Program Overview

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BSc (Hons) Professional Policing Practice (Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship)

Overview

This programme will help apprentices develop their skills, knowledge and understanding to carry out the role of a police constable in a competent, safe, and lawful manner.

Introduction

This is an incredible opportunity for those who are passionate about delivering the highest quality policing, to really make a difference to communities who deserve the best.

Alongside traditional training methods, the programme uses a range of approaches and resources to allow you to develop your critical thinking and become a confident independent learner. The use of simulation exercises will be a key feature of the programme as these exercises promote the value of critical and evaluative thinking.

Course Details

All about the course

You will be serving as a police officer with GMP whilst studying academic modules. This will include a combination of campus-based studying along with policing training. This will enable students to link the academic skills and knowledge they develop with the operational competences they will demonstrate.

Year One

• Operational Policing This module will introduce you to key areas of policing including response policing, counter terrorism, roads policing and conducting investigations.
• Threats, Risk and Harm This module introduces you to the concepts of vulnerability and risk, identifying those factors which place individuals and communities at greater risk.
• Syndicated Training This module requires students to complete mandatory training in preparation for the operational phase of their training. This includes personal safety, first aid training, investigative interviewing and simulated learning exercises
• Supported Operational Policing You will link the initial academic phase of study to the workplace. Along with a tutor constable you will work on a GMP district dealing with incidents.

Year Two

• Operational Policing in Practice Further areas of policing including response policing, counter terrorism, roads policing, as well as a more in-depth study of investigative skills.
• Full Occupational Competence You will complete your occupational portfolio within Greater Manchester Police.
• Research in Policing You will critically analyse research in policing and look at the impact this has made. You will learn about how to conduct research into police related problems.

Year Three

• Coaching and Mentoring You will critically analyse key concepts in coaching and mentoring.
• Future of Policing This module will examine future developments in policing and will link to wider problem-solving initiatives.
• Preparation and Completion of the End-Point Assessment (EPA) This module will enable you to demonstrate occupational competence as a Police Constable in line with the published Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship assessment plan.

What Will I be Doing?

Teaching

The programme will be taught via on-the-job training and studying which will account for twenty percent of the students’ working hours.

You will participate in an initial 19-week block that combines an induction from GMP, policing training as well as academic modules. This is then followed by a ten-week tutor phase in which students will be on operational deployment. This approach of combining teaching with operational deployment is followed across the remaining time on the programme.

Assessment

Apprentices will be assessed using a range of approaches such as the completion of coursework, simulation exercises, case study analysis, research projects and presentations.

You will also complete an End Point Assessment (EPA) as part of your final module. The EPA includes: the submission of a portfolio of evidence relating to knowledge, skills and behaviours you have learnt within the University and on the job; a professional discussion and a presentation followed by a panel discussion.

Employment and Stats

What about after uni?

Upon graduating, you will hold a (BSC Hons) Professional Policing Practise degree. The Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship will provide you with the skills, experience and knowledge required to enable you to demonstrate your competence as a police constable.

A taste of what you could become

• Roads Policing Constable
• Response Constable
• Detective Constable
• Neighbourhood Police Constable

Requirements

What you need to know

• National Assessment Recruitment to GMP is subject to successful completion of the National Assessment Centre process alongside specific GMP requirements.
• English Language Requirements International applicants will be required to show proficiency in English. An IELTS score of 6.5, with no element below 6.0, is proof of this. If you need to improve your written and spoken English, you might be interested in our English language courses.

Standard entry requirements

• GCSE GCSE Mathematics and English grade C/grade 4 or above in both or equivalent e.g. or Functional Skills Level 2 or Adult Numeracy. You must fulfil the GCSE entry requirements as well as the requirements listed below.
• UCAS tariff points 80 points
• A level CCC or equivalent
• Pearson's BTEC National Extended Diploma MMM
• Access to HE Pass

Alternative entry requirements

If you do not possess these qualifications, you may still be suitable for entry providing you meet the level 2 criteria above and can demonstrate Accreditation of Prior learning (AP).

Other requirements

• Fitness: We also want to make you aware at this early stage of the requirements for the fitness test. This is a test of endurance whereby you will you will be asked to run along a 15 metre track in time with a series of bleeps, which become increasingly faster to level 5.4.
• Age: Candidates aged 17 and above may apply to become a police officer and if successful may take up appointment once they reach the age of 18.
• Tattoos: Certain tattoos may exclude you from employment with GMP, this depends on where they are on your body and what they may depict.
• Convictions and Cautions: If you do have any criminal convictions or cautions on record you may still apply, eligibility will depend on the age and nature of the offence.
• Membership of groups and organisations: You will not be able to join GMP if you are a member of a group and/or organisation that contradicts our values or ethics and our commitment to inclusion.
• Previous applications: You must not have had a Police Officer application rejected by GMP, or another Force in the last 3 months to apply to GMP.

Funding

How much?

The apprenticeship levy was introduced in April 2017 and requires all employers operating in the UK, with a pay bill of over £3 million each year to invest in apprenticeships.

The funding policy supports the changes to the way apprenticeships in England are paid for, underpinned by the apprenticeship levy of 0.5% of the annual pay bill for companies paying over £3 million per year.

There is also a co-investment model for companies who will not be paying into the levy. The government will cover 95% of the cost of the apprenticeship and the employer will only have to contribute the remaining 5%. Once payments have been declared to HMRC, employers will now have access to a digital apprenticeship account from which they will be able to access funding to pay for apprenticeship training.

The maximum amount of money allocated to each standard falls into a specific funding band, ranging from £1,500 to £27,000.

The Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship has been allocated the following funding band: £24,000.

Additional costs

You should also consider further costs which may include books, stationery, printing, binding and general subsistence on trips and visits.