PC3S047 - Research Showcase 01 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2031 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: PC3S047
Module Title: Research Showcase
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Operational Policing
Faculty Sub Group: Operational Policing
Module Leader: Michelle Lamont
Module Team: Rebecca Voice, Gordon Blake, Claire Evans, Leanne Thomas, Roger Phillips, Victoria Wall, Joanne Mercurio, Michelle Lamont, Kirsty Hyland, Neil Harvey, Kevin Bushby, Paul Searle, Jack Moss, Bethan Shellard-Dedman, Christijan Boyle, Tina Avey-Hebditch, Richard Law, Colette Chilcott, Rezbi Duffield, Rachael Lugg, Tiffany O'Connor, Michael Chard, Fiona Webb, Barry Murphy, Sarah Jones
First Intended Intake: JAN 2025 Final Year of Intake: 2031
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 6
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100486 - policing
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Jan 2025
Valid To 31 Dec 2031

Module Aims

To develop students’ ability to effectively research policing interventions designed to tackle specific issues, evaluate and develop them into recommendations relevant to their employers.

Content Summary

Students have undertaken research to identify and understand an emerging issue or problem in a specific policing area and formulate an ethically sound research question. This was undertaken via a submission of an Evidence-Based Research Project.  

Following submission of the Evidence-Based Research Project, students will present, and answer questions posed in relation to this research on the identified issue/ problem, along with the proposals for tackling it. Students will be required to reflect on how their findings align with Police Crime Commissioner (PCC) / Chief Constable (CC) priorities.  

USW recognises that the output from the Research Showcase should have the utmost benefit to students and ultimately their employing forces. To support students to be better equipped to relate their EBRP (and findings) to employing force priorities, the student presentation should address but not be limited to the following questions: 

  1. How does the Evidence-Based Research Project (EBRP) impact Police & Crime Commissioner’s (PCC) / Chief Constable’s (CC) priorities?   

  2. What one finding/ recommendation would the student take forward, if given the opportunity, that could be considered by their police service?   

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Seminars 2
Work-based learning 146
Directed Study (Including online independent learning) 52
Groupwork 8
Total Hours Selected 208

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Critically analyse the completion of the Evidence-Based Research Project, reflect on how to synthesise project findings and consider how they align with Police Crime Commissioner (PCC) / Chief Constable (CC) priorities.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Synchronous Online Oral Assessment Presentation (Synchronous Online) 1 Presentation (20-minutes) followed by a Discussion (10-minutes) 30 N/A 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1
Presentation (Synchronous Online) 1

Reading List

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O’Neil, M. (2018). Key Challenges in Criminal Investigation. Bristol: Policy Press.? 

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Rogers, C. & Gravelle, J. (2014) Researching the police in the 21st century: international lessons from the field. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.? 

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Wood, D et al (2022) Blackstone’s Handbook for Policing Students 2023. Oxford: Oxford University Press