Professional Policing, BA (Hons)

The BA (Hons) Professional Policing degree equips students with essential skills, leadership, and knowledge for a demanding career in policing, featuring a curriculum authored and licensed by the College of Policing. It covers theoretical and legislative topics, allowing customization through final-year pathways in crime investigation, working with offenders, international criminology, or criminology theory and practice. Learning includes lectures, tutorials, role-playing, guest speakers, site visits to police stations, custody suites, courts, and victim support facilities, plus hands-on training in a replica custody suite.Students are encouraged to serve as Special Constables or Police Support Volunteers to boost employability, subject to vetting, fitness, and residency requirements (EEA nationals or those with unrestricted UK residency rights, in good health and character). Find more on eligibility at https://recruit.college.police.uk/Special/Pages/eligible.aspx. Graduates complete much of the training for regular officers, excelling in policing or roles in civilian investigation, crime reduction, probation, security, and loss prevention. Note: no direct entry to stages 2 or 3; foundation year option available.