Summary of content

The module offers the opportunity for students to engage in experiential learning and to gain professional experience in policing. Through their experiences in training and operational policing, students will be able to apply and critically reflect on a range of policing theories, legislation, policy and practice.

The module requires a high level of independent work and study. Students will be required to create and maintain an on-line reflective journal of their training and/or volunteering experiences. Journal reflections will be made in relation to academic research on relevant aspects of policing, for example, community policing, working with young people, and working in diverse communities, and relevant key policing concepts and principles such as police ethics, culture, legitimacy, accountability and procedural justice.

Articulation with Programme Aims, University Strategies, UN SDGs and PRME

As a level 3 module, Policing and Society offers students opportunities to apply and articulate their developing knowledge to analyse the complex issues of policing in 21st century Britain. Transferable skills' development at this level is focused on enhancing self-directed and experiential learning, on which this module relies, and adaptability in a range of contexts (academic, professional on-line and in-class group support and learning).

The module incorporates key principles from the Strategy for Learning in that it supports students to be confident, responsible and capable, using engagement-led learning, real world problem solving with opportunities for co-creation and personalisation of learning.
The module is informed by the Curriculum for the Common Good and aims to support students to be Active and Global Citizens, have an Entrepreneurial Mind-set, to be Confident and capable of Responsible Leadership. It speaks to the following Sustainable Development Goals: 4 Quality Education 5 Gender Equality 10 Reduced Inequalities 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.
The module aligns with the Principles for Responsible Management in Education by supporting interaction, learning, dialogue and debate on issues of global social responsibility and sustainability and the roles of institutions to support this.

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