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    Leadership in Professional Policing - MSc
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    Leadership in Professional Policing - MSc

    University of South Wales

    University of South Wales

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    United Kingdom, Cardiff

    Key Facts

    Program Level

    Master by Course Work

    Study Type

    Full Time

    Delivery

    Online

    Campuses

    Online

    Program Language

    English

    Start & Deadlines

    Next Intake DeadlinesSeptember-2026
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    Duration 1 year (s)
    Tuition Fee
    GBP 17,900  / year
    Next Intake September-2026

    Leadership in Professional Policing - MSc

    About

    Full Time students will complete 6 taught modules and a research paper during their 1-year study period. Part Time students will have two modules and the research paper to complete in their second year of learning.

    Police Leadership and Organisational Behaviour
    This module used a real case study relating to organisational change to allow students to consider perspectives such as staff impact, unintended consequences, finance, public confidence, training needs and governance arrangements.

    Policing in the Digital World
    This module examines in depth the current strategic documents that shape strategic policing within the digital landscape (Policing Vision 2025, Digital Policing Vision 2030 and the National Cyber Strategy 2022)

    Leading and Preparing for Critical Incidents
    This Module looks at Major incidents and critical incidents, public confidence, initial response and reflective practice. Students are required to analyse and critique the written material that has come from public enquiries to demonstrate sound decision-making skills.

    Community Policing and Partnerships

    This module examines the principles of engaging communities through the new Neighbourhood Policing Strategy and focusses upon problem solving, targeting activity and promoting the correct culture.

    Applied Investigation and Public Protection

    This module is heavily weighted toward risk assessment, multi-agency working and the implementation of vulnerability legislation across statutory agencies.

    Critical Issues in Criminal Justice Policy

    This module examines criminal justice within England and Wales and explores the justice arrangements such as appeals processes and how they embed themselves in Case Law as well as how legislation has developed from miscarriages of justice.

    Evidenced Based Dissertation

    This module is a written thesis on a policing topic.

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    Academic Qualifications

    • Students who have completed a 4 year Bachelor degree (60% overall or a GPA of 2.5 or above on the scale of 4, 4 being the highest) can be considered for entry onto a relevant postgraduate programme of study.
    • Applicants with other relevant qualifications or work experience may be considered on a case by case basis.

    English Program Requirements

    English language requirements

    International applicants will need to have achieved an overall of IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component/TOEFL 72 overall and a minimum of 18 in reading, 17 in listening, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing or equivalent.

    Equivalents can be located on our English Language pages.

    If you have previously studied through the medium of English, IELTS might not be required, please visit our country specific page for further details. If your country is not featured, please contact us.

    If you do not meet the English entry criteria, please visit our Pre-Sessional course pages.

    Career

    Career Paths

    • Police Senior Officers
    • Police Staff Leaders
    • National Crime Agency Leaders
    • UK Border Force Leaders
    • Civil Service Leaders

    Careers and Employability

    Graduate Careers

    The police service within England and Wales has structured career pathways for graduate and non-graduate candidates. This qualification supports the Police Degree Holder Entry Programme as well as the Police Now entry route for Detectives.

    Beyond policing a number of employers recognise industry influenced qualifications, particularly those focussing on structured leadership, critical thinking and ethical decision making.

    Possible career paths

    • Policing
    • Security
    • National Crime Agency
    • UK Border Force
    • Civil Service
    • National Probation Service
    • Public Services

    Fee Information

    Tuition Fee

    GBP 17,900 

    Application Fee

    GBP  
    University of South Wales

    Leadership in Professional Policing - MSc

    University of South Wales

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    Cardiff

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