**Due to the impact of the Pandemic and circumstances beyond the University’s control, unfortunately the University is postponing the launch of its new policing degree. The programme will be available from September 2022 (subject to accreditation). We apologise for any inconvenience.
As part of the validation process it is our intention to develop a course that will be accredited by The College of Policing.**
The **BA (Hons) Processional Policing** degree is modular in structure, studied over a three-year period full time. The undergraduate degree offers a stimulating and challenging learning experience that allows you to develop an informed and practical understanding of professional policing. The course has a blend of theory and practice rooted in the principles and core requirements of policing.
The course provides a learning environment that supports you with the independent exploration of ideas, help you to draw upon your own experience as a learner and, as potential police officers, to develop a passion for policing. You will have opportunities to develop skills in problem-solving, effective communication, negotiation and leadership. The course seeks to equip you for postgraduate study, professional training and graduate employment in the commercial sector as well as the public and third sector.
Successful graduates from this course will be eligible to apply to the Police Service. This course does not however guarantee entry or acceptance into the Police Service.
The course will cover a range of areas across your three years of study and an indicative list is provided below:
- Understanding the Police Constable Role
- Vulnerability and Risk
- Problem Solving
- Decision-making and Discretion
- Maintaining Professional Standards
- Research Methods and Skills
- Evidence-based Policing (including work-related learning)
- Digital Policing
- Criminal Justice Systems
- Criminology and Crime Prevention
- Counter Terrorism
- Policing Communities
- Information and Intelligence
Successful graduates from this course will be eligible to apply to the police service. This course does not however guarantee entry or acceptance into the police service.
Every police service in England and Wales sets its own recruitment process and selection policy and entry requirements vary from service to service. You are advised to check your eligibility against the police service website, as this may assist you in deciding whether to undertake the **BA (Hons) Professional Policing** course.
We hope that you will leave having developed transferable skills that are highly valued by employers in a variety of work situations beyond the police service.
Course Details - Modules
For a list of modules for years 1, 2, and 3 of the degree please visit the Professional Policing page on the Newman University website. We pride ourselves on giving good academic and individual support to each of our students.
Course Details – Assessment Method
Our aim is to provide you with an opportunity to experience authentic approaches to assessment to reflect the kinds of tasks you would undertake within and across the police service. Some of these assessments will be individual tasks and others in group work settings. The different methods of assessment may include:
- essays
- presentations
- portfolios
- case studies
- practical skills such as negotiation
- reflective journals.
The assessment tasks are carefully selected to enable you to demonstrate your knowledge and skills across a range of subject and skill areas and to have the best opportunity to demonstrate these effectively to succeed at all stages of your study. Tutors are on hand to provide guidance and support on the assessment process.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
L900
Institution code:
N36
Campus Name:
Newman University
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
You should aim to achieve 96 UCAS points including a minimum of CC at A Level or equivalent (e.g. MM at BTEC Diploma or MPP at BTEC Extended Diploma) towards the total tariff.
Students can achieve the requirements with a combination of Distinction, Merit and Pass grades at level 3 achieved from a completed Access course.
96 UCAS Points:
D21-M3-P21; D18-M9-P18; D15-M15-P15;
D12-M21-P12; D9-M27-P9; D6-M33-P6;
D3-M39-P3; D0-M45-P0
On enrolment this degree requires 5 GCSEs at grade 4 (or C) or above including English.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.
Unistats information
Student satisfaction :
85%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
0%
Go onto work and study:
0%
Fees and funding
England
9250.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
Scotland
9250.0
Year 1
Wales
9250.0
Year 1
Channel Islands
9250.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
Fees shown are for 2021/22 academic year. The University will review tuition fees and increase fees in line with any inflationary uplift as determined by the UK Government, if permitted by law or government policy, on enrolment and in subsequent years of your course. It is anticipated that such increases would be linked to RPI (the Retail Price Index excluding mortgage interest payments).
Additional cost information associated with undergraduate degrees can be found at https://www.newman.ac.uk/knowledge-base/additional-costs-for-undergraduate-courses/
Provider information
Genners Lane
Bartley Green
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Birmingham
B32 3NT
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