United Kingdom
As Head of Practice Learning and a member of the College of Health & Society Senior Leadership Team, I am responsible for ensuring strategic leadership, operational oversight, and compliance for all practice learning activities across the College. I am experienced in the design and development of apprenticeships, undergraduate and masters degrees/modules, and non-accredited work based learning programmes. This includes quality assurance and compliance with external licensing and regulatory bodies including ESFA, IfATE and QAA as well as collaborative working with higher education institutions, consumers and training providers. I have a background in Higher Education teaching, learning and assessment, particularly the development of blended and digitally enhanced learning programmes, as well as industry experience within the public sector. I have previously acted as an independent strategic advisor to police forces on topics such as professional standards, trust and confidence, and armed policing. My research into policing has been published in both journals and edited books and I have extensive experience of delivering training and conference presentations relating to culture, diversity, inclusion and psychological safety in a policing context.
As Head of Education I had strategic responsibility for the design and delivery of initial recruit learning programmes in the Metropolitan Police Service. This included degree apprenticeships, graduate entry programmes and unaccredited training programmes, all delivered in collaboration with third party training providers and HEIs. I was accountable for the progression of students through their programmes and had oversight of student support functions. I was a member of SLT for the Learning and Development command.
Responsible for conducting assessments of registered higher education providers in accordance with the Office for Students standards and the Higher Education and Research Act 2017. Additional responsibility for undertaking external Quality Assurance of End Point Assessment Organisations offering integrated higher and degree apprenticeships, namely the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship
Programme Area Leader for Police Education Qualification Framework (PEQF) programmes
The first student to recieve full Masters sponsorship from Hampshire Constabulary. Research assessed the lateral movement of minority officers into specialist units within the Constabulary, in particular the Tactical Firearms Support Unit. This involved attachments with most specialist units, response and neighbourhood teams, and senior officers, with detailed interviews being conducted with BME officers from a variety of ranks and specialist experience. Also worked as an intern with a number of business areas in Hampshire Constabulary. This included assisting in mentoring police officer candidates from minority communities, being part of the working group for a multi-agency student safety campaign, and delivering diversity and policing assemblies to a local secondary school.