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University qualification launched to get more bobbies on the beat
Bucks New University is working in
partnership with Thames Valley
Police to deliver an alternative method of
entry to the force.
Bucks, along with Oxford Brookes University and the University of Northampton (Milton Keynes Campus), will offer a foundation degree in policing from September 2012. The new courses, to be run at each institution, will meet national standards and involve both academic learning and practical application as a special constable.
The two-year course has been jointly designed to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills required for an operational policing role, and from 2014 Thames Valley Police will be seeking to recruit a significant percentage of its future police officers from graduates of the three courses.
Those students who successfully complete the foundation degree, and are recruited by Thames Valley Police, will join the force as independent patrol student officers, and will be deployed to local police areas (LPAs) within days of joining.
Stephen Fox, head of social sciences, primary care & education, at Bucks New University, said: “The exciting new foundation degree in policing will enable students to gain both academic knowledge and practical experience as a special constable, ensuring that they are fully-prepared for employment upon successful completion of the course. Students will benefit from the modern learning environment at Bucks, which includes a mock bedsit, custody suite and suspect interview room.
“Policing has a long heritage at Bucks, and a special working relationship with Thames Valley Police exists through our range of policing programmes. This new foundation degree in policing enhances our portfolio of courses
Singing for their supper
In a shining example of innovative thinking, Ella’s Kitchen has linked up with the University of Reading for a campaign to encourage young children to eat more healthily.
The company has launched a series of songs, recorded by singer Rachel Stevens, to try and encourage toddlers to eat more fruit and vegetables, all backed- up by scientific research from the university. Research with nursery school children found that activities such as poking fingers in cooked vegetables and singing songs about fruit helped to encourage children to eat more healthy foods.
The research was co-funded by the university and the company as part of a knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) between the two organisations. The KTP, worth £150,000, is being delivered by KTP associate Paul Dazeley, who works between the university’s psychology department and Ella’s Kitchen.
The successful KTP is one of two between the company and the university. The university’s department of food and nutritional sciences runs a second project which gives Ella’s Kitchen access to the department’s world-class research facilities. The partnership is developing a
within the criminal justice and social studies department, and extends our ability to provide qualified, experienced and employable police officers.”
Don Oldcorn, training design manager at Thames Valley Police, added: “Thames Valley Police will continue to select and recruit officers by the traditional methods; however, this course is an additional option, run across the Thames Valley, that will give university students an opportunity, through operational activity and academic development, to make a positive contribution to policing, while gaining an academic qualification that prepares them for a career within Thames Valley Police.“
strategy to provide the company with a consistently high standard of raw materials, to cut waste and maintain the high quality of its products. Both projects reinforce the company’s ‘Good In Every Sense’ brand positioning.
Researchers at the university have already shown that there is a link between children’s exposure to pictures of unfamiliar foods and their willingness to eat them and scientists are now working on a new project which examines different ways to encourage young children to eat more healthily, with results likely to be published next year.
Dr Carmel Houston-Price, from the school of psychology and clinical language sciences at the University of Reading, said: “Young
Details:
Bucks New University: 0800-056-5660
www.societyandhealth.co.uk/ courses/policing
University of Northampton: 0800-358-2232
www.northampton.ac.uk/ courses/523
Oxford Brookes University: 01865-484848
www.brookes.ac.uk/studying/ courses/undergraduate/2012/ policing
children can be fussy about trying new foods, and often refuse to eat food that is unfamiliar to them.
“I’m pleased that through the success of this link between the university and industry, Ella’s Kitchen is now rolling out these songs to encourage healthy eating. With a growing body of evidence linking diet in early years to a child’s prospects later on in life, anything that is shown to help children to eat more healthily is welcome.”
Details:
www.ellaskitchen.co.uk
A profile of Paul Lindley, founder of Ella’s Kitchen, appeared in the November issue of The Business Magazine:
www.businessmag.co.uk
www.businessmag.co.uk
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – DECEMBER 11/JANUARY 12
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