1.Critically evaluate the possibilities and limitations of police engagement in partnerships and collaborative activity with reference to lawful and professional practice
2.Uncover the complex processes involved in partnership and inter-agency collaboration and thereby identify key components of successful partnership working.
3.Evaluate and critique the strategic fit of policing in partnership with various models of policing.
4.Demonstrate an applied understanding of the fundamentals of project and programme management; how these pertain to the policing, their organisations and their roles.

This assessment addresses all of the learning outcomes above.
Students will be required to produce a written case study, which requires the student to research an aspect of partnership or collaborative activity within an organisation, (potentially within a live organisation).

To explore the nature, content and purpose of police approaches to partnership working
An examination of the `effectiveness` or otherwise of partnerships
Critique the bureaucracy, administration and structures of police engagement with partnerships
Partnership legalities, contract and informality.
An examination that the medium of partnerships may present to both police culture and police leadership/independence.
A critical review of the Morgan Report 1991 and the concept of a shared responsibility for crime and community safety
Identification that police involvement in partnerships is far wider than the limited focus of crime prevention and community safety
Critique of the opportunities and challenges faced through partnerships and contracts with private sector organisations
An examination of theoretical frameworks and perspectives in which to analyse the emergence of partnerships
Identification and critique of the complex processes involved in partnership and multi-agency working
A review of the discourse between declared policy and how partnerships are realised on the ground.
Partnerships and identification of emerging best practice and its implications for future police reform.
A grounding in the fundamentals of project and programme management

This postgraduate module provides students with a comprehensive and systematic critique of both the potential opportunities, benefits, limitations and constraints offered to policing by working in partnership with a variety of different and sometimes competing stakeholders. Current policy within the UK encourages partnerships and collaboration between statutory organisations (including the police) and professionals; public and private sectors; with voluntary organisations and local communities.

Candidates will develop critical insights into the knowledge of how to engage in lawful, effective and professional partnership practice. The module will examine the pluralisation of services and theories of convergence, linked to crime and community safety being a shared responsibility. The module will also explore the relevance of partnerships to policing strategies including community policing and problem-oriented policing.

The module will also explore political and academic discourse regarding the current police service’s structure and fitness for purpose and support personal and professional application.

The module is delivered by way of online lectures (synchronous and asynchronous), which provides students with an overview of the potential opportunities, benefits, limitations and constraints offered to policing by working in partnership with a variety of different and sometimes competing stakeholders.

Detailed pre-reading will be required before taught sessions, and students will be supervised as they seek to develop ideas for their Independent Studies

Students will gain formative feedback by a series of groups tasks that will be administered within the seminars.

Candidates will receive tuition on referencing technique in the social sciences, guidance on the avoidance of plagiarism, and all submitted coursework by MSc candidates will be expected to systematically follow the Harvard referencing system

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During this module, you will be encouraged to utilise Microsoft Teams and Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) to support your learning. You will be invited to collaborate with students and academic staff virtually through Microsoft Teams. You will have access to a range of materials on Blackboard VLE including articles, lecture slides, and interactive activities. You will also be able to access a variety of digital material through our¿Library¿and¿specialist¿databases.