad witesses, you will explore the liks betwee ivestigatio, foresics ad psychology. You will focus o ivestigative issues, gaiig the kowledge ad practical skills to operate as a crime ivestigator i serious ad complex cases. Ideal for servig officers ad those about to embark o their policig or academic career, the programme offers excellet employmet opportuities i policig/ivestigative work, private ivestigatio ad with bodies such as Tradig Stadards ad the Ilad Reveue. The programme also offers a valuable foudatio for progressio to PhD. As a studet o this course you will be part of the ew Liverpool Cetre for Advaced Policig Studies, the UK s first research cetre devoted to supportig the eeds of 21st cetury policig. The Cetre boasts sigificat expertise i the Policig sector with tutors whose academic ad professioal backgrouds eable you to explore ad egage with policig debates at atioal, iteratioal ad trasatioal levels. We are particularly iterested i iterdiscipliary methodologies. Our suite of qualificatios focuses o developig the professioalisatio ageda for policig ad we work with the College of Policig, as well as local policig orgaisatios, to esure that course cotet is relevat ad curret. Notable areas of stregth iclude: Ivestigatio of Complex ad Serious Offeces; Pro-active Ivestigatio; Ivestigative Iterviewig; Crimial Behaviour; Foresic ad Medio-legal Death; Orgaised Crime; Terrorism ad Itelligece ad Security. 13 You will study the followig modules: Policig i Cotext Advaced Research Skills Advaced Ivestigatio Skills Foresic ad Medicolegal Death Foresic Cogitio: Violece ad Victims Ivestigative Iterviewig Dissertatio Policig Teachig ad assessmet Teachig is delivered through a combiatio of lectures, workshops ad semiars. You will also eed to participate i olie activities ad discussios usig our virtual learig eviromet, Cavas Programme learig is assessed via: essays, a critical practice reflectio, projects, a portfolio, the dissertatio ad a idividual presetatio. You will have a dedicated supervisor to offer expert kowledge, guidace ad support as you complete your dissertatio. You will receive extesive writte feedback o your assessmets ad occasioal verbal feedback. All feedback is desiged to help you achieve your full potetial ad get the most out of your studies. Graduate employmet Whether your career aspiratios lie i ivestigative work withi the police service, withi private security or with other public bodies such as the Ilad Reveue ad Tradig Stadards, this ew MSc will develop your ivestigative skills ad prepare you for career success. Policig ad other related public sector fields curretly suffer a skills gap i quatitative research so there are opportuities for employmet/career progressio for those with these skills. O completio of your MSc, you may cosider a career i the police service or i areas coected to ivestigatio, security or crimial justice e.g. the armed services, priso service, social work or crimial justice-related roles withi the Civil Service. Studets with a iterest i pursuig a academic path will be ecouraged to progress to PhD level. The MSc plays a importat developmet role i this process. The balace of formal iputs by lecturers from a rage of academic disciplies, coupled with excellet supervisory support, eabled me to take the theory of Policig Studies ad apply it to my ow area of research. Michael Smith Study full-time over oe year or part-time over two years Etry Requiremets: A good secod class hoours degree i a policig studies or related social scieces disciplie. No-stadard applicatios are welcome. IELTS 6.5 (miimum 5.5 i each compoet) or equivalet. Fees: See website for details. Cotact: h.a.pater@ljmu.ac.uk
Ope to iteratioal studets Policig ad Cybercrime MSc I was ope to where the course could take me, policig is somethig I ve always bee iterested i ad ow I ve had my eyes opeed to the threat of cyber security. Coor Daviso Study full-time over oe year or part-time over two years Etry Requiremets: A good secod class hoours degree i a policig studies or related social scieces disciplie. No-stadard applicatios are welcome. IELTS 6.5 (miimum 5.5 i each compoet) or equivalet. Fees: See website for details. Cotact: apsadmissios@ljmu.ac.uk This Policig ad Cybercrime masters will eable you to explore the iterface betwee policig ad computig, developig the skills required for cotemporary crime ivestigatio. Why study this course at LJMU? Computer foresics ad cybercrime are relative ewcomers to the world of policig ad this programme has bee desiged to satisfy the resultig skills gap. MSc Policig ad Cybercrime combies supervised idepedet research with specialist traiig i research methods ad academic skills, while also helpig studets become aware of emergig approaches curretly practiced i the disciplie. Based i the Liverpool Cetre for Advaced Policig Studies, this collaborative programme with the Faculty of Egieerig ad Techology reflects icreasig police ivolvemet i computer foresics/cybercrime. It offers a fasciatig isight ito the iterface betwee policig ad computig ad prepares you for a career i cotemporary crime ivestigatio. Ideal for servig officers ad those about to embark o their policig or academic career, the programme offers excellet employmet opportuities i policig ad fraud ivestigatio ad a valuable foudatio for progressio to PhD. Our qualificatios focus o developig the professioalisatio ageda for UK police forces ad we work with the professioal body, The College of Policig, as well as local policig orgaisatios, to esure that course cotet is relevat ad curret. Uder the guidace of specialist supervisio ad amog a diverse commuity of fellow researchers, you will build a valuable foudatio eablig you to develop skills i research, aalysis, coceptualisatio, argumet ad presetatio all highly prized i may areas of employmet. You will be taught by lecturers with a wide rage of academic, professioal policig ad research expertise. This breadth of kowledge eables us to supervise studets i a wide rage of topics. Our otable areas of stregth iclude: Theoretical ad Practical Security Cocepts; Network Security; Software Developmet Possibilities Offered by the Emergece of Iformatio ad Social Networks Eviromets; Computer Foresics ad Iformatio Security Cocepts of Idetity ad Trust. We are particularly iterested i iterdiscipliary methodologies. You will study the followig modules: Policig i Cotext Advaced Research Skills Advaced Ivestigatio Skills Foresic ad Medicolegal Death Foresic Cogitio: Violece ad Victims Ivestigative Iterviewig Dissertatio Policig Teachig ad assessmet Teachig is delivered through a combiatio of lectures, workshops ad semiars. You will also eed to participate i olie activities ad discussios usig our virtual learig eviromet, Cavas. You will be assessed via: essays, a critical practice reflectio, projects, the dissertatio ad idividual presetatios. You will have a dedicated supervisor who will offer expert kowledge, guidace ad support as you complete your dissertatio. Timely ad costructive feedback will be provided o all pieces of work eablig you to idetify your stregths as well as the areas where you may eed to develop further. Graduate employmet Policig ad other related public sector fields curretly suffer a skills gap i relatio to quatitative research so there are opportuities for employmet or career progressio for those with these skills. The programme also teaches the advaced skills of research, coceptualisatio, aalysis, argumet ad presetatio which are highly valued i may areas of employmet. O completio of your MSc, you may cosider a career i the police service or i areas coected to ivestigatio, security or crimial justice e.g. the armed services, priso service, social work or crimial justice-related roles withi the Civil Service. If you are already i employmet, the MSc will prepare you to specialise i your area of iterest, specifically computig security ad cyber-crime. Studets with a iterest i pursuig a academic path will be ecouraged to progress to PhD level. The MSc plays a importat developmet role i this process. 14
PG Dip i Evidece-Iformed Practice The PG Dip i Evidece-Iformed Practice is a programme of learig desiged with two clear ambitios i mid for the i-service crimial justice professioals it seeks to recruit. Why study this course at LJMU? This ew programme seeks to develop the idividual research skills set of participats o the course through five modules, which have bee desiged to develop a participat s ability to idetify, critically egage with, ad reflect upo evidece-iformed crimial justice policy ad practice. A secod ambitio of the programme - realised through the work-based research module - is to support participats i costructig their ow research. Projects that have a clear focus o positively impactig their ow professioal practice either through outliig maifest policy chage or through ehacig a critical uderstadig of the challeges to creatig greater efficiecies ad ehaced performace i service provisio. The programme will develop idividual participats profiles ad seek to geerate maifest practice developmets to stimulate others. Teachig ad assessmet You will be taught via a combiatio of workshops ad semiars i small groups. There are o examiatios o this programme, istead the Pg Dip uses a rage of courseworkbased assessmet formats, ragig i legth from 1500 to 6000 words. Six pieces of coursework will be submitted ad you will be expected to deliver a 20-miute assessed presetatio o your work-based research project. All assessmet tasks will have guidace otes ad markig criteria available olie ad all assessmets will be submitted olie. Graduate employmet The Pg Dip is aimed at practitioers already workig withi or alogside policig or crimial justice agecies. Through a improved kowledge of key issues ad egagemet i ew research, you will better uderstad the ladscape ad challeges facig your role ad employer. You will develop ew key skills, icludig dissemiatio ad commuicatio of complex iformatio, ad the role of leaders i key public service orgaisatios. Give the climate of chage withi policig, it is essetial to allow officers to gai valuable experiece i gaiig research skills ad academic kowledge. (Ispector) Carl McNulty You will study the followig modules: Evidece-Iformed Policy ad Practice Work-Based Research Project Applied Research-iformed Evidece Study part-time over 15 moths Etry Requiremets: Applicats would usually possess a miimum 2:2 i a policig studies or related social scieces disciplie. If you do ot have a first degree you must demostrate your ability to successfully study at Level 7 through the presetatio of a strog portfolio which demostrates appropriate equivalet skills i the workplace. IELTS 6.5 (miimum 5.5 i each compoet) or equivalet. Fees: See website for details. Cotact: m..milligs@ljmu.ac.uk 15
Doctor of Policig, Security ad Crimial Justice I my experiece as a supervisor ad examier of several successful professioal doctorates, I believe this programme will provide the vehicle for origial ad profoud work which will improve the professioal lives of ot oly studets but their colleagues too. Study full-time over two years or part-time over four Etry Requiremets: Those with a appropriate ad relevat Masters degree (ormally a MSc) may eter the programme at Doctoral level. Recogitio of Prior Learig (RPL) will be awarded followig cofirmatio that the modules studied ad the desired learig outcomes i the Masters programme were achieved. Applicats are also expected to demostrate a sigificat career of service withi Policig, Security ad Crimial Justice professios. IELTS 7.0 (miimum 6.5 i each compoet) or equivalet. Fees: See website for details. Cotact: Dr Daiel Silverstoe, Director of the Liverpool Cetre for Advaced Policig Studies d.m.silverstoe@ljmu.ac.uk The Professioal Doctorate will appeal to a wide variety of professioals who wat to share their professioal practice ad expertise with fellow studets. Why study this course at LJMU? This ew doctorate will eable you to cotribute to the developmet of your disciplie (be that Policig Studies, Security Studies, Crimiology or Crimial Justice) ad professioal practice i your area. You will joi a cohort of studets with similar motivatios ad a rage of research iterests ad will cotribute your origial research ad kowledge to this fast-movig field. This collaborative approach will create a collegiate eviromet, makig the pursuit of your doctorate ad the productio of your thesis a far from solitary experiece. As security ad policig challeges evolve, experieced practitioers must be i touch with the latest research i their area of expertise ad feel cofidet i challegig those who set themselves up as experts i these areas. This qualificatio will empower you to reach the required level of kowledge ad expertise. You will study the followig modules: Plaig ad Research i Policig, Security ad Crimial Justice Thesis i Policig, Security ad Crimial Justice Reflectio i Policig, Security ad Crimial Justice Teachig ad assessmet Assessmets vary accordig to which stage you are studyig at. I the first uit you will be assessed o your ability to meet a rage of agreed learig outcomes, demostrated through the developmet of a series of assigmets, icludig a presetatio ad essay. This first uit will assess your capacity for professioal developmet, review of kowledge ad skills relatig to the use of advaced research techiques. Before proceedig to stage two, the work submitted for this module will be assessed ad the credit awarded i accordace with the Academic Framework. Assessmet of the 30 credit Plaig Module will iclude a short report. This will seek to justify the ratioale for the project activities plaed withi the Doctoral Phase, idicatig how each project is to be udertake, describig the sigificat milestoes to be achieved ad icludig the completed learig agreemet/ research proposal for the whole Doctoral Phase. The Ivestigative project ad reflective module are assessed by viva voce examiatio of the thesis. The reflective module is there to esure that studets become effective research practitioers. They are able to reflect o their practice ad therefore are able to see how academic work improves their professioal learig ad the practice of their orgaisatios. The ivestigative project module ad reflective module will be approved as suitable for submissio for viva voce examiatio by the supervisory team. Graduate employmet The doctorate will eable you to cotribute to research i ew areas ad to collaborate further with employers; i so doig you will egage i a exchage of kowledge ad practice at the highest level. You will achieve formal recogitio ad accreditatio of your professioal developmet ad a raised professioal profile both withi, ad perhaps beyod, your orgaisatio, ad your activities will also ehace your persoal ad professioal capabilities for the future. It is aticipated that most, if ot all participats, will be curretly employed withi Law Eforcemet or Crimial Justice Agecies. Successful completio of the programme will have a trasformative impact o your professioal practice. What s more, your employer will be ivolved i the project plaig process ad the implemetatio of project outcomes withi your orgaisatio, ad will be able to collaborate with leadig academics. 16
Research opportuities Joi the Liverpool Cetre for Advaced Policig Studies to coduct research i a wide rage of areas. You ca study for a MPhil full-time over 12 moths or part-time over up to 48 moths or a PhD full-time over 24 moths or part-time over up to 84 moths. Our team of academics, research fellows, research studets ad practitioers are developig cuttig-edge research with domestic ad global outlooks. We are iterested i hearig from dyamic cadidates to drive forward the Cetre s research ageda. Curret opportuities exist for MPhil, PhD ad post-doctoral cadidates with iterdiscipliary research iterests. Our research activities are grouped withi the followig research clusters: Data Sciece Cyber Security Evidece-Based Practice Foresic Sciece Idetity, Goverace ad Ethics Professioal Developmet ad Kowledge Exchage Trasatioal ad Public Order Policig Urba Itelligece ad Iformatics Victimology ad Crimial Ivestigatio Orgaised Crime ad Traffickig Itelligece led policig The Cetre is also iterested i hearig from people with particular iterests i terrorism ad couter-terrorism, child protectio, child sexual exploitatio, hate crime, crime prevetio ad reductio, huma traffickig ad maritime security. For more iformatio please email Daiel Silverstoe at: d.m.silverstoe@ljmu.ac.uk 17
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Studet support All LJMU studets have access to a wealth of support services to make your time with us as happy ad fulfillig as possible. Cousellig ad metal health Our free service offers oe-to-oe ad group cousellig sessios, as well as metal health guidace ad support. Disability We have disability co-ordiators i every academic School ad a o-site assessmet room for those with additioal eeds. Eglish laguage support for iteratioal studets We provide pre-sessioal Eglish courses for those whose laguage capability does ot meet etry requiremets. See ljmu.ac.uk/isc for more details. Fudig Our team provide iformatio o postgraduate fudig icludig loas, grats ad bursaries as well as offerig guidace o budgetig ad moey maagemet. Spiritual support Cofidetial, o-judgemetal pastoral care ad support is available for studets of all beliefs ad backgrouds. We have facilities for quiet meditatio, prayer ad cotemplatio o each campus, as well as dedicated space for Muslim prayers. Studet advice ad wellbeig Our team offer advice ad guidace o issues ragig from health to accommodatio ad childcare. Study skills Workshops are available o various aspects of postgraduate study, icludig academic writig, effective readig skills, exam ad revisio skills, report writig ad IT skills. Support for iteratioal studets As well as a meet ad greet service whe you arrive i the UK, our iteratioal team will help with issues such as your visa, settig up a UK bak accout ad a email address ad registerig with the police, cotact: iteratioal@ljmu.ac.uk I my opiio the support o offer is oe of the mai beefits of studyig at LJMU. Stephe Smith, LJMU studet 19
Career guidace Research shows that postgraduates ear, o average, 24% more tha those with a udergraduate degree. Postgraduate study at LJMU is geared towards meetig the eeds of employers ad a impressive 98% of our postgraduates are i work or further study six moths after graduatio. Careers Cetre We offer a exceptioal careers support service built aroud our uique Career Cetre programme. This gives you the chace to demostrate to potetial employers that you have the skills ad experiece they are lookig for. It is backed by FTSE 100 compaies ad leadig busiess orgaisatios such as BT, Uited Utilities, Soy, Barclays, Siemes, Tate Liverpool, the Federatio of Small Busiesses, Royal Mail ad may more. Careers support for postgraduate researchers Caterig for the specific eeds of Postgraduate researchers, our three moth Your Career, Your Choice programme eables you to complete up to 12 iteractive workshops. You will receive oe-to-oe career coachig as well as developig practical skills i writig impactful CVs, job hutig, preparig for iterviews ad creatig a olie profile. Etrepreeurship If you have ambitios to be your ow boss or work freelace, expert help is available from our Cetre for Etrepreeurship. As well as providig metorig services, the Cetre helps etrepreeurs to achieve key milestoes by offerig advice o a wide rage of topics icludig access to fudig. Additioal support Our careers cetre rus regular workshops ad webiars coverig topics such as CV writig, applicatio forms, iterviews, assessmet cetres, psychometric testig ad more. Our Faculty careers zoes at Byrom Street, IM Marsh ad the Aldham Robarts library host regular employer visits where you ca meet, etwork ad discuss career opportuities. My studies at LJMU ad the help I have received from the careers team have give me the cofidece to go out ad work i idustry, applyig the kowledge ad skills I have gaied at LJMU. Omer Chiyoyo Kamwea, LJMU studet 20
Accommodatio All ew LJMU studets are guarateed a room edorsed by the Uiversity o matter what your level of study. For further details of Uiversity edorsed accommodatio, go to: ljmu.ac.uk/postgraduate/accommodatio For details of private retal accommodatio go to: liverpoolstudethomes.org.uk 21
Fudig your studies A aual tuitio fee is payable for all postgraduate courses, either i full at the begiig of the academic year or i istalmets throughout the year. For details of full ad part-time aual tuitio fees, please see idividual programme factfiles. You ca search for your specific programme at ljmu.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate For iformatio about loas, scholarships ad bursaries to fud your postgraduate study, go to: ljmu.ac.uk/postgraduate-fudig LJMU graduates will also fid details of the 20% tuitio fee reductio here. 22
Liverpool Cetre for Advaced Policig Studies Joh Foster Buildig 80-98 Mout Pleasat Liverpool L3 5UZ T: +44 (0) 151 231 5175 E: apsadmissios@ljmu.ac.uk W: ljmu.ac.uk @LJMU_Policig The Uiversity offers the iformatio cotaied i this brochure as a geeral guide oly to prospective postgraduate studets wishig to apply for a place at the Uiversity to start a course i 2018. It does ot costitute or form part of ay cotract ad is ot bidig o prospective studets, studets or the Uiversity. The iformatio i this brochure is correct at the time of goig to press (November 2017) ad the Uiversity hopes to provide the programmes ad facilities set out i this brochure. However, some chages will ievitably occur i the iterval betwee publicatio ad the academic year to which the brochure relates ad the Uiversity reserves the right to withdraw or make alteratios to courses ad facilities if ecessary. Applicats should ot rely solely o this brochure ad should use this brochure i cojuctio with the Uiversity website.