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ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Policing Insight's Chris Allen - consultant, researcher and lecturer in organised and transnational crime, has partnered up with the Police Science Dr Academy to deliver the first three sessions of a series of short courses live to a global online audience of law enforcement investigators, analysts and students in April and May.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Super Recognisers are humans with an amazing ability to remember faces and recall names. All law enforcement agencies have such people – they just need to be found, trained in tactics and used to identify more suspects or missing persons in a systematic manner. Former Met Police DCI Mike Neville, now CEO of Super Recognisers International Ltd, explains how this untapped resource can help turn the tide of low detection rates within police forces.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Every day, developments unfold in security, whether at local, regional or global levels, that provide vibrant subjects for debate. The act of considering complex security challenges and thinking how best to formulate and communicate sensible policy alternatives in a comfortable space away from the pressures of the office proves challenging. Despite these challenges The University of Buckingham has made it possible to do both and is one of the key strengths their academic programmes.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Canterbury Christ Church University's MSc in Applied Policing Practice reflects many of the key contemporary issues and themes which shape contemporary British policing and police leadership. The course is flexible allowing exploration of a range of policing problems that students may have identified in the workplace. It supports knowledge development and identification of the best available evidence to examine contemporary policing challenges.

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ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Every day, developments unfold in security, whether at local, regional or global levels, that provide vibrant subjects for debate. The act of considering complex security challenges and thinking how best to formulate and communicate sensible policy alternatives in a comfortable space away from the pressures of the office proves challenging.  Despite these challenges The University of Buckingham has made it possible to do both and is one of the key strengths their academic programmes.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Registration has opened for the 2022 BAPCO Conference & Exhibition, taking place at the Coventry Building Society Arena, 8-9 March of this year.

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JOB ADVERTISEMENT: Police Lecturer vacancies at Babcock International for their new flagship contract partnering with several Higher Education Institutes across London to deliver the new Metropolitan Police Service Policing Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF) framework.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: With a new name and a refreshed course programme, The School of Criminology and Criminal Justice are excited to promote their suite of criminal justice undergraduate degrees for new and experienced policing professionals that you can undertake part time, learning whilst you work.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: With the new MSc in Covert Investigation and Specialist Intelligence, Liverpool John Moores University has designed an innovative postgraduate programme that will give students a solid understanding of the many challenges and opportunities facing the intelligence and covert investigative community today.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: The University of Sunderland is expanding its provision to cater both to in-service police officers and those starting out and looking to begin a career in policing. As part of this expansion we are introducing our brand-new BSc Policing Studies (Top-up) course taught by academics with decades of experience in the police service. There’s also still time to enrol as we have places remaining on this course for September 2021 entry.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: BAPCO has announced the conference programme for its 2021 annual Conference & Exhibition, supported by media partner Policing Insight and taking place 12-13 October in Coventry, UK

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Registration has opened for Critical Communications World 2021, supported by media partner Policing Insight. The event is taking place at the IFEMA in Madrid, from November 3-5 this year.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: The 2021 Australia and New Zealand Society of Evidence Base Policing (ANZSEBP) Conference is taking place online on 17th August with the theme of "Policing Under Scrutiny: Leadership, Legitimacy and the Role of Evidence". ANZSEBP Vice President and Deputy Chief Executive: Insights and Deployment at New Zealand Police, Mark Evans invites delegates from around the world to attend.

Job Advertisement: The University of West London (UWL) is delighted to announce the formation of a new Institute for Policing Studies (IPS). UWL are now looking to recruit a Head of the new IPS to lead, develop and deliver the PEQF programmes under contract to Babcock International and develop UWL’s growing national and international reputation in professional policing practice and associated disciplines.

Job Advertisement: The University of West London (UWL) is delighted to announce the formation of a new Institute for Policing Studies (IPS). UWL are now looking to recruit a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Policing whose expertise aligns with the IPS and who can make a significant contribution to our teaching, research and knowledge exchange activities.

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ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Police forces in England and Wales face a huge challenge to recruit an extra 20,000 officers by 2023, but there are helpful lessons to be learned from elsewhere. PwC has been working with the Swedish Police, who have a similarly ambitious recruitment target. In their second article, Muz Janoowalla, Director of Data and Analytics at PwC UK, and Fredrik Birkeland, Public Sector Consultant at PwC Sweden, look at the Swedish experience of how data analysis of the applicants’ experience can provide insights to improve the application process.

ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE: Police forces in England and Wales face a huge challenge to recruit an extra 20,000 officers by 2023, but there are helpful lessons to be learned from elsewhere. PwC has been working with the Swedish Police, who have a similarly ambitious recruitment target. Here, Muz Janoowalla, Director of Data and Analytics at PwC UK, and Fredrik Birkeland, Public Sector Consultant at PwC Sweden, look at the Swedish experience of using survey data and the importance of knowing your target group.