Program Overview

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BSc (Hons) Applied Management (Policing) | Degree Apprenticeship

Why study this course with LJMU?

• Earn a degree in Applied Management while working
• Develop the essential knowledge, skills, and behaviours needed to thrive as an effective manager in a law enforcement environment
• Engage in a critical analysis of management and leadership theories, tools and case studies, applying your insights in an ethical and inclusive manner within the field of professional policing
• Assessments are directly tied to your current role and experiences in policing, enabling you to tackle real challenges and implement effective solutions from the outset
• Help you advance your career with a solid foundation in management principles tailored to today’s policing challenges

About your course

BSc (Hons) Applied Management (Policing) – Developing your knowledge, skills and behaviours to fulfil the requirements of the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship.

The programme is designed to support the career progression of front line and middle managers in policing and law enforcement roles.

The programme will help you to develop a better and wider understanding of management, policy, and strategy and how to support and develop your people and processes. You will assess these concepts through the lens of professional policing, but challenged to think more widely about what you can learn from other sectors and other countries to enhance practice and support the delivery of strategic goals.

Through active and learner centric teaching, you will develop an understanding of how to apply different theories of and approaches to management, leadership, stakeholder engagement, operations and projects to exceed objectives such as public trust and confidence.

Through the support of a mentor, you will also develop the skills and behaviours that make you a better manager or team leader.

You come to understanding the impacts of local, national and even international events on organisational management and behaviours. You will also review this from via case studies from a range of sectors to allow you to identify and test best practice and ultimately to identify opportunities for improvement.

You’ll complete the programme with the digital, financial problem-solving and critical thinking skills to become a confident, innovative, and highly effective manager.

This programme will help you build internal and external stakeholder relationships to improve trust and confidence and make a substantial contribution to strategy in your force.

Course modules

What you will study on this degree

The programme is designed to meet the Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours (KSBs) of the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship standard while at the same time meeting the needs of the employer.

In year one, your modules will focus on understanding your role and your personal approach to management.

In year two, modules focus on developing your understanding of your organisation, its stakeholders, and how your role contributes to delivery of its strategy.

In your final year, modules will focus on enhancing your ability as a leader, developing your thinking around developing innovative new practices and processes and managing change. The programme culminates in a final project where you will draw together learning from across the programme and focus on delivering significant value or improvement to the organisation. This final project will serve as the basis for your End Point Assessment.

Apprentices will pass through the ‘gateway’ once all academic modules have been passed and the employer is satisfied the apprentice is consistently working at or above the level set out in the occupational standard, which means the employer will work collaboratively with the university to assess operational competence to ensure the gateway requirements for EPA have been met and that they can be evidenced to an End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO)

Further guidance on modules

Modules are designated core or optional in accordance with professional body requirements, as applicable, and LJMU’s Academic Framework Regulations. Whilst you are required to study core modules, optional modules provide you with an element of choice. Their availability may vary and will be subject to meeting minimum student numbers.

Where changes to modules are necessary these will be communicated as appropriate.

Level 4

• Personal and Management Development (20 credits)
• Leading Others (20 credits)
• People Management in Practice (20 credits)
• The Coaching Manager (20 credits)
• Managing Projects for Operational Improvement (20 credits)
• Workplace Project 1 (Team Culture and Ethics) (20 credits)

Level 5

• Finance and Resource Management (20 credits)
• Informed Decision Making (10 credits)
• Exploring the National & Global Influences on Policing (10 credits)
• Developing and Leading Strategy (20 credits)
• Stakeholder Engagement (20 credits)
• Responsible Management & Effective Communication (20 credits)
• Workplace Project 2 (Confidence and Trust) (20 credits)

Level 6

• Cultural Change (20 credits)
• Leading Innovation (20 credits)
• Managing and Leading Change (20 credits)
• Developing Collaborative Relationships (20 credits)
• Evaluating Evidence Based Policing (20 credits)
• Synoptic Project (20 credits)

Your Learning Experience

Teaching Support Assessment

Excellent facilities and learning resources

The programme will provide you with

• A better understanding of business practices and how they apply in a policing context.
• Learner-centric teaching that focusses on your work and your experience
• The confidence to develop and lead your team to meet the needs and future challenges of policing.
• The personal and key skills to enable you to work effectively on your own or within diverse teams and to be able to meet the challenges of working as a manager in policing.
• A BA (Hons) Applied Management (Policing) on successful completion of all modules.
• Level 5 CMI Diploma in Management
• The credentials to make a successful application for Chartered Manager status with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
• Chartered Manager Apprenticeship Award

Dedicated personal tutor, plus study skills support

Learners will receive a high level of support on this course. You will be appointed a Personal Tutor when you are inducted onto the course. They will be responsible for assisting you and providing guidance and care on academic and pastoral matters to help you achieve the best degree outcome you can.

You will also be assigned a Degree Apprentice Facilitator who will act as a mentor to support your professional development, help you link your on the job and off the job training and help keep you on track with your End Point Assessment.

You will also have a workplace mentor (provided by your organisation) who will provide additional support during your on the job training helping you apply what you learn in class to your workplace.

Assessment varies depending on the modules you choose, but will usually include a combination of exams and coursework.

This programme is assessed by coursework only. There are no exams on this programme.

Where you will study

The programme is predominantly delivered face-to-face at our Mount Pleasant Campus. Tutorials will be run online via Teams. Learning is supported through a virtual learning environment (VLE). Assessments will also be accessed and uploaded to the VLE.

Apprentices will be expected to have suitable IT equipment to enable them to meet the requirements of the programme.

Career paths

On completion of the three-year Degree Apprenticeship programme, the participants will undertake an End-Point Assessment.

By definition degree apprenticeships aim to upskill existing employees. In doing so, their value to their employer increases, as well as their potential employability. The Workplace project modules seek to help apprentices’ develop the skills required to progress towards their End-point Assessment, including reflective and report writing, professional development planning and presentation skills – these skills inherently improve their employability as well. These modules also develop apprentices’ non-technical skills such as working in teams, communication, project management etc. which contribute to a more employable well-rounded graduate.

Learners are also offered opportunities to engage in extra curricular activities such as guest speakers, networking events and use of VR simulation. These also support future career progression.

Learners on this programme must be employed and will be regularly supported, through academic and workplace mentoring, to implement their learning in the workplace.

The course team has a wide range of experience in leadership, management, finance, human resource management and specifically in police leadership.

Tuition fees and funding

Fees

The fees quoted above cover registration, tuition, supervision, assessment and examinations as well as library membership and student IT support with access to printed, multimedia and digital resources including programme-appropriate software and on campus Wi-Fi.

Financial Support

The University offers a range of scholarships to support students through their studies. You'll find all the information you need on our specialist funding pages, including details of the Student Support Fund and other activities to support with the cost of living.

Additional Costs

In addition to fees, students should also keep in mind the cost of:

• Accommodation
• Travel costs including those for placements, visas and travel for studying abroad and field trips unless paid for by LJMU
• Stationery, IT equipment, professional body membership and graduation gown hire

The University reserves the right to increase tuition fees in accordance with any changes to the maximum allowable fees set by the UK Parliament. In the event of such a change, any fee increase will be subject to a maximum cap of 10% of the total course cost as originally stated at the time of your offer.

You must be employer by a policing or law enforcement agency to undertake this programme.

Apprenticeships are funded courses, with learning costs being paid to the university by the employer, through the Apprenticeship levy, if a large organisation, or with the help of the government’s co-investment model, if a smaller, non-levy paying organisation.

If your organisation is not paying the levy our team will be able to explain to them how they can access the correct funding and the next steps.

Information for Employers

If an employer has a wage bill of over £3 million, it would automatically pay the Government levy and would use this to fund learning via the company Apprenticeship Service Account.

Non-levy companies can access funding via the Government co-investment model, whereby the Government will fund 95% of the learning costs and the company will fund the remaining 5%.

To access the Government funds, non-levy paying employers are required to set up an account on the Apprenticeship Service and reserve funding for apprentices, no earlier than three months before the course start date. Find out more information regarding setting up an apprenticeship service account. LJMU will still invoice non-levy paying companies for their contribution, but without this account LJMU will be unable to draw down the Government co-investment funding for the apprentices.

Entry requirements

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Qualification requirements

GCSEs and equivalents

Prior to starting the programme applicants must have obtained Grade C or Grade 4 or above in English Language and Mathematics GCSE or an approved alternative qualification below:

• Key Skills Level 2 in English/ Maths
• NVQ Level 2 Functional skills in Maths and English Writing and or Reading
• Skills for Life Level 2 in Numeracy/English
• Higher Diploma in Maths/ English
• Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths/ English
• Northern Ireland Essential Skills Level 2 in Communication or Application of Number
• Wales Essential Skills Level 2 in Communication or Application of Number

Applicants must be in a role that affords them opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours required by the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship Standard. This will be discussed at the Skills Scan Initial Assessment and there may be opportunities for applicants to receive recognition of prior learning or experiential learning.

How to apply

Securing your place at LJMU

To apply for this programme, you are required to complete an LJMU Degree Apprenticeship form. You will need to provide details of previous qualifications and a personal statement outlining why you wish to study this programme.

To undertake this Degree Apprenticeship you must be employed by an English Police Force or law enforcement agency